2nd Wedding as Assistant

I just shot my second wedding as an assistant. I spent alot of time coordinating the shots. This was really a challenging wedding. The wedding was planned in a month to accomidate her dying father - her father showed up late and missed the ceremony. A woman kept taking pictures with her 35mm that didn't zoom so she got right up in the bride and groom's face most of the ceremony. Everything was held outside in the backyard of a small individual house - read no background. The ceremony was held under a tent, stairs led to the deck in daylight, and the deck was under another tent with different shading. I got an extreme crash course on lighting. Luckily, the primary had a flash that he was using to fill everything in.

All things considered, I think that I did much better than my first wedding, I had alot of fun, and I didn't have much post processing to do, which is amazing for me! I'm really looking forward to C&C.

Thanks!!!!

Stacie
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And last one. Thanks so much for any C&C.

16 Not sure about this one - the thought was there, but not sure if I got it.

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Great Job! The last one, I wish they couple were just a LITTLE more in focus...great job though!

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agreed, little more, like f/7 or so and they would be a little more recoginizable.

nice pics though

Thanks for the comments! I'd really appreciate any other feedback - am I good enough to continue?

Stacie

Did you shoot these with the 70 - 200?

Just some little lighting (which you mentioned), DOF, and focus issues.

Nice comps and it looks like you caputured the right moments.

Jon

Harleypugs wrote in post #4019077
Did you shoot these with the 70 - 200?

Just some little lighting (which you mentioned), DOF, and focus issues.

Nice comps and it looks like you caputured the right moments.

Jon

The EXIF on most of these says 50mm, with the widest aperture being F/1.8.

Sample EXIF from the last image:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Image Date: 2007:09:23 05:55:31
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm
CCD Width: NaNmm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: 0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

Stacie -- I think you did a pretty good job, especially considering you were shooting a good bit in direct sunlight, and the background of the photos is a little less desirable. I like the artsy ones the most -- the rings on the hands, and the cake photos (beautiful cake, btw). The WB is off a little on the photo of the ladies stealing the frosting from the cake.

Who is that preacher / minister, by the way? He did one of the weddings I photographed!!!

Bob

Stacie,
I think you did really a very good job under such trying circumstances. My favorites are 11 and 16.
Linda

estisdal wrote in post #4019213
The EXIF on most of these says 50mm, with the widest aperture being F/1.8.

Sample EXIF from the last image:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Image Date: 2007:09:23 05:55:31
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 50.0mm
CCD Width: NaNmm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: 0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)

Ah...now why didn't I think of that? Been a long day....

nice job

I think you are on the right path. You need to just watch your exposure (which I think is the hardest part anyway). Some of your images are underexposed (easy fix in PS) and some show very blown out areas (happens to me too, but you learn with time what parts are "acceptable" to be blown out if there is no other way. A few shots seem a bit soft.

My favorites:

7, 8 (but adjust the levels a bit), 9 and 10 (I just wish you had a less distracting background)

Keep it up, you are getting there