Wedding - Devon and Josh (10 images)

Scott_Quier

So, I had the opportunity to photograph Devon and Josh's wedding a couple of weeks ago (don't ask why it's taken so long to get this post together - it's a horror story). These two and her folks were just the most fantastic people to work for.

[url="http://www.dgrin.com/member.php?u=30975']Karrie McD[/url] was my second shooter on this one and, because I like to give credit where it's due, I'll indicate which photos are her's and which are mine.

1. Bride on left, her younger sister helping her (Karrie)


2. "Junior Groom" (me)


3. Groom, on left, and his best man


4. The ring bearer (Karrie)


5. One of the flower girsl and her folks (me)


6. Should I or shouldn't I? Skin tones are a bit warm, but she's a full-blooded red-head and it was WARM in there. The lighting didn't help much either. I did the best I could. (me)


7. One of my favorite "ceremony shots" from all the weddings I've been a part of. Karrie did very well with this one!


8. We got through it! (me)


9. The light in the "bridal suite" was not really good, providing a good opportunity for a selective colorized shot. Yes, I know, this is over done, but she asked for this pose and I know she's going to go Ga-Ga over this one and I think it works quite well. (Karrie, but I was the director on this one, so I get some of the credit!).


10. The guys. Shooting this one, we had to be very careful. The white of that rail was oxidizing in a serious way. Can you imagine the pain it would have been to try to get that white power off a pair of black pants? (me)


As a final note, I think I (finally) see the light - This entire day was processed using LightRoom 2.3 (with the exception of the SC shot, don't know how to do that in LR yet). The first dozen or so photos were very, very slow going, but my pace picked up as I work more. As the man said, "She's a good girl. I think I'll keep her!"

C&C welcome and very much appreciated.

jeffreaux2

FWIW, I don't see a big issue with the skin tones in 6. I assume you were wondering whether to convert to BW? Id say if it lends itself to a nice BW then sure, but the color here is fine.

That KD is really coming around eh? #7 is a really nicely exposed shot.

Except on 4,7, and 10 your blacks seem a bit light.

...and I have to pop this question....


Exactly...how / who figured out the the white paint was rubbing off the rail? I think theres probably a good story there!

...Do we get to see the reception shots?

Scott_Quier

jeffreaux2 wrote:

FWIW, I don't see a big issue with the skin tones in 6. I assume you were wondering whether to convert to BW? Id say if it lends itself to a nice BW then sure, but the color here is fine.

That KD is really coming around eh? #7 is a really nicely exposed shot.

Except on 4,7, and 10 your blacks seem a bit light.

...and I have to pop this question....


Exactly...how / who figured out the the white paint was rubbing off the rail? I think theres probably a good story there!

...Do we get to see the reception shots?

With respect to Karrie, together we make about 3/4 of a good photographer. She, by herself, is a good photographer. Seriously, we make a good team. She has a much better eye than I do, and I know how to do the math. We do work well together. As to the exposure - you wouldn't believe it. At the rehearsal, they had lights up and I was getting decent light readings. Then, on the day, the B&G decided to turn the lights way down and have just a few spots on the altar area. Made for a real challenge to get decent exposures while, at the same time, keeping the shutter speed up a bit.

As to the white - I figured that out. Anytime I think I might get close to an exposed element that is also white, I run a couple of fingers across it. I HATE to try to get that oxidized white powder off my clothes.

As for the reception - yup, those are coming as well. What with my hardware issues I haven't gotten to them yet - that's for tonight. By contract I have to have the entire wedding done by COB Saturday but I'll be busy shooting all day Sat - so they have to be done tonight. Shouldn't be a big issue.

jeffreaux2

Scott_Quier wrote:

With respect to Karrie, together we make about 3/4 of a good photographer. She, by herself, is a good photographer. Seriously, we make a good team. She has a much better eye than I do, and I know how to do the math. We do work well together. As to the exposure - you wouldn't believe it. At the rehearsal, they had lights up and I was getting decent light readings. Then, on the day, the B&G decided to turn the lights way down and have just a few spots on the altar area. Made for a real challenge to get decent exposures while, at the same time, keeping the shutter speed up a bit.

