First wedding shoot

bike21

So as my skills and experience grow, like many of you I keep jumping into new and exciting things. Wedding photography being one of those. These are my shots from a wedding in March where I was the 3rd shooter with my partners in Chicago.

The bride & groom were a lot of fun and I had a great day of learning from my partners and trying out new things. The venue was very dark so it made for some challenging lighting conditions. Of course my lone (at the time) SB600 died half way through the reception. It has since been repaired by Nikon (under warranty) and is back in action.


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Thanks for looking, C&C welcome!

Blurmore

You have some nice work here for a first wedding. It looks as though from 1 and 4 that you may be using the "focus recompose" technique. If so, you need to get used to using those off center focus points, if not you need to be more careful that you are in sharp focus or that there is no focus error. But seriously..nice work.

bike21

Blurmore wrote:

You have some nice work here for a first wedding. It looks as though from 1 and 4 that you may be using the "focus recompose" technique. If so, you need to get used to using those off center focus points, if not you need to be more careful that you are in sharp focus or that there is no focus error. But seriously..nice work.

Thanks for the kind words! About #1 and 4, on the first one I definitely agree - I was using my F/1.8 in low light and didn't get the focus quite right on that one. For #4, it was originally in focus but I may have softened it up a bit much in PP.

Good advice for sure and again thanks for the kind words

Ed911

bike21 wrote:

Thanks for the kind words! About #1 and 4, on the first one I definitely agree - I was using my F/1.8 in low light and didn't get the focus quite right on that one. For #4, it was originally in focus but I may have softened it up a bit much in PP.

Good advice for sure and again thanks for the kind words

Good work. I agree with your assessment that number 4 is too soft. The eyes have all but gone away.

studio1972

Some really nice shots. Why are some of them in sepia and others in b&w though?

bike21

Ed911 wrote:

Good work. I agree with your assessment that number 4 is too soft. The eyes have all but gone away.

Thanks, I will re-work #4 and put it back up for viewing.

bike21

studio1972 wrote:

Some really nice shots. Why are some of them in sepia and others in b&w though?

Thanks! I dunno, I wasn't aware of any standard to have it one way or the other. I guess I did what I felt right for each particular shot. Am I missing something?

zoomer

I like 2 a lot and the last one is a very cool candid moment.
Keep shooting, looks like you are having a good time with it.

Yes 1.8 is tough to get focus, try using continuous focus with it you may have better luck, you will need to use your different focus points with that.

There is no standard, use whatever color you like, or lack of.
Also crop them however you want, since 99% of these photos never hit print, just creatively crop away.