My initiation as wedding shooter

ifocus

It was quite an experience! I actually enjoyed every minute of it. Your feedback is always welcome.

Cheers

JY

#1 The Wait


#2 The lift prior the wait


#3 The Pose on the small bridge


#4 The Kiss


#5 The Relaxing Time

Scott_Quier

I like the last two. The very last one, I wonder what it would look like from a position about 120 degrees to camera right?

Oh, WB/skin tones - On my monitor, you have some pretty heavy red or orange going there.

beetle8

#1&#4
the orange on my screen is only questionable on the last one
I like the idea of the last one but the angle with the shoes is ...?

ifocus

beetle8 wrote:

#1&#4
the orange on my screen is only questionable on the last one
I like the idea of the last one but the angle with the shoes is ...?

I will try to correct the skin tones. Any tricks to perform this using Capture NX? What should I look for?

JY

Art Scott

I like them all......my only nit is that dangling hand of the groom in #3......I alway have the groom hold on to the bride with both hands or at the very least helping her hold her bouquet of flowers.....but over all.....VERY GOODbow

DavidTO

ifocus wrote:

I will try to correct the skin tones. Any tricks to perform this using Capture NX? What should I look for?

JY

For one thing, you're too dark.

Here I've only raised the luminance of the shot through curves. This is not an ideal correction. The color still is not right, there is detail getting lost in the gown. This is only to illustrate the importance of having the right luminance for skin as well as color.

(Click for larger image.)

Icebear

These are really nice. I agree with the comments already made, and would only add that in the shot of the grrom with his groomsmen, it looks a tad oversharpened or something. Especially the man on the left end. Something just strikles me as odd about him. Then again, my eyes ain't what they used to was.

Oh, and the solo shot of the groom is fantastic.

KTBoom2006-E510

I messed with the picture a little... I am no expert, but here is what I think looks good

cmorganphotography

The kiss photo is fan.tast.ic!! The sun hitting so right!

nicoleshilliday

I'm jealous that you could get time with just the two of them. I have the hardest time getting my bride and groom away to take some shots of just the two of them! Congrats on a few great ones!

GMSweet

ifocus wrote:

I will try to correct the skin tones. Any tricks to perform this using Capture NX? What should I look for?

JY

JY,

I like the shots; it looks like it was a nice wedding. This is my first attempt at modifying someone else's work, so please let me know if you would like me to take it down and I will do so.

You asked for specifics in Capture NX, so here is my little attempt. If I had the RAW file to play with, I would most likely have started in the Picture Control section. Which Camera and color mode settings were you using? I use a little ol' D40X and I'm finding that my default settings (Mode 1a, Saturation Normal and auto tone comp) are leaving skin tones a little too ruddy. I'll be testing some of the stock settings for my own shooting to bring the skin tones into better alignment out of the camera. Once I was out of the picture control area, I probably would've used the LCH -> Chroma adjustment to track down the orangish/reddish color and de-saturated it a bit to see what I could accomplish. That would probably tone down the groom's face as well.

Since we're only playing with a small JPG here, I used control points. The first image here show the 4 points I added with the selection and details. Mainly, I reduced the red channel, decreased the warmth and/or saturation and added a little brightness or contrast as needed. BTW, I'm using CNX2 now so the controls may look a little different.



Here's what my shot ended up looking like. I'm battling a calibration issue at the moment with my huey, so the skin tone may still be off. I just hope that this gives you some ideas to play with.



If you don't already have it, I recommend Jason Odell's e-book on Capture NX (http://www.luminescentphoto.com/).

I sure someone with way more skill and knowledge around here can point out better ways, but thanks for the opportunity to try. Happy Processing!

Thanks,

Matt

KTBoom2006-E510

GMSweet wrote:

JY,

I like the shots; it looks like it was a nice wedding. This is my first attempt at modifying someone else's work, so please let me know if you would like me to take it down and I will do so.

You asked for specifics in Capture NX, so here is my little attempt. If I had the RAW file to play with, I would most likely have started in the Picture Control section. Which Camera and color mode settings were you using? I use a little ol' D40X and I'm finding that my default settings (Mode 1a, Saturation Normal and auto tone comp) are leaving skin tones a little too ruddy. I'll be testing some of the stock settings for my own shooting to bring the skin tones into better alignment out of the camera. Once I was out of the picture control area, I probably would've used the LCH -> Chroma adjustment to track down the orangish/reddish color and de-saturated it a bit to see what I could accomplish. That would probably tone down the groom's face as well.

Since we're only playing with a small JPG here, I used control points. The first image here show the 4 points I added with the selection and details. Mainly, I reduced the red channel, decreased the warmth and/or saturation and added a little brightness or contrast as needed. BTW, I'm using CNX2 now so the controls may look a little different.



Here's what my shot ended up looking like. I'm battling a calibration issue at the moment with my huey, so the skin tone may still be off. I just hope that this gives you some ideas to play with.



If you don't already have it, I recommend Jason Odell's e-book on Capture NX (http://www.luminescentphoto.com/).

I sure someone with way more skill and knowledge around here can point out better ways, but thanks for the opportunity to try. Happy Processing!

Thanks,

Matt

That is really good

ifocus

This is really good, many thanks. I also find the control point very useful. I ended up adjusting the brightness (+18) and the Hue (+7 to +14). Sometimes reducing the red channel helps a little as well. Also, I realized that I edited the image using my laptop and the screen is way too bright.

Your tutorial is really good.

Cheers

JY

GMSweet

ifocus wrote:

This is really good, many thanks. I also find the control point very useful. I ended up adjusting the brightness (+18) and the Hue (+7 to +14). Sometimes reducing the red channel helps a little as well. Also, I realized that I edited the image using my laptop and the screen is way too bright.

Your tutorial is really good.

Cheers

JY

JY,

You're welcome. I'm sure the bride and groom are going to love the final results. I'm just a rookie with these things so I'm glad my post was at least useful. Enjoy processing the rest of them!

Matt

DVDM

Very good start ! All I can wish you is to make some photos brighter. And about warm colors - I like it