My first Wedding

I can definitely use some critiquing (of course, be nice)!
My friend wanted me to take the pictures (even though I had never done a wedding before). I had a lot of trouble with the lighting at night because it was outside and mostly lit by candles and white christmas lights. Some of the night ones came out grainy (I'm pretty sure most of it was because I had the ISO up way too high)... any other suggestions for that? And the only lighting I used was my Canon 580ex II.

Anyways, here are some of the pics:

Almost 30 views and no one can say anything??? Guess I really do suck....

I think they are pretty good, number 4 is the one I like the most, and number 2 looks like it is crooked.

I'll comment on the obvious.

First of all, generally speaking, I think you have too much reds in most of these photos. Most look slightly blurry as well but I can't tell if this is due to jpeg compression/resize or not.

#1: I think this is nice. I would clone out the lower left.
#2: Crooked.
#3: Looks underexposed. It's also slightly crooked.
#4: The shadow area on the right side is distracting. Crop tighter perhaps? I like the photo however, even the tilt.
#5: I would clone out or crop out the tip of the person's face on the left side.
#6: Too hot. White's look blown out. The groom's hand are on the brides butt. Also, not sure about the conversion. Might as well make it B/W.
#7: Decent photo. Too much red. Groom looks like he's got lip stick on.
#8: Too blurry for my taste and it's slightly crooked.

^^ What he said

Thanks for the critiques guys..... I appreciate it.
Like I said, it's my first time & I will definitely take into consideration what you all said to do!

BTW, regarding #8 - I was talking about the pictures being too grainy.... I am wondering what to do about it??? The ISO was probably too high.... but any other suggestions? What other kind of lighting should I use besides my 580ex II?

And sorry that all of this was not "obvious" for me. Like I said before, I am new to wedding photography and I just need some advice. Thanks.

HillHey wrote in post #10272674
BTW, regarding #8 - I was talking about the pictures being too grainy.... I am wondering what to do about it??? The ISO was probably too high.... but any other suggestions? What other kind of lighting should I use besides my 580ex II?

And sorry that all of this was not "obvious" for me. Like I said before, I am new to wedding photography and I just need to some advice. Thanks.

I think the biggest problem with #8 is the fact that it's blurry. I don't think at ISO 1000, grain will be an issue. I would have upped the ISO to gain more shutter speed to avoid the blur. I would feel totally comfortable shooting the 7D at ISO1600, even ISO3200. You can use NR plugins in post to reduce the noise.

AWESOME advice, Nick. Thanks so much!!!

over all nice attempt.. but they all seem soft.. the lack of sharpness is an issue for me even beyond the composition you need to work at.. But a nice 1st start.