Army Wedding at Ft Campbell

Weisel

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I'm quite open to some good C&C, as it only makes me better. Is the processing too much with all the color shifting? It definately sets it apart.

No real bridal shots here. My 2nd shooter covered the bride this time, and I don't have the disc yet. The bride was about 90 minutes late getting ready, so we had very limited time for the photos we were going to get.

The 3 photo series by the wall is really about half of the series, but it shows the important factors. This was their first viewing of each other, prior to the wedding. They didn't quite follow instructions, or else I would have had them meet in the middle at the corner, and I could have captured more of his face. He really started to choke-up a bit, but I'm not sure if it shows that, or if he just looks bored. Trust me, he's not. He's tearing up. Does it show?

As for technical things, let it fly. Hit me.

Groom prep. (yes, that's his wedding ring on right hand. They were already married in the court or whatever, and I should have thought to have him remove it)
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Groom with best man/brother
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Candid shot of groom being looked over by one of his guys.
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The guys
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First viewing
5) A, B, C, D





Few minutes later, elsewhere..
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First dance
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Reception dancing. (Had to crop her face and make it a panorama. She looked stoned)
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bmoreshooter

Love the photos but it's funny that you mention the dress blues because your post processing has turned them all into dress blacks. Would love to see some of the actual wedding service.

bmoreshooter

Disregard comment about photos of the service. I just reread your post.
DUH

FlyNavy

#7 WOW!!!
You should sent that one to ArmyTimes.

Weisel

For control data purposes, here's a photo of them walking into the reception. (I don't like this shot). It shows the actual colors of his "blues". Really, only the pants are blue, so there's not much missed by the color shifting, IMO. I'm pretty much only shifting the colors in the outdoor shots for this wedding. I can just tell them the sun was off color that day. Seriously, if it's bad, I need to know.

urbanaries

Weisel wrote:

I'm pretty much only shifting the colors in the outdoor shots for this wedding. I can just tell them the sun was off color that day. Seriously, if it's bad, I need to know.

Are you working on a calibrated monitor? I am and the first glance ABCD shots look pretty gray/green to my eyes, the processing doesn't flatter her skin. The desaturated shots in the beginning of the set don't bother me so much, but the happy moment they first see each other feels kinda gloomy. Maybe if we saw the naturally colored ones we could make some suggestions on how to pop them without losing the sentiment.

dawssvt

That first dance shot it great As mentioned above, I'd check the WB on some of the others.

kres

I'll weigh in with the masses here: That dance shot is excellent - with some refinement, you might develop a very powerful trademark/money shot with that one.

The color shifting is interesting. I mean that literary. For the couple looking for something different and dramatic I think it would be a very cool option.

Weisel

Thanks for the props on the "1st dance" photo everyone. It's great to hear when I'm doing something right also, so I can aim that direction in the future. I will probably take the advice and try to make that my "money shot" to some degree.

As for my monitor...no it's not calibrated yet, and I know I need it done. Any advice on how one goes about doing this (or having it done)?

The color shifting in most of these photos is the "Troy" Trad action. I think I reduced it to maybe 90% though, but still, it's definately shifty. I just really wanted to make the photos stand out. I may try another approach.

Allan FG

Weisel wrote:

As for my monitor...no it's not calibrated yet, and I know I need it done. Any advice on how one goes about doing this (or having it done)?

Try one of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ColorVision-Spyder2-Express-Win-Mac/dp/B000ES4PYU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1259184899&sr=8-1">these </a> really worth the little money that they cost.

And the Dancing shot looks like something out of the movies, fantastic shot.

digger2

Dancing Shot
What sort of exposure?

Weisel

digger2 wrote:

What sort of exposure?

I captured the 1st dance shot with my 50mm wide open at 1.4 1/80th ISO 400


When they walked into the reception hall, they went directly to the dance floor, and to my great delight, there was this spotlight suddenly shining right down on them. I knew about the other cool dance lighting they had there, but not the spot. (it was immobile, just shooting right down). I was stoked. It was a lucky moment for me.