As to the white - I figured that out. Anytime I think I might get close to an exposed element that is also white, I run a couple of fingers across it. I HATE to try to get that oxidized white powder off my clothes.

As for the reception - yup, those are coming as well. What with my hardware issues I haven't gotten to them yet - that's for tonight. By contract I have to have the entire wedding done by COB Saturday but I'll be busy shooting all day Sat - so they have to be done tonight. Shouldn't be a big issue.

My latest wedding sent me to the dry cleaners......it was whipped cream all over the car and I got into it trying to get a shot of them through the back door.

As to that lighting......I know...and understand how bad you may have wished they hadn't done that, but......it looks like you pulled it out, and.....there is NO WAY to capture the ambience...and mood....like THAT with a couple thousand watts on them. Its perfect.....and offers some real intimate isolation. Thank God for IS and High ISO!!!(eh? )

FedererPhoto

jeffreaux2 wrote:

My latest wedding sent me to the dry cleaners......it was whipped cream all over the car and I got into it trying to get a shot of them through the back door.

As to that lighting......I know...and understand how bad you may have wished they hadn't done that, but......it looks like you pulled it out, and.....there is NO WAY to capture the ambience...and mood....like THAT with a couple thousand watts on them. Its perfect.....and offers some real intimate isolation. Thank God for IS and High ISO!!!(eh? )

That is one of my pet-peeves... the rehersal lighting in the ceremony being WAY different than the event lighting. And even more frustrating is when the lighting changes just before the bride walks in.

Sure, it has a good effect in real life, which is why I never complain to my clients about it, but man, what a pain with regard to the photos.

On of my first weddings last year had solid 1/200th f/2.8 ISO 400 exposure, more or less throughout the room, for the ceremony. Then, 10 seconds before the bride walked in, they closed all the blinds and doors and the only lighting was about 2 dozen candles. I quick make some changes.. then the bride has the doors opened for her and is backlit by the sun as she enters the room and walks down the aisle.
I got it, but only by the skin of my teeth... it was a lighting nightmare. Even the groom afterward, who is an avid amatuer photographer, said "I couldn't even see her, I was sitting there thinking "there is no way Joe is going to get any of this" ..."
Oh man.

Sometimes B&G's and venues make our jobs easy with sweet-arse lighting. Other times... grrr...


As to the OP, you've got some white balance issues on 5, 6, and maybe 8 as well. At least on my monitor, they seem a bit 'pink'. (and not in an 'effect' way)

Scott_Quier

FedererPhoto wrote:

As to the OP, you've got some white balance issues on 5, 6, and maybe 8 as well. At least on my monitor, they seem a bit 'pink'. (and not in an 'effect' way)

I don't doubt it. I was planning to taking a look at these again before I released them to the client. Thanks.

heatherfeather

You are right... #7 is pretty awesome!

Red heads are tough... you never know how much of the redness of reality to keep and how much to alter to fit into the magenta below yellow rule...

Horror story- I hate it when things like that happen!

These are all pretty great!

Karrie McD

Hey Scott! Thanks for being so kind These turned out nice. I like the little boy at the water fountain I really like your fence shot too!!!!

Scott tried to get the ladies to go there but they weren't falling for it... to bad for them.

divamum

Awww, these are adorable! Your bride is cute beyond words, and she really knew how to make the most of herself... as did you two know how to flatter her so she looks like a million bucks.

I love the little boy at the fountain - how could you not? Scott, I know you often say that the emotion of the day is what carries you through a wedding and is the reason you love it, and I think all these pictures really capture what it "felt" like to be there. You guys did a great job!!

beetle8

Just an LR note,
when you have a situation like the one above where the tones are off, try playing with the HSL sliders, and you can also click on the little circle tool in the top left of the HSL box put it over the area you'd like to adjust then click and drag it up or down.
this is also a cool way for global selective coloring or selective desaturation.