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Hi Guys. Took my camera along to my step sisters wedding on Saturday and I got what I feel are some great shots. Here are just a taste of them:

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Owen
Nicely done.
Skin tones are about 8% too heavy on my monitor but colour balance is spot on. Like the creative touch.

Well done Owen - a touch of traditional and a touch of avante garde - I like

Owen, they look great to me and i think you did a good job, i have never done this but i would be happy with these as well. The gardens look nice and yeh dont if you could have go into that archway but would have made some nice shots as well.
Cheers
John
BBJ

owen wrote:Hi Guys. Took my camera along to my step sisters wedding on Saturday and I got what I feel are some great shots. Here are just a taste of them:

They look good to me, Owen. A notch dark, but still quite nice.

Thanks for the comments guys. They are a bit dark, but I spot metered off the brides face when I could. The dress was close to overexposing in a lot of shots as well so I couldn't do too much of a levels adjustment.

One thing I did notice was that I really could have done with a VR lens. I got a lot of blurry shots as the light faded. I guess I could have used Auto ISO to get the shutter speeds I needed.

Thanks for checking them out

owen wrote:One thing I did notice was that I really could have done with a VR lens. I got a lot of blurry shots as the light faded. I guess I could have used Auto ISO to get the shutter speeds I needed.

Thanks for checking them out

Owen,
VR lens is nice to have, but monopod might helps as well.
AUTO ISO is the worst part to use, just please forget it.

Noisy pictures are better than no pictures I think. You can get rid of noise in neatimage but you can't very successfully get rid of bluriness.

owen wrote:Noisy pictures are better than no pictures I think. You can get rid of noise in neatimage but you can't very successfully get rid of bluriness.

Noisy picture can be done by manually selecting proper ISO and correct meter, other side AUTO ISO is not.

Edit: The external SB-600 or SB-800 may help also.

owen wrote:One thing I did notice was that I really could have done with a VR lens. I got a lot of blurry shots as the light faded. I guess I could have used Auto ISO to get the shutter speeds I needed.

Something i've learnt through experience with my VR lens is that it's not always as useful as you might think. I would say get a tripod/monopod before a VR lens because while the shots you took may have been blurry because of your hand shake, VR will most likely just introduce blur from the subject's movements, which is harder to see on the LCD and just as bad when it comes to printing the shots..

From what I can see, VR is very useful when you're at a long focal length and would like to keep the camera steady for longer than normal ( 1/length ) but still a faster shutter speed than will blur the subject ( 1/125 I think is what is quoted ). Of course, VR is probably also useful for low-light landscapes and other mostly static scenes..

Love the shots Owen! Looks like it was perfect day for your Step Sister! But whats she doing wading through those thigh high shrbs..haha!
But seriously, great angles used, they speak volumes. Have you considered lifting/saturating a bit of the green to brighten the dull background contrast? Just a thought

I love those last two pics. I ask myself, 'why is the bride hiding over the other side of the garden'. Fantastic