My First Middle Aged Wedding

This was the first wedding we have photographed where the couple was middle aged.

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1. too much tilting IMO, makes me want to turn my head to see the couple better.

2. love.

3. love.

4. I'd crop a bit tighter to get rid of the overexposed areas, my eyes are just drawn to them instead of the couple's reflection (cool idea btw!!)

5. great. Wish he was holding her though, his hand just looks lost a ittle.

6. beautiful!

7. love it.

8. look slike motion blur to me + it's too purple.

I have shot a few middle aged couples and they have been one of my best clients -ordering books, prints, etc...

Great ideas! Also just one nitpick, the building in #6 appears to lean slightly tomth right. The central pillars look al,lost vertical, but the left pillars are tilted. I think I would try to rotate slightly left so that the pillars appear to be on the same angle, or maybe attempt some distortion correction.

The reflection off the car is great! I've never seen that before and it looks like it came out very well. I really like #3 as well, but the bride seems a bit lost in the photo because she blends in with the background. Perhaps a little more contrast would help? You cut off the top of the building in #6 and #8 is slightly crooked.

wizcreations wrote in post #13440794
The reflection off the car is great! I've never seen that before and it looks like it came out very well. I really like #3 as well, but the bride seems a bit lost in the photo because she blends in with the background. Perhaps a little more contrast would help? You cut off the top of the building in #6 and #8 is slightly crooked.

I agree! That shot of the reflection in the car was killer. Good job indeed.

Your picture at position: #2, #6 very beaufiul, That's nice shot.

spesmeadeus wrote in post #13437255
This was the first wedding we have photographed where the couple was middle aged.

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C&C is appreciated!!!

Why do you feel it was needed to make a point of the couple being "middle aged"? What does that have to do with photography critique?

the first makes me dizzy...
and try to be more consistant with WB

say_cheese wrote in post #13460735
Why do you feel it was needed to make a point of the couple being "middle aged"? What does that have to do with photography critique?

Because we found it not as easy to photograph a middle aged woman rather than a 25 year old woman. You have to think differently. You have to switch angles to make them look the best possible when they are not at their prime. It is definitely harder to photograph a middle aged couple than a young mid 20's couple and that is why I expressed that it was our first "middle aged" wedding. You can't use all the same techniques and this was our first so we wanted to know what worked and what didn't.

spesmeadeus wrote in post #13481703
Because we found it not as easy to photograph a middle aged woman rather than a 25 year old woman. You have to think differently. You have to switch angles to make them look the best possible when they are not at their prime. It is definitely harder to photograph a middle aged couple than a young mid 20's couple and that is why I expressed that it was our first "middle aged" wedding. You can't use all the same techniques and this was our first so we wanted to know what worked and what didn't.

This is true. I'm taking pictures of seniors right now (not high school seniors) and it's actually more challenging from a technique point of view. Believe me when I say that a 60 year old woman is more demanding from a photo shoot than a 21 year old woman. That said, if you can take good photographs of older people I have found that this can be a fairly lucrative market, as a demographic they have more disposable income than the twenty somethings. They like it when you can knock ten years off their likeness via Photoshop (but don't over do it). One tip I learned was when taking pictures of older persons, is not to include younger more attractive people when possible (always exceptions of course, like children/grand children) as that can viewed as visually distracting from the older person, who is usually paying the bill.