What do you think?

SyncMaster

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ok, below i have posted several LARGE pics, but if you would just like to browse through them in smaller sizes you can go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyne/sets/72157602746922760/
and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyne/sets/72157602782838080/

please feel free to c&c thanks!!

I shot my best friends mom's wedding a while back, and took some shots at my sister's ( i was actually in her's so I didn't get nearle as many as I would have liked), have thought about going into the field but it makes me nervous to think of having that much responsibility to capture such an important moment of a stranger's life soooo....thought maybe you guys could take a look and tell me if its something I might be good at....thanks!

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ok, now the one i got paid to do (she bought me a 50mm prime lens)

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wow, i put a lot of pics here....sorry

Scott_Quier

#1 thru #3 are very, very good.

#4 is a bit over-exposed on the head.

The rest of them are good to very good.

You do need to learn how to mix/balance ambient with flash. Some of your shots, the background is very bright. Others, inside, the background is a bit more then just a touch dark. Need to learn/understand that the amount of ambient light, when using flash, is controlled by the shutter speed.

Bottom line, Yes, I think (for whatever that might be worth) this is something you might be good at. You certainly have an eye for the good shots and you are very creative with the PP - in a very good way!

SyncMaster

thanks scott, i appreciate the feedback, maybe i posted too many pics in this thread....doesnt seem to be garnering many responses was hoping to hear from a few people, but i guess i will take what i can get

crockett

If your looking for more replies, I would do two things in the future.

I would split a post like this so there are less photos. One thread non-working and one thread working.

Finally, and most importantly. Make the photos smaller. You'd be surprised just how many people are still not using mega monitors on a frequent basis.

Scrolling around to see the photo is the major damper.

SyncMaster

good points, i edited the initial post to link to my flickr account tso that you can just look through the gallery, hopefully that helps, thanks! btw you can feel free to c&c the pics while you are here to

timk519

My favorite pics:



great expression, teeth are a bit too white, and the right 1/3 of the pic could be cropped.



the coloring in this pic is absolutely incredible/ luscious /etc. - but the bottom's missing!




Great expression, the out-of-focus right side should be chopped though.




There's those colors again! But the top & bottom's missing. :cry



Love the expressions, posing, etc. Would be nice if the details in his black tux could've been brought out a bit, and the blown background on the left toned down.



more of those great colors, particularly bringing out the detail of that white skirt, but it's missing the bottom again.



this just makes me go "awww". Most of the dead space could be cropped though.



Shows great attitude, DOF is a bit lacking though.



Great capture of a spontaneous moment.

As a final note - I've never seen a wedding dress with that combination of colors & trim, and the depth and placement of the red & trim is stunning. However, when I looked through your pics - I don't see the usual "bride and the whole dress in all their glory" shot. If you can get one of those, that would be a great addition.

timk519

On a more technical point
There's a number of pics which have an easily corrected color-casting problem. If you take these pics, do an "auto-balance" on them, and then work the clarity, brightness, contrast, sharpness, and curves a bit - you can take a pic like this



and get this:




even this could use a bit of work to get the skin tones right, but this should give you some ideas to work with.

evoryware

Yikes, couldn't you just respond by the numbers he posted?

Anyway, Syncmaster, the flickr links you posted seem to lead to the same pictures. Also, it's a summer weekend so some people may be out shooting or attending weddings, not here poring over photo threads.

Only thing I can add I think your sisters dress is stunning and I wish I could see a full length of it, especially the ones where she's sitting down with it fanned out. The dress is also blown out in the pictures where she is sitting.
All in all, nice shots & I say keep at it!

timk519

evoryware wrote:

Yikes, couldn't you just respond by the numbers he posted?

I wouldn't have had the same impact.