Cheryl & Sam Wedding

I want to mention that I'm not a wedding photographer, just a amateur that enjoys people photography.

I have know Cheryl since she was about 15 and 17 years later had the opportunity to take some photos for her wedding. There was a professional photographer there and I made sure she let him knew before I arrive that I would be there for the ceremony photos and some of the park.

As I reached I introduced myself to him and he was quite nice. A grooms men and I helped the pro arrange some of the formal shots. I left the formal shots to the hired photographer. No flash was used as I forgot my flash.

When the photographer was not taking the shots of the bride and groom, I was. I took two camera's. 97% of the shots was with the 5D II and the 70-200F2.8 IS II and the other camera was a 7D with the 24-105 lens.

There was a huge windows facing south good natural light so I fired away for the first few.

Comments and critique is more than welcomes, this is the only way I can learn.

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Very nice shots. Maybe you should get into weddings.

Those are great looking pictures,well done!

I was thinking the same, great work

Moderator's Note: To the OP, your images are nice, but you put up too many images and they are all 1200 on the long side. Please review the Image Posting Rules

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=188522

You can only post 8 images per thread so members can see a good representation of the work, that's why only 8 will link per post. And the size is limited to 1024x1024 as some members don't have monitors large enough to view the images fully otherwise.

I've linked all the images you have posted, but if you resize the first 8, you can put them back up. The rest have to be linked.

Thank you guys for the compliments. I sent the link to Cheryl on Saturday night and apparently she view the photos at her reception and she loved them all. She was very happy that I offered to take photos of her wedding. I wanted to capture the bride and groom in a more relax and casual poses rather than too formal those are the precious moments.

Her hired photographer, I hope his photos came out well he was using a nikon D300 but no zoom lens to get up close and tight and that smooth bokeh. He used two lens a wide angle and wide to mid range tele. One groom and I noticed when we were shotting he never used a lens hood all day especially into the sun. Maybe he wanted flare on his photos?

Speaking to one of the grooms men he and I also helped the hired photographer arrange the shot. He also has canon gear 70-200 F2.8 IS, 85mm F1.2 and a few other lens. He did not bring his camera as he was there to enjoy the day. There was a few times we would have wanted to rearrange how and where the bridal party was but we did not say or doing anything as he was the hired photographer. When he was not taking photos of the bridal party we quickly rearrange them and got the photos and he also commented good poses and joined in to take the photos too..

chuckie365, I would need more experience is posing the wedding party to consider wedding photography. I really no not have that much experience in that. For the bride and groom I feel comfortable but to pose a large group and to be creative I need more experience.

Suzy I have removed the other posts and just posted a link.

Yaamon wrote in post #10851183
I want to mention that I'm not a wedding photographer, just a amateur that enjoys people photography.

Could've fooled me...

(looked at the rest of your photos).

At least you have a back-up career if you want to quit your current one...

Thank you. This is exactly right.

You're better than 95% of the so called pros who post here.

mrmarklin wrote in post #10862514
You're better than 95% of the so called pros who post here.

you are way too kind with your comment.

All I did was just watch where the sun light was and position her to get a good exposure.

Now all I need to do is improve on my photoshop skills. I'm sorry to say I don't even know how to mask or layers but want to learn soon. All I know with photoshop is just the basics like exposure adjustment, spot heal, and sharpen when needed.

nice and natural

Ditto on all the above comments on how good these are! 5 and 6 are just beautiful.

Firstly, good job on chipping in for your friend's wedding. While the images you posted here are pretty one dimensional in that they are tight portraits, you have much more variety in your gallery.

Yaamon wrote in post #10858800
Her hired photographer, I hope his photos came out well he was using a nikon D300 but no zoom lens to get up close and tight and that smooth bokeh. He used two lens a wide angle and wide to mid range tele. One groom and I noticed when we were shotting he never used a lens hood all day especially into the sun. Maybe he wanted flare on his photos?

