First wedding snapshots with my first camera, xsi

I'm new to the forum and to photography. Took a few shots of my friend's wedding with my new xsi. Would love some feedback on these shots! Thanks!

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1 is just plain bad
2 & 3 are unsharp
4 is a nice mood-pic
5 could be nice is you edited out the photographer
6 dont like
7 need some editing but is ok

Well, I'll be a little nicer. Congrats on your intro to photography and good job at staying out the photographers way. It's good that you were concious of that. Too many people aren't!

1 - Really does nothing for me.. It doesn't really tell a story. Everybody is far away, and your focus is really on the photographers. Plus it's overexposed.

2 - I think this is my favorite one. I like the moment you caught here. It does seem like maybe you've got some motion blur from a low shutter speed. But not a bad shot. It might benefit from some cropping. Take out some of hte top and the side with the frame, since it only serves as a distraction.

3 - Definitely motion blur here. Looks like your shutter speed was too low. If you post your settings, we can better help with technical critique.

4 - Looks like a fun moment, I wish that perhaps we could make out the bride's face, but I like the idea of it.

5 - I like the bridesmaids going through the tree, but I agree the photographer back there is a distraction.

6 - I like the idea of the bride among the trees, but her motion is just kind of confusing.

7 - I think this works more than the above one, but the blown bits are a bit of a distraction.

continue to shoot and have fun and hone your technical skills!

Thanks so much for your constructive comments! I will post the settings shortly.

taking pictures is about learning and if you dont make the mistakes you never learn, keep shooting and take plenty.

well... the location appears to be beautiful. I'm curious as to how the pro photos came out.

and just repeat the above comments as my thoughts.

I see some overexposed and out of focus shots but I love your concept on those last 2 pictures.

You didn't quite hit the exposure right on them and they could use some PP, but I rather like 6 and 7.

The title is apt, they are just snapshots.

jeahtherese wrote in post #10158362
I see some overexposed and out of focus shots but I love your concept on those last 2 pictures.

+1 to that.

curious why the "pro" photographer seems to be taking pictures of the bushes

I'll just comment on #3..
Watch your background. This picture looks like the speaker balanced on their heads will fall if either one moves. This is a common kind of mistake as people learn how to compose their pictures well.

Your work shows promise.