As in a earlier thread I got the opportunity to shoot my very first wedding. This was most definitely a learning process. The church was VERY dark, I was pushing 1600-2000 iso wide open on 2.8 and my shutter was still dragging around 1/100th and was still underexposing about half a stop, well actually I was properly exposing for the dress in camera and the rest of the scene was 1/2-1 stop under. The ambient light was mostly coming in from the brides side through colored stained glass (small) windows. But I made do, thank heavens for RAW. I also found out I only had at most 30 minutes for all the formals, so i took standard boring cross lighting with a typical pose for everyone except the B&G and their kids. Anyways here is a sampling of my shots.
Weird site issues today, posted this inadvertently 5 times and it won't show up on the front page of forum posts, seeing if this bump will move it there.
You certainly can't tell that was your first go at a wedding they are of excellent quality and you seem to have captured the spirit of the day. Had those been for my wedding you would have had no complaints.
Yea I like them too,I have never done a wedding and never would ( not that anyone would ask me ) but I think these are very good and they should be well pleased.
No doubt you should be able to get more work in this line if you wish. Congrats to you.
You done good. The LensBaby details are particularly sweet. Gonna get one of your own now?
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It is on my wish list :) Got a few things I gotta take care of first but that and a 24-70 are two that I would like to have. Until that point there is always lens rentals.
Originally posted by MattO:
These are very nice, for what it's worth, I see 5 or 6 of this same post on the community page.
Yes I was having issues posting this morning and kept getting errors so on. I have a ticket in to remove the other posts.
Hey Joshua, well done! These are waaaaaaaaaaay better than the photos I have of my OWN wedding!
My favourite is the b/w of the bride sitting on her own.
The b/w of her standing by the window - I tried cropping off about half of the negative space above her and I liked the composition more, but that's just my opinion.
You've done a fantastic job with exposure in what had to have been highly difficult conditions.
Great photos Joshua. I like number 10 and the one of the bride in the window. Also, the detail shots of the cake and ring are excellent. They are all very good though.
I just gave you a PM about your wedding photo, well now you don't have to reply. Thanks for posting, I'll be doing this soon at my brothers wedding, I need all the tips I can get. If anyone else has wedding photos please post for more ideas.
Hey Joshua, well done! These are waaaaaaaaaaay better than the photos I have of my OWN wedding!
My favourite is the b/w of the bride sitting on her own.
The b/w of her standing by the window - I tried cropping off about half of the negative space above her and I liked the composition more, but that's just my opinion.
You've done a fantastic job with exposure in what had to have been highly difficult conditions.
Yup, to echo Bear, you definitely done good.
Thank you so much. I agree with the composition, I kept everything in the camera aspect ratio but if they were to order a print I would crop accordingly. I also designed a KISS wedding book which I will be ordering tomorrow and of course pics will follow once it arrives.
I just gave you a PM about your wedding photo, well now you don't have to reply. Thanks for posting, I'll be doing this soon at my brothers wedding, I need all the tips I can get. If anyone else has wedding photos please post for more ideas.
Not bad - I`m not overly keen on the images where you have faked the shallow DOF - also the processing seems to change from shot to shot - pick a style and stick with it (excluding a few B&W shots). Compositionally they are very nice and you did well in a darkened church. Good work!
Color me impressed. Thumbs up, Josh. I agree with Simms on the varying processing styles though. Still, your results are very impressive and should help establish you in the biz.
practice, passion, commitment...keep it up, joshua, you are well on your way to getting where you want to be! nicely done!!
while i'll agree with simms and art about settling on a style, i think the key is to pick the appropriate style for the job you are delivering - essentially, maintain consistency within a collection so that no particular images look out of place. keep on working and experimenting until you are happy with what you can do in any given situation.
Thanks guys. I see what you mean by consistency, I tried to keep everything else consistent and even kept all of the shots in the camera aspect ratio but I didn't really think about the editing styles. I suppose I was using this as an excuse to experiment around a bit but keeping it consistent makes perfect sense, especially in the groups as Skip mentioned. Thanks again.
just to be a little more clear on what i posted earlier, different lighting situations and setups will produce results that lend them to particular styles of processing. the key is to have an idea as to what you envision the end result being and approach the shoot accordingly. sometimes you'll have control over it and sometimes you won't. i've defined different picture styles that i'll use for different situations - and that really cuts down on post-processing time, letting the camera do the heavy lifting. (you just have to remember to set the style back to standard when you get home, just so you don't screw up the next shoot if a different style is required.) you can keep on experimenting and share your results and outtakes while making sure your clients are getting the right stuff.
thanks again Skip. I did use batch actions on several groupings of my shots and that saved a tremendous amount of time. I also learned what took me the longest and how to work better at that,
