Quick Peak at a Successful Wedding

coldclimb · March 16, 2008

And no this wasn't MY wedding, that took place the NEXT weekend, and life is happily ever after.

I've been busy though, which explains my lack of pics and presence here.

I shot my good friend Lydia's wedding a couple weeks back. I kinda feel like there wasn't much to it, with such a beautiful subject. The lighting in our church is TERRIBLE, but I had Prez's flash while he was down south, so I did okay, and corrected most of what I messed up afterwards.

I wound up pretty happy with the results! Here's a sample:

Father of the Bride

Some of the Ceremony

The kid tightened the knots. :rofl

For once I actually managed to CATCH the kiss.

A couple of the bride and groom afterwards.

Hope somebody enjoys this! Feel free to offer advice or whatever you like. :thumb

Flutist · March 16, 2008

I think you did a nice job, they look like a young couple. I was an old hag when I got married

ShepsMom · March 16, 2008

This bride is really cute!! I love number 4, i think some of the shots can use just a bit of contrast, but otherwise, good job! You did well on exposure with all that white stuff.

tonichelle · March 16, 2008

yay for a blue wedding!

nice series! I always get so nervous when I'm shooting for a friend!

CarnalSigh · March 16, 2008

Great shots, but I agree with Shepsmom in that they feel a little cool. Need a tad bit of warmth with some contrast and a little color temp adjustment. Good job otherwise.

jeffreaux2 · March 16, 2008

CarnalSigh wrote:

Great shots, but I agree with Shepsmom in that they feel a little cool. Need a tad bit of warmth with some contrast and a little color temp adjustment. Good job otherwise.

I agree...

saurora · March 17, 2008

Nice job exposing! I agree with what's been said that some contrast and warmth will liven these shots up. Congrats on your own wedding, too!

coldclimb · March 19, 2008

Sorry I've been out for a while, I don't have constant internet these days. Thanks for the comments all! And yeah, I did notice that a lot of these shots kinda lack contrast, but I noticed it after I finished my editing. :cry I might have to go back through and give them all a bit of a touch-up.

It'll be worth iy though, I think.

Thanks again!

ladytx · March 20, 2008

Nice job.

lasulax · March 20, 2008

Flash shadows
i liked the idea you had with some of your shots, however might i give you some advice for your next wedding? I dont know what kind of flash you are using but if you were to add a difuser you would really improve your shots by getting rid of (for the most part) those shadows created by the flash. In some of them they were very obvious and that is all i could look at in the image. Very distracting and unsightly(no offense meant). I say this not as a criticism of your fine work, but as a tip for improvement next time. Its a very easy way to improve the number of great shots you get. Hope this helps.

for the first one i think i might have cropped a bit closer and got rid of as much of that empty space as possible in the top left corner, which would also put the bride out of the smack-dab-center of the frame, which would help the composition of the shot significantly.

Hope these help you next time!

coldclimb · March 20, 2008

lasulax wrote:

i liked the idea you had with some of your shots, however might i give you some advice for your next wedding? I dont know what kind of flash you are using but if you were to add a difuser you would really improve your shots by getting rid of (for the most part) those shadows created by the flash. In some of them they were very obvious and that is all i could look at in the image. Very distracting and unsightly(no offense meant). I say this not as a criticism of your fine work, but as a tip for improvement next time. Its a very easy way to improve the number of great shots you get. Hope this helps.

No offense taken, actually this was my first time ever using a flash, aside from the built in one. I messed with the diffuser a little, but I got a lot of underexposed shots. It took a lot of photoshop to save most of my pre-wedding posed shots, some of which I used the diffuser on. I'll have to spend more time with it to get it figured out, for sure.

Quick Peak at a Successful Wedding

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