Jesse and Holly - Beautiful outdoor wedding

Enjoy. C&C as always are welcome.

I have a bunch of details as well, but these we the most noteworthy to post first.

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BEAUTIFUL, Bryan!!!! Love this location! Where is it?
hard to pick a fav, but I think I love #6 themost

Thank you Julie. It was actually at another SoCal wedding photographer's residence - Taylor Abeel in Ramona. The wedding was very low budget, but it was with so much love. The detail work was great, they built the entrance that you see in #6, it was just so...well done. I will post some details as I am working on it if you would like.

Nice work Red Tie!

Another well done job Bryan!!!
+1 for #6!

Nice shooting!

The weather certainly does not look like that today!

Dan K.

Downs Photography wrote in post #11871770
Nice work Red Tie!

Why thank you very much.

Tigerkn wrote in post #11872235
Another well done job Bryan!!!
+1 for #6!

Thanks for the feedback Kevin. It is interesting how #6 is popular - I felt it was more of a filler shot but I am starting to like it more and more.

Dan Knowlton wrote in post #11873123
Nice shooting!

The weather certainly does not look like that today!

Dan K.

No it doesnt. And of course I have a 2 wedding weekend. Hopefully it clears up a little.

Love the shallow DOF in the ring photo #3.

Gorgeous.

Really nice... I like the style and poses, well done.

Consider #3 stolen, I am so using that idea of a shot!!!

Phenomenal work!!

I have some critiques to offer. (Done per photo):

1. I like the high key shot here. It works for the groom, but there is such a large area of detail lost on the bride's left shoulder that it is extremely distracting from her image.

2. Left image: While the groom's pose is ok, the bride looks very awkward, like she's about to fall over, or is unsure what to do. The background is a bit distracting as well, with the dead grass, and random branches in the background, especially the one growing out of the groom's head.
Right image: The out of focus area here looks exaggerated for some reason. It looks like it was blurred even more in post production then the lens produced. The highlight around the bride's chin looks weird. The pose is great though!

3. I like the idea, but not the image. The hand not being framed, but rather cut off by their faces is hard to look at, their kiss looks extremely fake, like they are just two mannequins whose mouths have been placed next to each other. Also, since the b&g's out of focus faces seem to be the majority subject in the image, and are closest to the camera, it makes it hard to see much else.

4. Again, I like the idea, but the execution is confusing. The way you have positioned the bride makes her seem enormous compared to the groom. Also, her hand, well rather finger positioning makes her hand way less feminine. She would have looked more graceful if she was a bit behind the groom, and had her fingers touching. The pose you have the groom in is extremely feminine, not withstanding that he's being 'held' by the bride. The head turned is fine, but once you break the 90 degree axis, the pose automatically becomes feminine. I think over all, the image sends the wrong message. Also, the orange specular highlight to the left of the groom's neck always catches my eye.

5. This could work, but I'd like to see this pose with the bride tilting her head and not the groom for the same reasons as mentioned above. Also, the bride's hair coming out of the groom's nose isn't really flattering.

6. I like this idea as well. That being said, I would have liked to see the doorway centered in respect to the horizontal orientation, as it's off-centered aspect pulls my eyes aways from the bride and groom. Also, the background could be a bit more out of focus, as I would have liked to concentrate more on the bride and groom. The groom should have been turned towards the bride, either embracing her, or holding her at a forearm length away. The random plank on the ground is odd, and I'm not too sure about the bouquet(?) on the ground. Also, the bride's dress is blown out and lacks detail.

7. This one is a great pose, and setting. Except that the interaction between the bride and groom looks extremely forced, and it looks as though she is either trying to escape, or rip his jacket off. Her face isn't showing love, it's showing that either she just ate a lemon, or she's trying not to laugh.
maybe tilting her head, and not his would have helped. The background is also a bit distracting, with some very bright random points of light in the fence (the round holes and the large missing piece, not the slats). The table leg either needs to be removed, or cloned onto the other side. It looks really weird with one leg. The wine glass, and the food on the table are also somewhat distracting. The plant on their heads actually isn't too bad, but it wouldn't hurt to remove it.

8. Cool idea, but swap the rings. The reason is that typically guys are seen as wanting to avoid marriage, and that it's a burden, whereas women are thought to be obsessed with it. (Yes I'm generalizing lol). So in having his ring on the sad face, and hers on the happy face, you would reinforce subtly, this stereotype. Also, the binding of the book is not straight, and pulls my eye to it because of this. I would also clean up some of the more glaring imperfections in the cover of the book.

So overall, I am not trying to be a jerk about this, just offering my honest critique(s).

Sam_M wrote in post #11885438
I have some critiques to offer. (Done per photo):


3. I like the idea, but not the image. The hand not being framed, but rather cut off by their faces is hard to look at, their kiss looks extremely fake, like they are just two mannequins whose mouths have been placed next to each other. Also, since the b&g's out of focus faces seem to be the majority subject in the image, and are closest to the camera, it makes it hard to see much else.

I agree, I am not happy with the framing of her hand either. It's an awesome idea and something I will try to do better. My usual photo is the 2 ring hands together but that has almost become cliche' I think. I need something more creatice and this is a good building block.

This is why I love this site. So many great ideas that can be modified to suit our own personal tastes. Nice set of photos though RedTie. Nice job!

I like the PP style as well.

Great set