First Wedding.

[oojosheoo]

Hello you guys. I had the privilege to shoot this Russian Wedding. It was very different but exciting at the same time.

How I got the gig: Last summer I wanted to take a a B&W film class to see the backbone of where photography started. And I got very involved and the professor always encouraged me to take my photography to the next level. Almost a year passes since I finished her class. So a couple of months ago I get an email from my instructor asking if I would do a low budget wedding. I was scared but excited at the same time. And I knew it would make a huge impact on my portfolio. So I took the job.

OK enough talking. I don't have a website yet but here are photos on my blog.

My First Wedding (http://www.jyuphotos.com/)

[oojosheoo]

what do you guys think?

[ChrisKraftPhoto]

Very nicely done! I especially love #6, 8, 14 & 15. Seem so natural, almost like you weren't there. I love the PP too!

Great job for your first.

[Apollo11]

Fantastic job on these. Very unique poses, processing & subject matter, too.
#8 would be phenomenal cropped in portrait orientation, removing the partial person to the left. The bride looks fantastic and full of joy here---set her apart for this one!

#9 is one of the best wedding child shots I've ever seen. Wow.

Great job----congrats.

[p360]

The PP is awesome..!! Love the look and the feel.

Do you mind sharing how you achieved it..? I could learn a lot from you.

[Roona99]

Very nice !

Add a few with a wider view and it just gets better..

Anyways, nice PP and nice job overall !

[oojosheoo]

Thanks everyone for all the positive comments. It was truly a learning experience. I did this wedding solo and boy I give mad props to all the solo photographers out there.

The PP is awesome..!! Love the look and the feel.

Do you mind sharing how you achieved it..? I could learn a lot from you.

As for PP, this is my workflow:

1.Transfer all raws in a folder. And then open lightroom 2 and go through and rate the ones I like.
2. Use Lightroom for minor edits like exposure, color balance, crop,etc.
3. Then I go into more depth with photoshop CS4. Retouching skin, removing spots, softening skin, etc.

Tools: 24 in Imac, with 23in (i think) Cinema Display, and Wacom Intuos3 ( A MUST!!)

HINTS: Nik Software helped speed things up. Heres the site where you guys can see how the tools are used. Its really amazing. Its a little expensive but well worth it. ;)

Nik Software (http://www.niksoftware.com/learnmore/usa/entry.php)

Finally im here to help. PM me anytime. Thanks again for all the awesome comments.

[evilryu530]

photoshop is awesome. the lighting is great. composition looks good. very artistic.

[oojosheoo]

Hey you guys. Again thanks for all the comments and PM's.

I had a lot of PM's asking what filters I used to achieve the images from the wedding. And because I believe that the end result has everything to do with the photographers "eye" and composition, I will be happy to share.

First I wanted the fashion vintage look and to achieve that I knew I could have done it for each image with layers in photoshop. But because I was working with hundreds of images it would have taken forever, in my opinion. So I came upon a great tool by Nik Software, Color Efex. And from there I could choose many templates of different looks. Its so easy its almost like cheating. ;)

I used "ink" for most of the images from the wedding. You still have to correctly measure the opacity and all that fun stuff but using Color Efex did help speed things up.

Heres a sample image. Glad I can help.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3945785737_b14758021b_b.jpg