First wedding as the solo

Last weekend, I shot my first wedding as the solo photographer. I shot one wedding last summer for a friend, who also had two of her OTHER friends as photographers, so there were 3 of us. During the ceremony it was pouring rain, and I was so scared for all of my equipment, but it seems to have all survived!!

I learned a lot about what to do...and what not to do.
I got a lot of good shots...and a lot of not so good shots.
I had a lot of fun...and a lot of anxiety!!

Here are some of my favorites from the day, let me know what you think!

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Pretty nice for your first solo. I presume you have a few 2nd shoots under your belt?

One small suggestion. Shoot your First Kiss shot wide. What often makes that shot special are the reactions to it. A kiss is just a kiss, after all.

friscoron wrote in post #16075866
Pretty nice for your first solo. I presume you have a few 2nd shoots under your belt?

Thank you. No 2nd shoots, just the one wedding I had shot with the 2 others last summer.

friscoron wrote in post #16075866
One small suggestion. Shoot your First Kiss shot wide. What often makes that shot special are the reactions to it. A kiss is just a kiss, after all.

Good point. I did have my girlfriend/assistant there and she has a few wider shots of the kiss, so I got that covered!

these look great! did you incorporate any off-camera lighting?

supfresh wrote in post #16076366
these look great! did you incorporate any off-camera lighting?

Thank you!

I only used off-camera for the reception, with two speedlights in the corners bounced off the ceiling. I was prepared to use it on other photos, but had nice cloudy light during most of the outdoor shots.

The clarity on these photos are well done, except for the third shot, compared to the rest.

Nice crisp clean photos, great job for a first.

great job for your 1st wedding!

PhillipMatthews wrote in post #16077214
The clarity on these photos are well done, except for the third shot, compared to the rest.

Thanks, I definitely lowered the clarity in LR on that one, going for the soft dreamy look, but I may re-look at it.

Jemhead wrote in post #16078702
Nice crisp clean photos, great job for a first.

JadaPooh82 wrote in post #16080915
great job for your 1st wedding!

Thanks guys!!