Wisconsin Wedding

gluwater

Last weekend I went to a wedding in Hatley Wisconsin. Hatley is a small town in central Wisconsin and is basically farms. The wedding was huge. There were over 700 people there. They set up a tent and also cleared out a barn, it was all full. I had a great time with the two bands, lots of polkas and fireworks near the end. So here are a couple of my favorites from the wedding. Honest critique is most welcome because I had no idea what I was doing, people are not my forte. I really want to try to get better at event shooting like this so please be brutally honest.







I know this picture technically sucks but it was pitch black and I had a hard time focusing. It was a special moment for the bride and groom and I like it so I don't really care that it is soft and noisy.






If you're interested the rest of the gallery is here

Forehead

What? No KEGGERS?

How can you have a Polka in Wisconsin without keggers?

Brutally honest enough for you?

carisak727

Selecive desat maybe
I would try doing a selective desat of the fireworks pic. Leave the fireworks color, B&W for the rest. IMHO noisy + blurry=B&W conversion. Good shots. Were you the pro? It looks like some of the angles could be improved a bit...going to look at gallery now.

After looking at gallery I think you did a good job of capturing the ummm...emotions!

Some focus issues on some of the photos, and also a few that could benefit from some color adjustments. One suggestion...don't be afraid to get closer shots (sometimes better with a longer lens if you are going for a more candid photo).

I also think some of the ones in the gallery are better than the ones that you have posted here, especially of the couple dancing.

gluwater

Forehead wrote:

What? No KEGGERS?

How can you have a Polka in Wisconsin without keggers?

Brutally honest enough for you?

Of course there were kegs, 26 of them to be exact plus 12 cases of whiskey!:sloshfreaky

gluwater

carisak727 wrote:

I would try doing a selective desat of the fireworks pic. Leave the fireworks color, B&W for the rest. IMHO noisy + blurry=B&W conversion. Good shots. Were you the pro? It looks like some of the angles could be improved a bit...going to look at gallery now.

Some focus issues on some of the photos, and also a few that could benefit from some color adjustments. One suggestion...don't be afraid to get closer shots (sometimes better with a longer lens if you are going for a more candid photo).

I also think some of the ones in the gallery are better than the ones that you have posted here, especially of the couple dancing.

Thank you for taking the time to look and comment. I was not the offical photographer, just a friend taking some candids. I had thought of making the fireworks shot B&W, I think I'll give it a go when I get home. I agree that some of the pictures I put up have some major focus and DOF issues, these are just for friends so I wasn't too worried about that in this case. I had trouble with the color on a lot of the shots because there were colored lights on the stage so I got some interesting lighting. I think after shooting this wedding I have a much better understanding of what I would do differently next time.

carisak727 wrote:

After looking at gallery I think you did a good job of capturing the ummm...emotions!

I almost laughed out loud when I read this. Thank you, that is what I was gonig for.