An emotional moment.

[sharpfocus]

Comments? ...Bob

[PIXI_666]

Its beautiful and soft...perhaps a little too soft? But in saying that i really do like this shot, i think it's classic! Or should i say "Classique"? Either way, really beautiful

Del

[MALI]

Originally Posted by sharpfocus

Comments?

It is too crowded or to put it differently, there is nothing that catches my insterest in the shot. Too many distractions like the people behind the bride.

Besides, you need to pay really close attention to see that "emotion" you were referring to--if you are talking about the lady wiping her eyes in the background.

Your focus and framing should tell the whole story; snapshotting a scene and expecting viewer to figure the story out for themselves is not photographing.

A photographer is the person who can tell a story by capturing the right elements the way he/she wants to tell that story.

This shot does not tell a story. Sorry if this sounds to harsh but that is what I feel. Hope you find this constructive enough.

MALI

[Inspired Photography]

Sorry mate, but i would have to agree with Mali also.

The emotion takes up maybe a 10th of the frame if it is lucky, and i think it does make it hard to find. If there was little else in the frame, and the rest of the space was just for ambience or something then it might work, but i am sorry but it doesn't work for me. My brain expects to see the bride and groom in focus as they are the feature of the frame.

Hope this is constructive.

Rob

[mizuno]

Doesn't do much for me, personally.

[TeeJay]

I personally feel a much tighter crop might work. Although cropping this image makes for a really small example, hopefully it gives an idea of what I mean.

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The only problem I then have is that the lady in the middle looks like she has something in her eye, rather than being emotional about the occasion.

Nice idea though.

[CyberPet]

Yeah, a tighter crop would do the trick for me.... I always pretend I have dirt in my eye when I cry.

[BLINN]

I couldn't agree with Del more. Try burning the edges to draw your eye to the subject.(the lady crying) or try an angled crop, this might work better.

[tim]

This is one of the few time selective color might be appropriate... be subtle. Maybe apply a light gaussian blur to the people around the crying woman to draw the eye to her.

[sharpfocus]

Thats ok, I know that I am not very good as a photographer, but it is too late for me. I retired this year and so now I am just playing around. The weird thing is that I really like the picture. I look at the rapt attention of the brides father to the crying woman (her aunt) and then there is the young boy leaning over for a better view, and all of them focused on the bride and groom. I intentionaly focused on the crying woman and let the bride and groom go soft since they were not what the picture was about. I think that when you cropped out the brides father you took away a major element and it diminished the picture even more. The one that was delivered to the bride and groom did not have the dreamy filter on it. I added it later just as a fun thing for me (and for you). ...Bob

[jamiewexler]

I'll be the lone dissenter here. I really like the photo as is. I think it does a really effective job of capturing a special moment and telling a piece of a story. The soft filter does nothing for me, but other than that, I think it's a winner.

[subtle_spectre]

I guess I'd be interested in knowing what, if any, feedback was receievd from the clients and any guests who were there. Yes, 'togs should work on telling a story, but I believe we should also be working on presrving timeless moments so that people will be able to look at images 20 years later and recall their feelings as if it were just yesterday. Inherent in that thinking is that some portion of the story context resides with the viewers. So, those who were there may naturally feel much more inclined toward a specific picture than disinterested commentators from across the globe.

All that said, I like the image in concept...I think the tighter crop works better...but to me, it does look as if the woman in the middle is wiping a speck from her eye rather than a tear.

[sharpfocus]

Scott, they liked their album and the check didn't bounce so everything worked out ok. That was just one image out of several hundred. They can't all be winners. Someone told me once that nobody bats a thousand. ...Bob