JMHPhotography Goldmember  4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Oct 05, 2007 10:37 | #1 I thought I'd start a thread asking you fellow wedding photographers how you define a "WOW" photo. Also show us an example from your own portfolio. I've seen the term used in many a thread... not just here, but on other boards as well. Do you consider a "WOW" photo based on it's technical merits? Or do you look more at the moment that was captured? Maybe even a combination of the two? ~John
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picturecrazy soft-hearted weenie-boy  8,565 posts Likes: 780 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Alberta, CANADA More info | Oct 05, 2007 10:40 | #2 A wow is great technically, is a great moment, and is composed well too. That's why it's a wow... it has everything. -Lloyd
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bcap MR. PP  7,364 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario More info | Oct 05, 2007 11:03 | #3 A wow shot is a photo where all of the elements come into perfect harmony with each other - emotion, composition, moment, exposure, etc. Bryan
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picturecrazy soft-hearted weenie-boy 8,565 posts Likes: 780 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Alberta, CANADA More info | Oct 05, 2007 11:07 | #4 bcap wrote in post #4069730  A wow shot is a photo where all of the elements come into perfect harmony with each other - emotion, composition, moment, exposure, etc. Lloyd - are you kidding me? Post some shots, will yeah!? I have yet to see one of your photos that aren't a wow shot! lol I'm never impressed with my pictures. Must be some kinda complex I have... -Lloyd
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JJacula Goldmember 1,791 posts Joined Jul 2007 More info | Oct 05, 2007 11:16 | #5 picturecrazy wrote in post #4069753 I'm never impressed with my pictures. Must be some kinda complex I have...  I call it the curse of the creative mind. I never like anything I do for more than a couple of seconds - but then, I'm no where near your level! http://www.jenniferjacula.com
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JMHPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Oct 05, 2007 12:56 | #6 JJacula wrote in post #4069819 I call it the curse of the creative mind. I never like anything I do for more than a couple of seconds - but then, I'm no where near your level! I'm with you. I am still at the point where I'm ok as long as the couple keeps smiling when they look through the proof book. ~John
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bcap MR. PP 7,364 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario More info | Oct 05, 2007 13:13 | #7 Oh comon, I've seen some of the photos that are posted here! There is no way that after you take a shot or once you see it on your computer, you love the shot and are like "heck yeah, I did good!" ... or is it just me? Bryan
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JJacula Goldmember 1,791 posts Joined Jul 2007 More info | Oct 05, 2007 13:45 | #8 bcap wrote in post #4070562 Oh comon, I've seen some of the photos that are posted here! There is no way that after you take a shot or once you see it on your computer, you love the shot and are like "heck yeah, I did good!" ... or is it just me? I love it for the few seconds it takes for my brain to register all of my mistakes. Then I'm back to thinking I suck. http://www.jenniferjacula.com
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JMHPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Oct 05, 2007 21:38 | #9 JJacula wrote in post #4070781 I love it for the few seconds it takes for my brain to register all of my mistakes. Then I'm back to thinking I suck. If I just stay with the moment that I've captured, I'm ok...but once I start seeing the technically wrongs stuff, I do the same thing. ~John
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Karena Senior Member  523 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Oct 05, 2007 21:39 | #10  Permanent banSomeone has to have the guts to post a photo in this thread. I have seen many WOW shots here. Come on someone, pony up!
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bcap MR. PP 7,364 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario More info | Oct 05, 2007 21:58 | #11 Hey, I'm not ashamed to post my WOW shots ...
On a slightly different level of "wow" ... everything just connected for these next two shots, and that made me go "wow" lol
Bryan
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me  34,091 posts Likes: 45 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Oct 05, 2007 22:02 | #12 picturecrazy wrote in post #4069753 I'm never impressed with my pictures. Must be some kinda complex I have... I'm nowhere near your level either Lloyd but I feel the same. I consider all my images crap and when it comes to my portfolio I'm selecting the least crappy of the crappy...not the best of the best. Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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JMHPhotography THREAD STARTER Goldmember 4,784 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2005 Location: New Hampshire More info | Oct 05, 2007 23:29 | #13 bcap wrote in post #4073330 Hey, I'm not ashamed to post my WOW shots ... When I took these on the back of my LCD ... I said "wow" ... I love them myself, and I don't care what anyone else thinks! LOL
On a slightly different level of "wow" ... everything just connected for these next two shots, and that made me go "wow" lol
~John
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bcap MR. PP 7,364 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Niagara, Ontario More info | Oct 05, 2007 23:35 | #14 Thanks John. Bryan
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Karena Senior Member 523 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Oct 05, 2007 23:39 | #15 Permanent banI like the 2nd and 3rd ones too Bryan.
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