Another Mountain wedding | Castle in the clouds

cj99si · October 28, 2009

Pretty harsh light for the ceremony, amazing setting though.

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2. Groom and best man take a quick 17 mile ride before the wedding.

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5. Trolly ride to the wedding.

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7. Last minute touch-ups to the vows

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19. Everyones favorite photo, its her facebook avatar:rofl

20. Making their entry, this is the grooms son.

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24. Dancing to thriller.

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Let me know what you think!

GoofBckt · October 28, 2009

I alot of these. You have a very creative way of getting interesting angles in your shots. Nice lighting,except for #4. I like the shot on it's own merit, there are just too many hotspots in it. Great job on these though.

cj99si wrote:

Pretty harsh light for the ceremony, amazing setting though.

1.

2. Groom and best man take a quick 17 mile ride before the wedding.

3.

4.

5. Trolly ride to the wedding.

6.

7. Last minute touch-ups to the vows

8.

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19. Everyones favorite photo, its her facebook avatar

20. Making their entry, this is the grooms son.

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24. Dancing to thriller.

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Let me know what you think!

Darren Troy C · October 28, 2009

Nice work!

GoofBckt · October 28, 2009

I meant I really like alot of these. (sorry)

cj99si wrote:

Pretty harsh light for the ceremony, amazing setting though.

1.

2. Groom and best man take a quick 17 mile ride before the wedding.

3.

4.

5. Trolly ride to the wedding.

6.

7. Last minute touch-ups to the vows

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19. Everyones favorite photo, its her facebook avatar

20. Making their entry, this is the grooms son.

21.

22.

23.

24. Dancing to thriller.

25.

26.

Let me know what you think!

mutti_wilson · October 28, 2009

no need to quote the pics. Great shots though!

ssimmonsphoto · October 29, 2009

Love them all! I've seen tons of photos from the Castle and, I dare say, I love yours the best. The angles and post processing look awesome. Definitely have some inspiration from your work.

adbsgicom · October 29, 2009

Beautiful work! Love the feel you created here.
If I might ask, how did you create 6 & 10 with that intense sun? GND filter, or something much more clever? The results are incredible.

mmmatt · October 30, 2009

Wow CJ! You sure do like the flare! I do too and you used it to great effect in many of these. Faves are 1, 7, 8, 18, 22, 24. I wish 10 was wider but I'm guessing that is as wide as it gets in CJ land... 9 is way flashey I think I woulds do that b&w myself and try to burn it down a bit. The angle on 15 isn't my cup o tea, but these are for the most part really nice. I love your use of external details in your comps. Shoes in both 18 and 24 illustrate this perfectly. I really need to do more of that myself!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Matt

mtmcelvy · October 30, 2009

Great set!!! What a location!!! While #4 may not be "technically" perfect, I'm digging it!

Mike

zoomer · October 30, 2009

Very good set.
I like the creative shots and angles.
Good job handling the bare sun.
Indoor shots are well done as well.
I am sure your clients will be glowing over these shots!

cj99si · November 2, 2009

GoofBckt wrote:

I alot of these. You have a very creative way of getting interesting angles in your shots. Nice lighting,except for #4. I like the shot on it's own merit, there are just too many hotspots in it. Great job on these though.

Thanks, I blew it out on purpose(bad idea it seems), what do you think of these? better, worse?

cj99si · November 2, 2009

Darren Troy C wrote:

Nice work!

Thanks Darren.

cj99si · November 2, 2009

mutti_wilson wrote:

no need to quote the pics. Great shots though!

Thanks for the comment, The scrolling is only a minor inconvenience

cj99si · November 2, 2009

ssimmonsphoto wrote:

Love them all! I've seen tons of photos from the Castle and, I dare say, I love yours the best. The angles and post processing look awesome. Definitely have some inspiration from your work.

Awesome glad to here, so many one this site inspire me!

cj99si · November 2, 2009

adbsgicom wrote:

Beautiful work! Love the feel you created here.
If I might ask, how did you create 6 & 10 with that intense sun? GND filter, or something much more clever? The results are incredible.

Thanks Andrew, I just used lots of fill flash and f-stops around 20 with the exposure dialed down a bit.

cj99si · November 2, 2009

mmmatt wrote:

Wow CJ! You sure do like the flare! I do too and you used it to great effect in many of these. Faves are 1, 7, 8, 18, 22, 24. I wish 10 was wider but I'm guessing that is as wide as it gets in CJ land... 9 is way flashey I think I woulds do that b&w myself and try to burn it down a bit. The angle on 15 isn't my cup o tea, but these are for the most part really nice. I love your use of external details in your comps. Shoes in both 18 and 24 illustrate this perfectly. I really need to do more of that myself!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Matt

Hey Matt, Yeah im partial to the flare although I get carried away and it gets me into trouble most of the time

#10 is a bit of a crop, its 10mm but the original included some flowers on the balcony I was shooting from. Thanks for specific feedback. Heres an edit on 9 and a separate image , any better?

cj99si · November 2, 2009

mtmcelvy wrote:

Great set!!! What a location!!! While #4 may not be "technically" perfect, I'm digging it!

Mike

Thanks Mike, check out my edit on 4 above, any better?

cj99si · November 2, 2009

zoomer wrote:

Very good set.
I like the creative shots and angles.
Good job handling the bare sun.
Indoor shots are well done as well.
I am sure your clients will be glowing over these shots!

Thanks, Im sure you know how midday sun can be

They are pretty stoked about these shots, they cant wait to see the rest. I roll out a few teasers every wedding in an open gallery then a few hundred more a couple weeks later in a locked gallery.

GoofBckt · November 3, 2009

GORGEOUS!! I really love the way you re-edited those two mirror shots. However, it's all about what YOU like, your style and bottom line, what your clients like. I think you did an amazing job, especially with the sun factor. very inspiring.

cj99si wrote:

Thanks, Im sure you know how midday sun can be

They are pretty stoked about these shots, they cant wait to see the rest. I roll out a few teasers every wedding in an open gallery then a few hundred more a couple weeks later in a locked gallery.

cj99si · November 4, 2009

GoofBckt wrote:

GORGEOUS!! I really love the way you re-edited those two mirror shots. However, it's all about what YOU like, your style and bottom line, what your clients like. I think you did an amazing job, especially with the sun factor. very inspiring.

I totally agree, but that edit clearly wasnt working, thanks to the feedback of this site.

mmmatt · November 4, 2009

cj99si wrote:

Hey Matt, Yeah im partial to the flare although I get carried away and it gets me into trouble most of the time

#10 is a bit of a crop, its 10mm but the original included some flowers on the balcony I was shooting from. Thanks for specific feedback. Heres an edit on 9 and a separate image , any better?

yeah a little but the sky now looks a little deep... not sure what to say on that one but the rest of this set is so good that it really doesn't matter about one image.

I really like the new image. LOVE the reflection in his glasses! Back to that eye for detail you seem to command. To small to see what is actually reflected but if there are some pixels left you may try a closer crop to show that off some. No need to though, that is a good image and my opinion better than the other one.

Matt

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