Best not to speculate on the work of the hired photographer. We all have different ways of working. I've worked with photographers who don't use hoods and they produce stunning images.

Yaamon wrote in post #10858800
Speaking to one of the grooms men he and I also helped the hired photographer arrange the shot. He also has canon gear 70-200 F2.8 IS, 85mm F1.2 and a few other lens. He did not bring his camera as he was there to enjoy the day. There was a few times we would have wanted to rearrange how and where the bridal party was but we did not say or doing anything as he was the hired photographer. When he was not taking photos of the bridal party we quickly rearrange them and got the photos and he also commented good poses and joined in to take the photos too..

I can't help but sense that you have a little bit of a bone to pick with the hired photographer? It's easy to play armchair quarterback and my suggestion is to refrain from doing so. It's a lot harder than you think it is. (Not saying it's rocket science either, but you get my point!) Almost feels like you were there to judge and to make sure that the hired photographer was doing a good job.

Hi Nicksan, thank you for your response. You are correct that I prefer the tighter framing as I enjoy shooting candid portraits of single people, maybe that does not work so well in wedding photos. Good point and thanks for pointing that out so next time will think more space in group photos.

Sorry if I came across as judging the hired photographer it was not meant to come across like that. As you saw in my gallery of the large family photos to me, the family was not spaced properly and it looked more towards a V shape layout and crowded. But then again there was lots of people to fit into the photo. When the photographer took photo's of the bride and groom and the immediate family his choice was in front of the pagoda or busy back ground. To me the back ground looked too busy. There was so much open space with the trees and flowers a distance away that he could have shot there.

You have to remmeber I have no experience nor claim to be a wedding photographer so his choices of what is in the back ground maybe is correct.

I had no bone to pick with the hired, one of the groom and I helped at times with suggestions do you think shooting here would be a good spot. We even helped with a few layouts for him and I did not shoot those formal shots. The formal shots that he took I did not want to be in his space and the few that I took did not take them near him. I gave him his space so he could do his job. The bride and groom went to another park for more photos. I left that up the the hired photographer and went home.

As you mentioned I'm sure his photos will be great are more likely to turn out better than mine as my skills are limited in photoshop and I have no experience in wedding photography.

I'm just glad the bride and groom like what I took of them.

Yaamon wrote in post #10866488
Hi Nicksan, thank you for your response. You are correct that I prefer the tighter framing as I enjoy shooting candid portraits of single people, maybe that does not work so well in wedding photos. Good point and thanks for pointing that out so next time will think more space in group photos.

Yeah, I was just merely commenting on the photos you posted here. Your gallery contains images of better variety, as I mentioned before. I think you did a good job helping out your friend get more images from the special day.

Yaamon wrote in post #10866488
Sorry if I came across as judging the hired photographer it was not meant to come across like that. As you saw in my gallery of the large family photos to me, the family was not spaced properly and it looked more towards a V shape layout and crowded. But then again there was lots of people to fit into the photo. When the photographer took photo's of the bride and groom and the immediate family his choice was in front of the pagoda or busy back ground. To me the back ground looked too busy. There was so much open space with the trees and flowers a distance away that he could have shot there.

You have to remmeber I have no experience nor claim to be a wedding photographer so his choices of what is in the back ground maybe is correct.

I had no bone to pick with the hired, one of the groom and I helped at times with suggestions do you think shooting here would be a good spot. We even helped with a few layouts for him and I did not shoot those formal shots. The formal shots that he took I did not want to be in his space and the few that I took did not take them near him. I gave him his space so he could do his job.

As you mentioned I'm sure his photos will be great are more likely to turn out better than mine as my skills are limited in photoshop and I have no experience in wedding photography.

I'm just glad the bride and groom like what I took of them.

Sounds like you let the hired photographer do his thing, and even helped out. Also, it sounds like he appreciated the help...right? If that's the case, then I don't see a problem with it.