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Some W-shots

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited June 30, 2007 in Weddings
Some shots from the last week wedding. Minor touchup in LR (yes, I know, I decided to give it another try). No PS at all (hence some rough edges). I'm mostly interested in sharing the soul and mood at this point.

01: Best man and groom:

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02: Here she comes:

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03: All ready:

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04: Formal portrait:

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05: Another family member:

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06: Husband and wife:

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07: A toast:

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08: First dance:

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and last, but most certainly not least...

09: Total stranger:

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Thanks for watching!
"May the f/stop be with you!"

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    urbanariesurbanaries Registered Users Posts: 2,690 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    These are all great, Nik, but #8 just takes my breath away...awesome shot, for what that's worth. Absolute killer moment, and the mixture of backlight and fill gives it a lot of depth and tension....Wow.

    The others are really nice (obviously need some cropping in a few) but you knew that. Were you the primary photog?

    (I have a Huey on my monitor, yet I still seem to have color issues, so take this with a grain of salt, but there seems to be a lot of magenta in the first pic skintones.)
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    urbanaries wrote:
    These are all great, Nik, but #8 just takes my breath away...awesome shot, for what that's worth. Absolute killer moment, and the mixture of backlight and fill gives it a lot of depth and tension....Wow.

    The others are really nice (obviously need some cropping in a few) but you knew that. Were you the primary photog?

    (I have a Huey on my monitor, yet I still seem to have color issues, so take this with a grain of salt, but there seems to be a lot of magenta in the first pic skintones.)

    Lynne,
    thank you, appreciate the comment.thumb.gif
    Colors are mostly wrong - thanks to LR. I mentally dumped LR after beta, but when last Sunday I saw how David (primary photog on this gig, I only assisted) was processing our mutual 2400 shots with it I decided to give it another try. Unlike with Bridge/PS, I totally didn't know what I'm doing and simply fiddled with all possible sliders (all past midnight:-). Luckily, I'm not the person who's doing all the real processing for the client this time, so I simply had fun.
    And yes, I do have Huey too, and I know what you're talking about ;-) mwink.gif
    Hence my very initial comment about colors/crops being all off..
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Very nice job! And, like Lynne has already said, #8 is simply stunning. Love the light and the depth of the photo and the emotion in his face. Well done!
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    ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    My fav. are 1,4 5, and 7 Wonderful work. On 6, husband looks a bit soft (picturewise) :D Great job!
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    Cuties02qCuties02q Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Great pictures...I have to agree #8 is just beautiful =)
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    evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    I love #3 even though she has these things coming out her head. Beautiful bride. clap.gif
    I also love 5! Oh my, a black haired dog on the White dress? deal.gif
    #8 is the charm!
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    ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Another vote for #8! REALLY nice! clap.gif
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    DavidSDavidS Registered Users Posts: 1,279 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Nice shots. I love #8. Wow!
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Scott,
    Scott_Quier wrote:
    Very nice job! And, like Lynne has already said, #8 is simply stunning. Love the light and the depth of the photo and the emotion in his face. Well done!

    Thank you, that was probably the only keeper out of 800+ :-)rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Marina,
    ShepsMom wrote:
    My fav. are 1,4 5, and 7 Wonderful work. On 6, husband looks a bit soft (picturewise) :D Great job!
    Thank you!
    As I mentioned earlier, I didn't put too much time into PP, this was mostly a test run for LR...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Cuties02q wrote:
    Great pictures...I have to agree #8 is just beautiful =)
    Thank you, appreciate it! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    evoryware wrote:
    I love #3 even though she has these things coming out her head. Beautiful bride. clap.gif
    I also love 5! Oh my, a black haired dog on the White dress? deal.gif
    #8 is the charm!
    Thanks! thumb.gif Yeah, that dog was a huge part of the show...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Elaine,
    Elaine wrote:
    Another vote for #8! REALLY nice! clap.gif
    Few more, and it will end up in LPS SF :-) Maybe I had to submit it to Joy part mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    David,
    DavidS wrote:
    Nice shots. I love #8. Wow!
    Thank you! Looks like #8 is a winner! lol3.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    ~Jan~~Jan~ Registered Users Posts: 966 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Wow, 800+? I am so not doing weddings. Laughing.gif Those are nice shots!
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    ~Jan~ wrote:
    Wow, 800+? I am so not doing weddings. Laughing.gif Those are nice shots!
    Sorry, I was slacking, David took 1,600+ mwink.gif
    Thanks!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Nik I know you want to hear one more time that #8 is the winner so..........let me just say #8 is a winner!!!! Great ambience, everyone looks happy, except the photographer in #9 looks a little disgruntled. Perhaps he's thinking ot the 2400 shots he gets to work up!!!! Nice job!
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 29, 2007
    Susan,
    saurora wrote:
    Nik I know you want to hear one more time that #8 is the winner so..........let me just say #8 is a winner!!!! Great ambience, everyone looks happy, except the photographer in #9 looks a little disgruntled. Perhaps he's thinking ot the 2400 shots he gets to work up!!!! Nice job!

    Thanks! I guess even I can afford getting one decent shot per 800 rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,698 moderator
    edited June 30, 2007
    Nik,

    I knew I had seen this couple previously[/img].

    I was reading an article that I believe Andrew Rodney wrote about never using AWB balance. The tenor of the article was to ALWAYS shoot in something besides AWB. Even if it is the wrong white balance, it will always be off in the same way unless the light changes and thus can be easily corrrected in ACR by finding a white point and then using that as a basis for adjusting your images.

    I think using a green photo filter and a selction of "redder" parts of the skin will work pretty well and pretty quickly also. The skin tone is usually magenta, not really red in many of these images. If it is really red, a cyan filter should do the trick.
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    snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    Nik,
    As I scrolled through I stopped short at #8 with a gasp and a "Wow!" It's the best "first dance" photo I've ever seen. Then I saw the other comments. No matter, my reaction was spontaneous.

    It's not easy to work with the various skin tones all in one image. I don't envy you that job. But, you did a great job. Quality, not quantity is what counts. They will have lots to chose from.
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    pathfinder wrote:
    Nik,

    I knew I had seen this couple previously.

    I was reading an article that I believe Andrew Rodney wrote about never using AWB balance. The tenor of the article was to ALWAYS shoot in something besides AWB. Even if it is the wrong white balance, it will always be off in the same way unless the light changes and thus can be easily corrrected in ACR by finding a white point and then using that as a basis for adjusting your images.

    I think using a green photo filter and a selction of "redder" parts of the skin will work pretty well and pretty quickly also. The skin tone is usually magenta, not really red in many of these images. If it is really red, a cyan filter should do the trick.

    Jim,
    thank you for the link, appreciate it!
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 30, 2007
    Susan,
    snapapple wrote:
    Nik,
    As I scrolled through I stopped short at #8 with a gasp and a "Wow!" It's the best "first dance" photo I've ever seen. Then I saw the other comments. No matter, my reaction was spontaneous.

    It's not easy to work with the various skin tones all in one image. I don't envy you that job. But, you did a great job. Quality, not quantity is what counts. They will have lots to chose from.
    thumb.gif

    Thank you very much, appreciate it! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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