Four Weddings No Funeral - Wedding Images

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Four Weddings No Funeral - Wedding Images

Postby Cre8tivepixels on Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:59 pm

Hey just completed a run of four weddings, i am stuffed.......

Here are a few.......

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Postby Reschsmooth on Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:29 pm

I presume you want C&C on these.

If so..

1. I like the first - exposure looks pretty good.
2. The second looks flat. To me, if you asked the subjects to stand in one of those pools of sunlight, it may pop more.
3. The leaves at top right are a little distracting.
4. Her pose seems a little masculine or unnatural.
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Postby rflower on Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:58 pm

I like #1. good use of the reflection.

I think you are too far away in #2, and although it looks to be a nice area, the bride and groom get lost in the background. I would have preferred to see a tighter crop , where you can see the detail in the faces of the 2.

I agree with Reschsmooth about the leaves in #3, but I do like the colours of the overall shot.

Too much dead space in #4 on the left hand side, and the seagull is a bit distracting. I think, I would have preferred to see this shot in a portrait. Once again closer to the subject.

I am sure the brides and grooms will be happy with the end result, as we are only seeing such a small sample of the total sets though.
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:29 pm

Thanks guys .........these are by no means the best shots, just shots i have thrown out there to see what reaction i get, this is the critique section is it not...so i am cool with both your inputs :)

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Postby Alex on Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:36 pm

Dan,

No.3 is certainly the best one of the lot. It is a more conventional wedding shot, but it will remind the couple of the positive emotions on the day.

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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:16 am

I like them all, Dan. I think the clients should be happy.

And I agree that #3 is the pick of the bunch.
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Postby gstark on Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:53 am

#3 without a doubt.

On #2, yes, the subjects are too far away ... too much foreground (probably related to the subjects being too far away) ... and really, while I like the arrangement with the three trees, I think the couple should be in the gap between either of the pairs of trees, rather than having the middle tree growing from their heads.
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Postby michael_ on Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:00 am

Reschsmooth wrote:I presume you want C&C on these.

If so..

1. I like the first - exposure looks pretty good.
2. The second looks flat. To me, if you asked the subjects to stand in one of those pools of sunlight, it may pop more.
3. The leaves at top right are a little distracting.
4. Her pose seems a little masculine or unnatural.


whilst i agree for the most part with #2 i think if the subject was in the pools of sunlight her dress probably would blow out to much, thats just my observation. i would have prefered it if they where standing between 2 tress the middle tree seems to distract me to much, other than that i really like the image.
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Postby shutterbug on Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:11 pm

I actually like the last image :wink:
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:05 pm

I quite liked the empty green space in #2 - it caught my eye
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Postby JeffGlue on Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:10 pm

here's my newbie opinion :)

Firstly, love the photos.

Couple of picky things... it might just be my screen but could the woman's right shoulder in #1 (camera left) have a bit of burning applied to it in PP just to seperate it from the wall behind her a touch better? The two just seem to blend in with each other a little too much for my eye.

Also definitely agree with Gary on #2 about placing the couple inbetween 2 of the trees, although the shot is nicely balanced with the 3 trees across the back, the first thing that caught my eye was the 'awkwardness' of where the couple are placed in regard to the centre tree
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Postby MATT on Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:17 pm

Dan what are you using to get that beautiful even light in the first?


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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:58 pm

MATT wrote:Dan what are you using to get that beautiful even light in the first?


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Hey mate, that was just flash bounced of the roof.....slow shutter speed and extremely steady hand......lol

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Postby MATT on Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:29 pm

Niiiice...
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