IM not a Pro..but i shot a wedding

[300dTrue]

Hello everyone,
i brought my camera to a "family" wedding and i showed the pics to the bride and she likes them a lot..of course there was the professional photographer as well..thank god..
but i took some pics , and there are a couple of them i would like to show you.
Any critiques highly appreciated bad or good..i really like to know what you guys think!!

[300dTrue]

two more...

[300dTrue]

I think the photographer didnt know i was invited to the wedding and he just thought that i was another photographer.
So i was let to wonder around the aisle and stuff...i did around 120 pics..
I learned that that photographer had an old camera...:D...
I hope next time it will be better...but the other thing that i noticed is that every photographer has the attention of the people who hired him and they listen to him all the time, so once you have in mind of the shots you want to take its pretty easy to follow a pattern..am i wrong?thanks

[bernardtan]

I think the photographer didnt know i was invited to the wedding and he just thought that i was another photographer.
So i was let to wonder around the aisle and stuff...i did around 120 pics..
I learned that that photographer had an old camera...:D...
I hope next time it will be better...but the other thing that i noticed is that every photographer has the attention of the people who hired him and they listen to him all the time, so once you have in mind of the shots you want to take its pretty easy to follow a pattern..am i wrong?thanks

What you are referring to is called sequence of the wedding event, when you get to memorize them automatically then all is well for you. Good Luck!

[Nidz]

I think picture 2 looks very cool. I like that one a lot. Not too much a fan of the cepia look but still seems to work. Good job.

[Wilt]

>>I learned that that photographer had an old camera...<<

You're sounding like one of the 'digital only' youth, who are unaware of the absolutely superb image quality that medium or large format cameras have. The Hasselblad name is legendary (although many pros use other brands, too) in Medium Format and would appear old to you, and I'll easily bet the photo quality would easily make your modern digital 'bow its head' in humility! ;-)

[Wilt]

BTW, nice indoor photo looking up the aisle. A bit of Photoshop could help you drop the brightness in the overall scene or locally, to help with the blooming in the veil just a bit. Nice composition, though. (You weren't standing on her veil, I hope!) ;-)

[rich_yau]

>>I learned that that photographer had an old camera...<<

You're sounding like one of the 'digital only' youth, who are unaware of the absolutely superb image quality that medium or large format cameras have. The Hasselblad name is legendary (although many pros use other brands, too) in Medium Format and would appear old to you, and I'll easily bet the photo quality would easily make your modern digital 'bow its head' in humility! ;-)

I am only 16, but I absolutely agree. Contax 645 + Portra VC/UC + Competant lab makes my digital rebel look like a toy. From what I've seen of my dad's weddings, Contax > Hasselblad.

[Wilt]

Rich, keep on shooting! You have an eye that can appreciate the difference in quality between film and digital, so as a teen you are exhibiting far more photographic insight than many adult photographers who pick up dSLR and state wildly that their images are equal or better than MF. :)

They don't realize that image resolution is only part of the story; the ability to better portray tonality because of more film area for same amount of subject area is another part. You do, you SEE it!

The comparisons of dSLR to MR which have been published to date fail in the sense that they compare first generation digital from dSLR to a SECOND generation digital file created from SCANNER from medium format film. They only have proven that if you want a DIGITAL FILE (to send to a publisher) that first generation digital from dSLR is competitive to a second generation digital file from medium format film. But you have seen the light! You have the eye to appreciate quality differences, contrary to what those false comparisons have wrongly concluded.

As someone who started shooting professionally in the 60's at your age, and who was doing color darkroom work back then, it brings a smile to my face to witness a youth like you, who is not merely blindly impressed by new technology. Some of us 'old guys' are not so quickly swayed to digital (although I finally added a dSLR system), but someone young knowing the difference is impressive.

I'm only a 1/2 hour south of SF, so drop me a private message, if you'd like!

[dsze]

the only things I notice are that the faces seem a bit dark, but that could just be the monitor I'm on right now and they look a little out-of-focus. I like #2 though. Play with that one some more and maybe try some different effects with it. Its a fun image.

[tonytony]

#2 is a neat shot, you can be proud of it.

Cheers,
Antonio