Nam & Meng's wedding in Oahu, Hawaii

kwaichi

These are the before, during, and after the wedding......enjoy. C&C are welcome :thumb

1. Scouting the area for the wedding..


2.


3. Nervous?


4. The wedding dress & shoes..


5. The rings..


6. Writing a card to her husband..


7. Getting closer...


8. Flowers used for the ceremony


9. Close-up before taking off to the ceremony


10. On the way...


11. The guitarist......forgot his name....sorry


12.


13. During the ceremony before the ring exchange


14. Exchanging the ring.....


15. The first kiss....


16. on the ground


17. Walking on the beach


18. Another kiss......


19. In the water.......(me too)


20. The first dance


21. Me and the bride


22. What you call that again? Luau?


23. The wedding cake


24. Proof of Hawaii........lol


:rofl

Qarik

awesome set! really well done!

mmmatt

nice stuff. Love that sky... wow! I like 6, 12 and 19 the best. I would have liked to see some wider crops and some shots without the subject centered. Maybe bring that sky into your service and posed shots a bit more. A little bit of fill on the beach shots would have been good too.

Matt

heatherfeather

Love that first one... perfect!

#6 is very special. Really like it.

Your exposures are nice and you can't beat the beauty! (bride and backdrop)

One thing you might watch for is the majority of them are tilted to the left. It is easy to get into that habit... and harder to break. It feels artsy at the time, but pretty soon it becomes cheezy. I am a big fan of a nice tilt every now and again... but 14 out of 20 is a bit much.

Well done! Next time let me come too! I could use a trip to Hawaii!

MissB

wow... incredible perspective!!! you are very talented indeed! I love the fire twirling... so cool!!

lisarhinehart

13
I really like #13-- how you captured the sky and movement in her dress

kwaichi

Qarik wrote:

awesome set! really well done!

thanks qarik

kwaichi

mmmatt wrote:

nice stuff. Love that sky... wow! I like 6, 12 and 19 the best. I would have liked to see some wider crops and some shots without the subject centered. Maybe bring that sky into your service and posed shots a bit more. A little bit of fill on the beach shots would have been good too.

Matt

Thanks Matt for your comments. I do have more shots with the sky on my website. http://www.studioefresno.com/gallery/8611433_FtbK5#568034924_USAgm

kwaichi

heatherfeather wrote:

Love that first one... perfect!

#6 is very special. Really like it.

Your exposures are nice and you can't beat the beauty! (bride and backdrop)

One thing you might watch for is the majority of them are tilted to the left. It is easy to get into that habit... and harder to break. It feels artsy at the time, but pretty soon it becomes cheezy. I am a big fan of a nice tilt every now and again... but 14 out of 20 is a bit much.

Well done! Next time let me come too! I could use a trip to Hawaii!

Thanks Heather. It was really nice there. Now you mentioned I did notice the one I post was tilted. I will make sure I correct that from now on...

kwaichi

MissB wrote:

wow... incredible perspective!!! you are very talented indeed! I love the fire twirling... so cool!!

Thank you MISSB

kwaichi

lisarhinehart wrote:

I really like #13-- how you captured the sky and movement in her dress

Thanks Lisa. I was scouting the area the day before so I knew it's gonna be windy plus it was raining a little in the morning right before the ceremony that's why it was a little more cloudy. I was just shooting and then wait for the perfect moment. Sometimes luck is part of the key to it too.

kwaichi

Wow this is unbelievable.....I was meeting with the bride earlier today to present the photos to her. She loves them. There was a videographer there at the wedding so I asked her how the video came out? She told me she just watched the one on his site and it was ok....then here's what happened next. She showed me the site to check it out and we noticed that the videographer was talking bad about her wedding and also me being not professional at all. Don't get me wrong, I am not a professional yet but this was not my first wedding. All he said was so negative there. He was saying that he could take better photos with his canon G10 compare to the pro dslr. He was there doing the snapshots.....

this is his link.........http://dreamweddingshawaii.com/

Be honest, is it me being to sensitive or is it really him talking bad about other people to make himself look good. Please take a look of the website and let me know if I took the message wrong. I really appreciate that.

