A few from a wedding on the weekend.

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A few from a wedding on the weekend.

Postby methd on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:24 am

Hope you enjoy it, C&C appreciated.

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Postby byrt_001 on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:41 am

wow....excellent shots

my favorite is numbers are 2 and 4 becuase how well is been compose and the lighting. As much as I like number 3 becuase is excellent b/w I can not see her/his face.

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Postby bwhinnen on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:19 am

Stunning, simply stunning.

Number 3 just doesn't do it for me though. The others are great.
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Postby Kyle on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:27 am

Spotted your photos on OCAU..

The 4 you have displayed here have blown me away.

Fantastic work :up:
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Postby pucara on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:52 am

VERY GOOD SHOTS, I LIKE NUMBER 2 KEEP THE GOOD WORK.
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Postby Alex on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:54 am

All are beautifully executed images. I really can't pick a favourite.

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Postby ozimax on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:55 am

Apart from #3, my favourites are 1,2 4 ! :)
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Postby ATJ on Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:16 pm

I really like 1 and 4. The bride looks gorgeous in 1.

The patterning on the brides dress really needs colour, in my opinion.
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Postby wendellt on Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:19 pm

this is fantastic work you should be proud
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Postby Oz_Beachside on Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:27 pm

very, very nice. I like the way you have captured the experiences, not just "portrait" shots. Like the windy beach, the dress assistance, etc.

Exposure very nice, did you shoot in A priority mode?

Job well done, hope your client is very happy, they ought to be :D
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Postby Oz_Beachside on Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:31 pm

on #3, I'd be tempted to PP out the third party foot prints... have a go.

Clone and Healing brush, might be 5 minutes work, maybe add a filter>Noise>median blur, just a few pixes to that area to cover your PP (healing and clone).

I like to use clone as you can adjust teh opacity, and control the flow.
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Postby seeto.centric on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:04 pm

if i had to pick one, id go the last.
the first pic is so vibrant.. i guess maybe a little ruined by the lady with her back facing us?

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Postby ATJ on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:17 pm

seeto.centric wrote:i guess maybe a little ruined by the lady with her back facing us?

Which lady? I can see 4 facing towards us - just one is obscured by the bride.
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Postby methd on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:46 pm

thanks for the comments. i appreciate suggestions and how i can improve on my photos. i've been really concentrating on emotion/feeling and action lately, rather than capturing just photos of the day.

i found i liked number 3 the best for the reason that it was candid and didn't show their faces, yet had a nice flow and direction to it. i worked on accentuating contrast and played with the shadows to give it more of a dramatic effect along the parallels. the way the veil floats in that direction i think helps as well. cloning the foot prints out on the bottom left is a good idea, but my photoshop is not working today for some reason (need to reinstall it). bruce - i always shoot weddings in manual mode (manual flash as well) as i get paranoid that the camera might do its own quirky thing with exposure.

here's two where her face is visible but i can't help but feel they're a bit too posed...

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Postby bwhinnen on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:53 pm

That last one, if you can get some detail back on his jacket is a winner. It may be posed but you do need some of those photos, and that is one of those photos you should have!

I really like it, well done!
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Postby Yi-P on Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:09 pm

These are excellent photos :D


Isn't she cold under this weather? Or this was done somewhere else?
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:12 pm

The last colour shot is a a beautiful image and of a professional quality. Nicely done!
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Postby Kyle on Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:43 pm

I can smell a POTW for sure in this thread!!!
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Postby methd on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:07 pm

Yi-P wrote:These are excellent photos :D


Isn't she cold under this weather? Or this was done somewhere else?


It was a coldish 14 degrees. The wedding was in Coff's Harbour so I had to fly up there to shoot it.

Here's a couple bridge shots that I was happy with...

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here the sunset made for amazingly warmth in colour.

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and the not-so serious stare into the distance :)

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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:17 pm

3 is exceptional (2nd lot)......what was ur set up there?

EDIT: In fact these are some of the best wedding images i have seen....care to share ur set ups?

Cheers

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Postby methd on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:33 pm

Cre8tivepixels wrote:3 is exceptional (2nd lot)......what was ur set up there?

EDIT: In fact these are some of the best wedding images i have seen....care to share ur set ups?

Cheers

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Such a great compliment from you Dan, thank you.

My primary is a D200 + grip + 17-55 + SB800 and the secondary that always sits on the shoulder is another D200 + grip + 70-200 + SB800. As you can imagine, the shoulder gets rather stiff after 12 hours of lugging the secondary around. I also always carry the tripod + another SB800 around with pocketwizards in the pocket for extra off camera lighting if needed.

The 3rd photo of the 2nd batch was f/4, ISO 100, 40mm, 1/1000 with a flash fired using the pocketwizard that was sitting on a camera bracket. the flash was set at 1/32 to get a tad bit of fill on their face. otherwise, all the warmth was from the sunset.

Since I keep adding pics, no reason to stop now (unless mods tell me to)...

A few candid portraits with the 70-200...

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Postby Kyle on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:26 pm

Smile guys! :lol:
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Postby adam on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:57 pm

Really beautiful series!
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:08 am

WHat can I say that hasn't been said already. There's some excellent work her of which you should be justifiably proud. #4 is absolutely sublime and really shines in great company.
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Postby adam on Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:55 am

This is the image reviews and critique section, and I've got nothing else to say other than.... so nice :)
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Postby virgal_tracy on Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:09 am

Great job. Out of all of them, the 3rd from the last series is my favourite. That is just a wonderful expression and moment captured.
Other than that the colour shot on the bridge. The railing brings the focus towards the couple.
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Postby methd on Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:31 am

oh thanks everyone. i really like it how everyone likes different photos!! my original intention was to find out what everyone likes and try to work out why, so i can reflect it more in my work.... but this just shows that everyone has different tastes and preferences, which is equally great.
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Postby shutterbug on Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:23 pm

Awesome mate :wink:
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Postby Raskill on Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:28 pm

Just jumping on the end of a long line of people congratulating you mate.

These are fantastic images, I hope you are really happy with them, I know the bride and groom will be.

Outstanding!

Like Dan says, some of the best wedding images I've seen as well.
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Postby wendellt on Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:50 pm

the last set look really exotic, great sense of intimacy with the tight crops
and not the standard expressions

i love it

that wedding sure did have all the right elements
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Postby methd on Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:03 pm

wendellt wrote:the last set look really exotic, great sense of intimacy with the tight crops
and not the standard expressions

i love it

that wedding sure did have all the right elements


cool.. i'll show you pics from the 'fun' part of the wedding.

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