Well done - very good first effort. Wedding photography is difficult and I think you did great job
Carl Lea Wedding and event photographer - Wellington - Web Site
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Matthew SavilleRegistered Users, Retired ModPosts: 3,352Major grins
edited January 1, 2013
The first shot has such a balanced, shadow-less exposure that it looks photoshopped. One way to avoid having an incredible sunset in the background NOT look photoshopped is, to get the subject lighting to be a little bit more dramatic. It should come from a bit more of an angle; so that you can at least discern one side of the face as more shadowy than the other. If the light looks less flattering from the side, diffuse it. :-)
Overall, great shots though! You clearly have a good technical foundation for this kind of stuff, it is just the small creative decisions such as above that you will grow with...
The first shot has such a balanced, shadow-less exposure that it looks photoshopped. One way to avoid having an incredible sunset in the background NOT look photoshopped is, to get the subject lighting to be a little bit more dramatic. It should come from a bit more of an angle; so that you can at least discern one side of the face as more shadowy than the other. If the light looks less flattering from the side, diffuse it. :-)
Overall, great shots though! You clearly have a good technical foundation for this kind of stuff, it is just the small creative decisions such as above that you will grow with...
=Matt=
Thanks Matt, yes it is new to me, I shot the first one with two Einsteins, one camera right, one camera left. I know it looks too good not to be PS, both a blessing and a curse, but the main thing is that they liked it & I really have learned from the experience. Thanks for your suggestions, I'll sure give it a try.
The third shot is your best. You have a lot of direct flash which makes for uninteresting and flat light. Trying using natural light, or get your flash off camera and to the side a bit.
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love the colors !
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Overall, great shots though! You clearly have a good technical foundation for this kind of stuff, it is just the small creative decisions such as above that you will grow with...
=Matt=
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Thanks Matt, yes it is new to me, I shot the first one with two Einsteins, one camera right, one camera left. I know it looks too good not to be PS, both a blessing and a curse, but the main thing is that they liked it & I really have learned from the experience. Thanks for your suggestions, I'll sure give it a try.
Jeff