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Postby Slider on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:01 pm

Paid Wedding.
I have got to say I was quite apprehensive about this as I guess you only get one shot at it. As it turned out the Bride and Groom are rapt with the results so I can breathe again :lol:

Here are a few from the day.

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Postby Blackspear on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:03 pm

The 3rd one is my pic Mark, very nice indeed. Do you have others on a link?

Cheers :D
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Postby makario on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:14 pm

Nice images, I like #3, find #1 a bit shiny. Dont you just love the rush you get after completing a shoot and then the clients loving the images.
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Postby Yi-P on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:16 pm

As above, #3 is best, then #2 and #1 can be fixed up nicely :D
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Postby Slider on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:41 pm

Blackspear wrote:The 3rd one is my pic Mark, very nice indeed. Do you have others on a link?

Cheers :D


Thanks for the comment. No link as yet.

makario wrote:Nice images, I like #3, find #1 a bit shiny. Dont you just love the rush you get after completing a shoot and then the clients loving the images.


Sure was good. I met with them this evening and the look on their faces said it all. Was very satisfying to know how they felt.

Yi-P wrote:As above, #3 is best, then #2 and #1 can be fixed up nicely :D


Haven't had time to do much PP'ing other than a quick B&W conversion on a few images. Still quite a bit of work to do but it's all good fun :D
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Postby big pix on Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:58 am

well done mark......... if this is a small sample, then it appears that you have a very happy customer.......
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Postby JordanP on Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:16 am

Well done Mark!

I like all of them, but as others have said #3 is my pick. These all look shot in a studio environment, is that how all the shots played out? I would love to see some non studio shots if you got them.

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Postby Oscar on Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:52 am

Nice shots Mark. #2 & #3 are my picks. #1 is a nicely composed shot of the couple - as said just needs a slight tuoch up. Cheers, Mick :)
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Postby marcotrov on Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:26 am

#3 is a ripper mark. Congrats on your first, of many, :) successes.
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Postby Jules on Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:20 am

Well done Mark :cheers:

I like them all but #3 stands out to me. Congratulations on a great job :)
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Postby wendellt on Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:19 pm

hi mark

congratulations on the paid gig

i like the 3rd very different
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Postby BBJ on Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:15 pm

Mark, wonderfull shots all of them but i like #3 as well. Well done i am glad they are happy with the shots and so they should,very nice.
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:38 pm

Good stuff Mark :D So now you have the dough is it going to be the 70-200VR or the 80-400VR? :wink:
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Postby Glen on Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:06 pm

Mark well done, a tremendous effort
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Postby mudder on Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:56 pm

If this is your first paid gig, I can see you getting more work... :)

Terrific stuff, well done...
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Postby Big Red on Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:08 pm

your a game man ... bet you were more nervous than the happy couple :lol:

great pic too 8)
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Well done!

Postby zafra52 on Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:21 pm

Well done! They are all very good, but because of the angles the third is my favourite.
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Postby avkomp on Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:26 pm

congrats on the first gig. the first one is always the hardest.

third shot is my favourite also.

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Postby Slider on Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:12 pm

Thanks for the positive comments folks. :D

Craig, not in a studio. Outdoors but I used my Sigma 180 from a distance with my assistant (wife) holding the 2nd flash (SB600) with Lightsphere about a metre from the couple. I used manual settings to underexpose the background to take it out of play. The B&W treatment enhances the effect.

Here is a group shot with more conventional lighting. This one was taken with the kit lens, SB800 in command mode on camera and SB600 off to the left up high. Both flashes wore Lightspheres. The lighting in most of the group shots (and there were lots) came out nice and even.


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