Thanks,
Edward

jeffreaux2

kwaichi wrote:

Wow this is unbelievable.....I was meeting with the bride earlier today to present the photos to her. She loves them. There was a videographer there at the wedding so I asked her how the video came out? She told me she just watched the one on his site and it was ok....then here's what happened next. She showed me the site to check it out and we noticed that the videographer was talking bad about her wedding and also me being not professional at all. Don't get me wrong, I am not a professional yet but this was not my first wedding. All he said was so negative there. He was saying that he could take better photos with his canon G10 compare to the pro dslr. He was there doing the snapshots.....

this is his link.........http://dreamweddingshawaii.com/

Be honest, is it me being to sensitive or is it really him talking bad about other people to make himself look good. Please take a look of the website and let me know if I took the message wrong. I really appreciate that.

What I think is that your photographs....and obvious skill...stand well on their own.


...as for what he wrote....to me it comes off more as self promotion (though a bit prima dona - ish). I wouldn't take it to heart....the self indulgence should be obvious enough for anyone reading that. Maybe the blog post title should be..."Me, Me, Me!!!"

Seriously...you did fine...and better than many "pros" might have done.

kwaichi

jeffreaux2 wrote:

What I think is that your photographs....and obvious skill...stand well on their own.


...as for what he wrote....to me it comes off more as self promotion (though a bit prima dona - ish). I wouldn't take it to heart....the self indulgence should be obvious enough for anyone reading that. Maybe the blog post title should be..."Me, Me, Me!!!"

Seriously...you did fine...and better than many "pros" might have done.

Thanks Jeff.........I just think that what he wrote on his web was so not professional. Because he wasn't just talking bad about me but the couples and the wedding too. Anyways, I am really trying to improve my skills towards a higher level. Please take a look at my album and let me know what I can do to become better. http://www.studioefresno.com/gallery...68034924_USAgm

I appreciate your feedback

Thanks,
Edward

lisarhinehart

unprofessional professional
I totally agree-- it was his attitude and not your photos that were unprofessional. I think it's likely that potential clients will check out his blog and get that "me, me, me" impression of him as well, not so good for him
--Lisa

jeffreaux2

kwaichi wrote:

Thanks Jeff.........I just think that what he wrote on his web was so not professional. Because he wasn't just talking bad about me but the couples and the wedding too. Anyways, I am really trying to improve my skills towards a higher level. Please take a look at my album and let me know what I can do to become better. http://www.studioefresno.com/gallery...68034924_USAgm

I appreciate your feedback

Thanks,
Edward

No...not professional at all, and something I would avoid on my own blog professional or not.

FWIW, it's also worth noting that a google search for a name or business name that we also use on Dgrin will return links to dgrin posts....so....be wary also of what you might say about clients and others on Dgrin.

Qarik

kwaichi wrote:

Thanks Jeff.........I just think that what he wrote on his web was so not professional. Because he wasn't just talking bad about me but the couples and the wedding too. Anyways, I am really trying to improve my skills towards a higher level. Please take a look at my album and let me know what I can do to become better. http://www.studioefresno.com/gallery...68034924_USAgm

I appreciate your feedback

Thanks,
Edward

readint that blog I wouldn't hire the guy..very unprofessional.

kwaichi

jeffreaux2 wrote:

No...not professional at all, and something I would avoid on my own blog professional or not.

FWIW, it's also worth noting that a google search for a name or business name that we also use on Dgrin will return links to dgrin posts....so....be wary also of what you might say about clients and others on Dgrin.

thanks for the advice. I will be more aware of that

kwaichi

Qarik wrote:

readint that blog I wouldn't hire the guy..very unprofessional.

I know Qarik......When my client showed me the blog I was like.......wow......how could he do that. But anyways, he's nobody to me. I can just wish him luck on his business. That's all.