A Guam Wedding

[devilla101]

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 )

[surenj]

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...

[Marvin]

Fantastic! The couple must be very happy with these.

[aim54x]

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

[dawesy]

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

[Alpha_7]

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.

[devilla101]

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!!