My first SOLO wedding shoot.

Did my first solo wedding shoot yesterday, talk about ALOT of work, the heat was killer and taking photos at 1pm in the blazing sun took some fun out of it, but I think I managed to get a few good ones. Thanks god for RAW

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you have some great shots - congrats on going solo

Wow, thanks for the comments, especially from Bloo, it means alot coming from a Pro like you!

It was alot harder getting them posed than I thought, and you are right there was alot of comments like "Hey Janet, remember what so and so had done in their wedding pictures, let's try that", so yes alot of them seem cliche for sure
Yes I should have used fill flash more effectively.

Hi Toogy,

The composition of the pics are great especially the difference between the whites and blacks.
My wedding pics (mostly Indian / Muslim) was all the while done in film and I'm learning digital now.
Do agree on lack of fill flash in the park.

Thank you
Bama

Very nice photos. I'm sure the B&G are going to love them.
Favorite: The Kiss (#7). Most kiss shots are of two faces smashed together. This one, for me anyway, hits the mark; not a face eating shot nor a chaste buss like the one you get when leaving for work. Nice
Least favorite (only because it detracts from the great facial expressions): the shadow cast by the flash in #12.

A couple of months ago, I bought a Lightsphere II....haven't had a flash shadow since.

Thanks for sharing

Hmm..... #12 was with a Lightsphere II???
Maybe I am using it incorrectly?? I had it faced towards them, the ceilings were WAY to high to bounce.

Interesting...because I've never tried pointing it at an indoor subject. Maybe the flash pointed at them would have worked for the outdoor fill flash photos.

Easy for me to say. I've not had the pressure of delivering a quality wedding photo

Other Lightsphere owners can chime in but I think with your 580, and flash compensation kicked up a notch or two, the Lightsphere could have been left pointed up irrespective of how high the ceilings were.

I hate flash photography...well the technical aspects of it anyway. I've read the flash sticky time and time again and it still hasn't penetrated my 1" thick skull.

Great work!

Nice work Jeff!! Do you use an off-shoe flash or just attached to the camera? I am getting an off-shoe cord this week and I think this will help a lot especially with portraits and outdoor fill........I think your poses look really natural and the bride and groom look pretty confident in front of the camera. This is really awesome stuff!!!

If thats your first wedding I think you have a great career ahead of you.

Thanks again,
No the flash was on the camera, I do have a bracket and off-shoe cord, just don't feel comfortable with it yet, seems like a monster machine when I have it all put together.

Olds 442 vert? Thats my kind of wedding. Great shots.

Yep, it was a 68 or 69 - 442 4-speed convertible, very nice, wanted more pics with the car, but since the temperature was 100+ with the humidity the seats were a 'little' hot and the bride didnt' want to sit in it.

I love these. I would be very happy if they were my wedding photos!

I really don't like them as they made me feel so very, very old. Is the groom over 12? Just kidding. I think these are all very nice. You did a great job.
pam