My First Wedding with the D70

[nito]

Thought I share my favourite wedding photo. Its also the only wedding I have been to with the D70.

Any thoughts, abuse, feedback?

[PiroStitch]

Looks good but a bit dark.

The foreground objects are a bit too strong particularly the candle holders, were these done with the onboard flash? Can you try and soften the edges a bit? Interesting idea with the composition tho.

What was the colour version like? See if you can create another copy and greyscale the rest of the photo but keep certain portions of the photo in colour (ie. the flowers, etc).

[nito]

Looks good but a bit dark.

The foreground objects are a bit too strong particularly the candle holders, were these done with the onboard flash? Can you try and soften the edges a bit? Interesting idea with the composition tho.

What was the colour version like? See if you can create another copy and greyscale the rest of the photo but keep certain portions of the photo in colour (ie. the flowers, etc).

As I said this was my first wedding shot. In fact it was the first outting with the D70. Pretty fresh.

This was before the purchase of the SB600 and the beggining of NAS.

The greyscale idea with highlights of the flower sounds excellent . But, sadly, I was so new digital photography, I let Nikon picture project save over the original file after applying the sepia.

I do have some colour versions which turned out good, But managed to get an annoying guitar player in the background.

I just like the composition Never will get such a shot again.

[PiroStitch]

Of course you'll never get the same shot again You'll only get better shots next time from the stuff you learned this time.

Everybody has to start from somewhere and I'm by no means an expert when it comes to wedding photography with the D70. Only wedding I've taken part in with the D70 was my cousin's wedding dinner. Luckily the photographer was really friendly and had a nice chat with him, he even gave me some advice about the settings, etc

Something that he shared with me, which I've been practising a lot of lately, is when using the flash, to open the aperture up wide and bump the shutter speed down to around 1/50 or 1/40 so you a bit of the background to warm up the scene, while the flash lightens up the foreground.

I know some may disagree while others do. It's a subjective thing

Keep practising with the D70 and keep learning from the forums Still can't believe how friendly everyone is around here I'm too used to forums where people have too much ego and attitude.

Cheers,

Wayne

[MCWB]

IMO if you cropped from the left hand side of the glass to the start of the candle-holder thingo you have yourself a deadset winner. Wonderful shot, love it!

[dooda]

Still can't believe how friendly everyone is around here I'm too used to forums where people have too much ego and attitude.

Cheers,

Wayne

It's weird isn't it? No pretentiousness (pretty much) and everyone is skilled yet humble and flattering. It's because the initial core of this group was so strong and willfully genuine from the beginning that any kind of ego and attitude gets pretty much flushed out. I'd feel extremely awkward if someone came out on this forum acting like that. Most just get really good vibes from this forum from the outset. Most of it is probably attributed to Gary and Birdog and I'm sure he doesn't tire of hearing it.

Sings: "where everybody knows your name"

Nito,
I like this shot, but I sort of wish that it featured the bride and groom a little more recognizable. As it is ti could almost be an ad or something. I'm sure that the client will love it though, and I LOVE the sepia. Just don't start sprinkling colour in there unless the client asks for it.

[shutterbug]

IMO if you cropped from the left hand side of the glass to the start of the candle-holder thingo you have yourself a deadset winner. Wonderful shot, love it!

Hi Nito,

Totally agree with MCWB

[sirhc55]

Nito - considering that this photo is from a first outing with the D70 you have managed to capture an excellent pic. I agree with the others on the candle and a crop.

[nito]

Thanks everyone. I'm off to another wedding today. Hopefully I can do better.

I've edited the photo as suggested. Thanks MCWB.

And still working on the PS suggestion by prostitch. I really need a book on PS.

[redline]

i don't want to be rude with my comments take it as a grain of salt.
i find the image a little differicult to look at. for me. whats instantly my eyes are draw to is the central point of the image.the blown highlight of that logo in the bg to be exact.
you could burn in the logo to darken it effect, but to me theres too much to look at. i know that your trying to use something in the foreground as a natural frame but i think you could have used the white candle on its own with some flowers something a little simple.


ok you can start hating me now.

[avkomp]

I like the composition of the shot except that I agree the foreground objects are too strong and somewhat distracting.

the close crop you have removes the distractions but gives the shot too tight a feel for my liking. If you tried a vertical oval vignette then you would still have some width around the couple and make it a real winner for mine

You could then have your sig. or a nice frame around the outside. I tried the oval vignette pasted onto a white background and it works for me

Steve

[nito]

Special Thanks to avkomp for suggesting this one.



I like it so much, I will present the phot like this as a present to the newly weds. Thanks avkomp!