Funnest Wedding

I was the 2nd on Qarik's Winery wedding shoot! Never shot wedding before, but enjoyed the experience. These are shots that I hesitantly think are worth sharing......I like shots that are not overly conventional and have something dynamic about them, so I know my future in Wedding photography is limited.
1) Waiting for the reception guests to show up

2) Here they come.....

3) Ceremony begins.....bridesmaid walking down......

4) Bride [in case you are not sure already ;o) ]

5) Ceremony

6) Hugging dad after the ceremony

7) Hugging mom after the ceremony

8) Group shot with fellow Marines

9) Putzing around...

10) Reception guest #1

11) Happy Grandma

12) Mariachi band serenading Mom and Dad

13) Who needs a pro-photographer when you have got an iPad?

14) Hello......

15) More band....with Uncle singing along...

16) Toast given by the sister...

17) Lets break some boards

18) Cake

19) Bouquet throw

20) First dance with dad..

21) Lets dance

22) Party

23) Dance some more..

24) Lets walk into the sunset....

25) Happily ever after...
1) Waiting for the reception guests to show up

2) Here they come.....

3) Ceremony begins.....bridesmaid walking down......

4) Bride [in case you are not sure already ;o) ]

5) Ceremony

6) Hugging dad after the ceremony

7) Hugging mom after the ceremony

8) Group shot with fellow Marines

9) Putzing around...

10) Reception guest #1

11) Happy Grandma

12) Mariachi band serenading Mom and Dad

13) Who needs a pro-photographer when you have got an iPad?

14) Hello......

15) More band....with Uncle singing along...

16) Toast given by the sister...

17) Lets break some boards

18) Cake

19) Bouquet throw

20) First dance with dad..

21) Lets dance

22) Party

23) Dance some more..

24) Lets walk into the sunset....

25) Happily ever after...

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=Matt=
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Thanks! Sincerely appreciate helpful and incisive comments, pointing in specific direction. Part of the objective of posting here is to learn!
I usually shoot outdoors, so this was something different. I don't have calibrated display. I could have softened the skin tones by reducing details and clarity, both of which I did keep lower than my usual. I also used more masking than I normally use to soften em up a bit more.
I saw other postings here and got some idea what the norm or expectation is from portraits/wedding photos. Some felt overly soft, super back-lit, and it was hard for my eyes to focus. Maybe people in general want it that way, but I am not sure if almost perfect skin is necessarily beautiful. I like imperfections. However, I would definitely try mellower tones, as probably target audience prefers them, and to have another tool in my back pocket for future.
Thanks again!
The images turn out like this: http://www.linandjirsablog.com/associates
Just a bit of info for you to consider, not a perfect method or anything...
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Thanks! This is awesome! I am going to try it out. I use LR4. Its great to be using same software so can talk about exact sliders.
I used strong contrast and +4 to +7 on orange and yellow but a bit higher on luminance. I do like warmer temp though, seems more lively (same reason for strong contrast). But I will leave it alone and see what comes out.
I love warm images as well, however I never tweak individual colors separately unless it is to tone them *down*, actually. If I want an image to be warm, I'll just bump up the Temp a tiny bit more than usual. Avoid any HSL increases to oranges or yellows at all costs, in my opinion, during general photojournalism.
=Matt=
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- move vibrance and clarity to 0 or -10
- saturation is untouched in main window, I would try linear setting in tone-curve
- pull individual saturation sliders to 0 (probably leave luminance alone as that falls in category of highlights)
- In the basic window, for highlights I pull them down as usually overexpose, shadows are pulled down a bit, whites are about +20 and blacks are -20
- I add vignetting
I want to get one mellow picture just to know I can get there! Thanks.
-warming minimum
- Clarity -10
- Vibrance -10
- Saturation (none in main basic window, Linear in tone curve)
- All HSL sliders at 0
- Details reduced slightly
- Vignetting left same
- highlights/whites/lights/shadows/blacks maninpulated
The processing was killing the first set by a bunch. Glad you are getting some awesome suggestions! I love when C&C actually helps people gain!
Notice that the bouquet still "pops" plenty, too! Try it on photos #9, 11, and 14 and see how those look too.
BTW, I do leave the tone curve at "linear" for close up portraits, and usually just "Medium" for detail shots / wides. If I need to really make a photo "punch", I'l just bump the contrast up in the Basic panel to +10-30... This seems to do the trick very nicely, as long as you adjust your Whites / Blacks in conjunction to make sure you don't clip too much.
Good luck!
=Matt=
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