Heather & Shaun~Selective Coloring

Here's a photo I took at my last wedding. I can't take credit for the posing idea though, somewhere on this forum I read about it.

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Selective coloring is so... '90s. It's been so over done. Personally I don't like it and there are tons of photographers out there that will tell you not to do it but as long as your client likes it, then go for it.

Yes, ppl love selective coloring but photographers usually don't lol.. anyhow in some cases its good, but I don't believe it helps make the picture, I think in this case it detracts from it, but I love everyones expressions

Mike30D wrote in post #6406755
but as long as your client likes it, then go for it.

Bingo!

heathermarie wrote in post #6406965
Yes, ppl love selective coloring

Bingo again!

heathermarie wrote in post #6406965
but photographers usually don't lol..

at least in my area that's true.........because
most don't know how to do it, especially the old ones.

dcyphert wrote in post #6408357
because
most don't know how to do it, especially the old ones.

I have never heard of a photographer (even amatuers) who could not do selective coloring.

heathermarie wrote in post #6406965
Yes, ppl love selective coloring but photographers usually don't lol.. anyhow in some cases its good, but I don't believe it helps make the picture, I think in this case it detracts from it, but I love everyones expressions

Fingertip wrote in post #6411774
I have never heard of a photographer (even amatuers) who could not do selective coloring.

Well....there are in my area....and they're usually the same ones who won't consider providing the digital files for their wedding packages and/or just switched to digital in recent years.

Mike30D wrote in post #6406755
Selective coloring is so... '90s. It's been so over done. Personally I don't like it and there are tons of photographers out there that will tell you not to do it but as long as your client likes it, then go for it.

Bingo! Selective color has to be the cheesiest thing you could do. To me it is a 'gimmick' or detractor from just plain quality photography, imho.

To me, the "processing" looks out of place....i.e fake. Color, B&W, Sepia and others have a look about them, a feel.... but selective coloring just looks fake.IMO. If the bride wants it though.....and is paying for it.....give it to them.

xmacvicar wrote in post #6428729
Bingo! Selective color has to be the cheesiest thing you could do. To me it is a 'gimmick' or detractor from just plain quality photography, imho.

Last week, a mother asked to book me for her daughter's Senior high school portraits.......she specifically asked if I could do selective color as an option in my Senior portrait packages. So you're saying if someone wanted to pay you to do this you'd tell them "no, it's just cheesy and will detract from the quality of your photos"

But then again, I guess the black & white is so....20s. Thanks for your honest opinion.

dcyphert wrote in post #6429204
Last week, a mother asked to book me for her daughter's Senior high school portraits.......she specifically asked if I could do selective color as an option in my Senior portrait packages. So you're saying if someone wanted to pay you to do this you'd tell them "no, it's just cheesy and will detract from the quality of your photos"

But then again, I guess the black & white is so....20s. Thanks for your honest opinion.

Yep! They know that I do not do selective color; in the client consultation process, I try to weed out people who don't fit our style and our feel to our pictures. If they don't 'get it', then we do not take them on. It's as simple as that. It saves alot of weird hassles later on and facilitates really good client/photographer relations because we want the same things and we're on the same page.

xmacvicar wrote in post #6430500
Yep! They know that I do not do selective color; in the client consultation process, I try to weed out people who don't fit our style and our feel to our pictures. If they don't 'get it', then we do not take them on. It's as simple as that. It saves alot of weird hassles later on and facilitates really good client/photographer relations because we want the same things and we're on the same page.

That makes sense to me too...I guess it's all about how one runs their business.

xmacvicar wrote in post #6430500
Yep! They know that I do not do selective color; in the client consultation process, I try to weed out people who don't fit our style and our feel to our pictures. If they don't 'get it', then we do not take them on. It's as simple as that. It saves alot of weird hassles later on and facilitates really good client/photographer relations because we want the same things and we're on the same page.

I hope one day that I am able to 'weed out' the clients that dont fit in with my style of photography...........​but untill that day I will continue to work with my clients in creating beautiful memories of their special day photographed in a way that they are happy with .' Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.'
I dont particularly like selective colouring but I would never refuse a client based on this. Cheers Val