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Hey guys,

Thought I would share some recent wedding images. Haven't really had a chance to do some personal photography projects. However I am going o/s next week so hopefully I can share some here when I get back!

Ooh, lovely.

As I'm currently hunting down a wedding tog at the moment, I've looked at a gazillion wedding websites and galleries. These would definitely put you on my shortlist!! I'm sure the bride and groom were extremely happy with them.

nice. how did you do #2? did you have a fan?

Wow, i like #1. great shots very crisp and sharp. no doubt the happy couple will love them! can you tell me what lighting you used in the first two shots? lovely work.

Absolutely stunning shots !! The movement of the veil and the intimacy of the bride and groom in #2 work perfectly. #1 is sharp where it matters, with such beautiful creamy tones. I love the lead in by the veil to the corner in #3. something about #4 doesn't do it for me. ..... but I can't figure out why
Photos like these make me wish I was getting married
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Gorgeous photos mate, I'm a wee bit jealous as you've nailed all these IMO. Would love to hear a little about your processing / workflow . In the first three you've created a really intimate feel in 2&3 between the couple, and in 1 with just the bride. For me the 4th is the weakest as far as composition and impact is concerned, that said its still a great shot the couple will love.

Very keen to hear about the processing as I said partically with the first image, I'm interested if the blur is all shallow depth of field, or a result of some post as well.
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blacknstormy wrote:The movement of the veil and the intimacy of the bride and groom in #2 work perfectly.

I agree - I would love to know how to achieve that sort of effect whilst maintaining sharpness in the images. Is it an experience thing? Shutter speed?

Great work!!

Thanks for the C&C guys and Ladybird look forward to hearing from you

Regarding image 4, I agree that it is the weakest of the bunch. I love the movement however the reason, I believe that its weak, is that the sky is overblown and is just too bright and I think becomes to dominant of the image. I must remember to increase my aperture.

Regarding the lighting, its all natural light. I rarely use flash when doing weddings except when its called for eg bright sunny day for fill, dark churches and reception.

Regarding processing/workflow esp. image 2. I keep it extremely basic. I open the image first in Lightroom and do global adjustments such as WB, vibrance, curves etc etc. The image is then opened in Photoshop and I basically use a lot of selection with feathering and adjust using Levels. I basically darken and lighten parts of the image.
The motion blur you see on the veil, I got pretty lucky since on the day it was windy. I had a bridesmaid hold a part of the veil on the left and the rest blew. I then exaggerated the movement by adding a bit of motion blur.

As for image 1 I shot the bride using 85mm 1.2 @ f2. How I processed it is again very simple and I just used a lot selection and adjusting levels.

Hope that helps and any more questions, feel free to ask away

Very nice shots!

Top work, I just love the first 2 especially