First time shooting wedding stuff C&C

[Ran_photography]

Girl had no money for photographer so I did a three hour shoot with her for only twenty bucks. More for the experience than anything.

[jeromego]

looks a little underexposed to me. and try to use fill flash to get rid of shadows.

[FamilyJules]

that was nice of you to do for her
But, like Jerome said above, the sun really worked against you. There are harsh shadows on her face that really hurt your photos. Some fill would have helped, but really, it's the time of day and WHERE you were shooting that was really the downfall here.
If you can only shoot in the middle of harsh sunlight, shoot in the shade...otherwise, time your shoots for about an hour and a half before sunset....you can manipulate the sun a lot more that way.
2 would have been my fav, even with the sun on the face, but you missed the focus...looks like you caught focus of her shoulder and not her eyes.

I did a little edit to #3. it was just a tad underexposed, so I brightened her a little, and did a little selective brightening to her face, just to make it stand out a little more....I removed the "blue hue" from the dress, and I did a little creative edit, as well... it's subtle tho.
It was a small file, so I did my best with what I had

before:


after:

[Ran_photography]

Can you please tell me how you took the blue hue from her dress? I'm having a little trouble finding the perfect way, also, what exactly did you do to achieve that vintage look? I love the way that turned out.

[Ran_photography]

I would've used fill flash, but it was so bright out there when I put my 430ex on the shutter speed would only go to 1/200th. Which was WAY too slow. I needed the full 1/4000 on some.

[FamilyJules]

Originally Posted by Ran_photography

Can you please tell me how you took the blue hue from her dress? I'm having a little trouble finding the perfect way, also, what exactly did you do to achieve that vintage look? I love the way that turned out.

Selective desaturation will take the blue right out of any dress (that happens to me all of the time.... especially on pure white dresses.... I call it a case of the "blue Hues")
But really, when it comes to wedding editing, I have three words for you (that's if you are using Photoshop CS2 or above): Totally Rad Actions
Buy them all! It's well worth the money, believe me. Anywhere from vintage actions to photo restoration. It's been a life saver for me.
www.gettotallyrad.com

[Svetlana]

Great edit, Julie!

In #1 I'd move her in the shade of the pillar to keep the shadows away from her face. Look for the best light for the photos.

[sctbiggs]

$20. she had the money. Just wanted to find somebody who'd do it for free.

Jules... great edit for using a jpg. I'm giving that a go right now. I can never manage to lightening up jpgs without screwing them all up.

[Ran_photography]

Haha well I was kind of doing it out of the kindness of my heart...and a little cash... and some experience. But hey, who caresssssss?