Recent Engagement session

elizabeth_Lunaelizabeth_Luna Registered Users Posts: 308 Major grins
edited August 4, 2009 in Weddings
Hello all I was shooting in Manual the other day which I have been practicing since I see the HUGE advantage but I felt so stupid at the same time because I had to constantly change sittings due to background light change. I may sound dumb right about now but I didn't realize how amazing the Booookeeeaa! gets geez...

So My question to you all what sittings should I have used to avoid my subjects not getting all blurred out too much? So say I had my Focal point on my subjects faces it looked out of focus. I hope I'm making sense.

Thank you I appreciate your critique etc :clap

#1 This was an example of what I mean.
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#2 One of my fav's from this session
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#3 I cropped this one do you think it looks lame?
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#4 Yeah I think I'm in some tilt faze right now :dunno
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#5
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#6 I know the faces are way to dark on this one.
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Elizabeth Luna

Comments

  • PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Let's see your EXIF data for the first shot. I think the OOF you're experiencing is likely because you were using a very open aperture and were using the tele end of your lens. Likely your DOF was quite narrow and so part of her is in focus (maybe the front of her glasses?) and his face, a few inches behind her, is not.

    Size of DOF, motion blur, or just focusing on the wrong thing are the primary causes for OOF pictures.

    Critiques:

    This is a nice series, I'm going to nitpick -

    1) focus problem, slightly tilted, need to crop out whatever that is on the bottom left
    2) slight tilt
    3) I don't like the composition. They seem like an after-thought to the door
    4) Lots of white areas completely blown out. I don't like crooked pictures but if you're going to do one this is the right kind of shot for it!
    5) Nice composition and idea. Slightly tilted, need to crop out the guy on the right, need to recover some depth in the sky (blown out)
    6) I love the idea of this shot! You're right that the faces need to be brightened. Also, the sky needs to be darkened/recovered. If you shot this in RAW you can make this an incredible capture.
  • elizabeth_Lunaelizabeth_Luna Registered Users Posts: 308 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Wow awesome input thank you so much! I agree with you. Thanks for the understanding yeah I was shooting as wide open as possible so that was my bad.
    Elizabeth Luna

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