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A few months ago I was fortunate enough to fly to Guam to shoot a wedding and would just like to share the images.











Thanks go to Wendell for helping me out re: travelling with gear and customs.

I ended up bringing along:
2 x 5ds gripped
50 1.4
80 1.2
16-35 2.8
24-70 2.8
1 Video light + battery pack
1 580ex (useless )

Wow what a great set!! This is a dream location for a wedding and you have captured the mood perfectly.

How did you process that sky in the #1?

I note you are using continuous light as your 'flash'.... Is that why the 580ex was useless?
You must have had a VAL holding your light...

Fantastic! The couple must be very happy with these.

Nice shots...

#1 what happened to the skies in this one??? C-Pol gone mad? I dont think I have ever seen the sky such a deep blue before, nice setting though. Do you have one where the bride and groom are a bit more prominent?

#2 Light must have been tough! Do you think you can get a bit more definition in the brides dress?

#3 Very nice, I love the reflections and the natural pose. The slight overexposure on her skin makes things seem a bit lacking in detail though.

#4 A very nice concept, you have done a very good job here. However the blown out highlights of the window meld with that on the banister and her dress

These are gorgeous!
Not the most constructive critic, but it's all I got.

Awesome shots

#1 Love the sense of scale and balance within the composition - not necessarily a fan of the processing but thats personal taste.

#2 Again fantastic composition, great eye, and a nice balance if I was being picky, I'd like to see the bottom of the dress and also the top left corner seems to be discoloured ?

#3 Great captured moment there, the processing seems to have created a strong vignette and halo around the couple which I'm not too keen on.

#4 Gorgeous and techically a hard shot to pull off given the dynamic range in the shot.

Thanks for looking and for the critique guys.

surenj: I'm a natural light shooter when I can help it. The reason the 580ex flash was useless was I didn't use it whatsoever. So essentially it was just dead weight. My video light proved to be quite useful (again).
As for the sky I really can't remember how I did that . I'm pretty sure I did layers and layer effects.

Marvin: Thanks mate. Yah they are

aim54x:
1: No I don't use any filters for any weddings due to the pace of the event. Regarding the shot, the chapel is really the main focus point. Its more of a 'story telling' shot.
2: Yah 12pm midday in Guam was tough. Typical cloud coverage then bright sun. Always had to re-meter. I can get more detail out of the dress however I run the risk of making the dress look grey than white. This one is a good compromise as it shows details of the dress
3: Chinese skin. When its perfect its almost like porcelain. Smooth and near-flawless
4. Good eye and yes I agree.

dawsey: Thanks mate

Alpha_7:
1: Processing is such a personal thing isnt it? People like or they don't
2: Re: top left being discolored, good eye. Might check into that
4: You know what, in weddings I try not to get too techincal esp in trying to capturing all the the dynamic range. I shoot because I know its going to look good. Techicals be damned!!