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Minister Wedding Cam: The Kiss
Minister Wedding Cam: The Kiss
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Challenge: Romance (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Red Hill Winery, Victoria Australia
Date: Jan 28, 2006
Aperture: F8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Black and White, Wedding
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2006

 I have two super professional multi award winning photographers in my church. I did their wedding some time ago...there were dozens of their peers and colleagues, also pros...For a joke I said there was to be no photography during the ceremony I was conducting (I was kidding!)

Anyhow, THAT couple asked me to do a 'PastorCam' shot of the kiss. I have done so in every subsequent wedding.

When the romance challenge was announced, it was a no-brainer for me. I had an outdoor wedding in a winery in the country.

I tok about 7 shots, but I am not sure I submitted my best one. It was a real debate. I thought it would do well, but many were put off by the extreme wide angle, which by the way I loved.

I had another shot where the crowd was really into the kiss and people had their little digital cameras up, people were laughing etc...but the kiss looked awkward. Oh, well, gave it my best shot.


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Place: 47 out of 131
Avg (all users): 5.5028
Avg (commenters): 6.3636
Avg (participants): 5.1364
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Votes: 352
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/05/2006 11:46:29 PM
Was this a wide-angle mounted on his/her hat? Interesting approach. I'm rating this high. Good job
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/05/2006 09:19:05 AM
What a fun and real moment you captured here. I love the expressions of all of the people. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot A75
 02/04/2006 08:59:10 PM
cool
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-5
Pentax FA J 75-300mm f/4.5-5.8 AL AF
 02/03/2006 10:14:14 AM
5
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Canon EOS-30D
 02/03/2006 01:01:40 AM
very original!!
nice!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/02/2006 11:23:31 PM
The fisheye feel of this image is distracting and seems to compete too much with the intended subject. A shallower DoF would have helped to drop a lot of the clutter out of the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
 02/02/2006 12:06:34 PM
Great angle!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/01/2006 11:12:06 PM
how nice...great wide angle
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot Pro1
 02/01/2006 02:39:41 PM
I like the choice of lens to get the whole party in. Very nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/01/2006 06:18:21 AM
Great shot - love the wide angle/fisheye pov. Really nice b&w tones too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nokia N900
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon
 02/01/2006 04:05:32 AM
The field of view/distortion is a little disorienting. I think I would have preferred a rectilinear shot at a more natural fov and shallower depth of field to bring out the four people in the center. There is a lot of emotion in those four people, whereas the rest of the crowd is pretty dead.
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