My First Wedding- Christina's and An's wedding!

Moogle Pepper · September 2, 2008

My parents' friends let me shoot their photos at their reception. So this is my first of many wedding photographs! They told the official photographers that I would be shooting as well and they were ok with it. :clap

learning from my very first portrait session I tried my best to:

not cut off hands or feet!
use an aperture of f/2.8 to f/4. They were probably 2.8 or 3.
Flash bounce or diffuser. I think my shovel will need to be replaced by a Gary fong soon..
I sorta copied Urbanaries watermark design.... thanks, Urbanaries!
to RELAX!

So let's see how I did! I do appreciate C&Cs!

First the appetizer area:

We were at Leonard's in New York City, or the outskirts. The place was huuuge! They had like 5 wedding receptions going on at the same time!

I was invited guest as well, so I had to dig into the food. The appetizers were better than the main course.

Another invited guest photographer. too bad he snagged my batteries... I am gonna have to ask him to buy me another pack of AAs!

This place, I am telling you, is so fancy! It was like a mini Borgata!

They didn't get a vegan wedding cake, the icing had eggs in it I heard. Which was sad cause most of the guests there were vegans.

I remember Nikolai wondering where he could get Rose petal leaves... so I found some for him! I took a bunch of them off the tables when it was all said and done! But I don't think that by the time it arrives to him, they will be still fresh.

The bride and groom is about to enter at this point. This wedding is a hybrid between a Traditional Vietnamese Wedding and Western style weddings. So the bride had Ao Dai's and the White wedding dress.

The parents of the bride. They always poke fun at me on the weekends. Mainly because I cannot speak Vietnamese.

This couple acted as the Groom's parents. The groom's parents could not make it to the wedding because they are still in Vietnam.

I had to crop out a little to our right, there were some distracting elements in this one.

The bride and groom!

I liked the color on the bride's face on this one!

He had this huuge blood spot on his left eye, I healed spotted most of it out. Guess he was really stressed out before hand! :dunno

You can still see a smidge of the blood on the top of the eye.. it is so hard to get out!

I really like this photo.. even though it is very centered.

Don't they know that I don't understand Vietnamese? :roflJust kidding, I know a good amount. I just can't speak it back.

I think I blown out the cake, but at least the couple were spared from being blown out.

I enjoy taking the photos of them kissing!

My nephew made a mouse radish and put it inside the flower set

the shadows ... :soapbox

We had bubbles too!

When the bride came out with her Ao Dai's, the wedding/reception became even more enjoyable! Too bad I cut out the groom.. :cry

Canon Versus Nikon at the wedding!!

Our MC.

take that, NIKON!! Get your head chopped off in my photo! :rofl I kid, I kid!! I actually think this is one of my favorite shots!

Going through that tunnel was pretty hard. They all were made their bridge arches small for me. I am a pretty muscular figure, so it was prettty tight!

The king of goofballs! :barb

We had glow sticks too, so we had mini light shows going on as well!

The main course... it was ... ummmmm...

ugh.. I backfocused on this one... but I still like it!

the bride's third dress! Whoa... brides wear many dressed during weddings? I seriously didn't know that!

See that carnal moment!

Q and A session!

Some formal shots!

A not so formal shot..

Something about this photo makes me really smile, like i did something right! I think it is the overall tone of the photo, the green.

And end this wonderful wedding night with..

CCs are welcome! For the rest of the gallery: here!

Thanks for looking!

Cuong · September 2, 2008

Job well done.

The king of goofballs seems to have the most comfortable outfit, yet appropriate, in the whole place.

Cuong

Vinnie · September 2, 2008

I love the glow stick one...very cool effect...wish I could do that!!!

Great job overall!! considering your first wedding - fantastic - images really pop - color and lighting on most are great!

Keep up the good work!

Scott_Quier · September 2, 2008

I'm not going to comment on each individual photo, primarily because you posted so many and you didn't number them. So, as I see one's that strike me, I'll include a smaller version and make my comments...

Generally, and for FWIW, I like what I see:

There are some issues with keeping verticals vertical and
You have some WB issues here and there,
You spent all your time on your feet. Try different perspectives - this is a problem I constantly battle so I feel your pain on this one...
On the two formal shots - you had problems with the lighting. You got the floor just fine, and their feet. But, by the time the light got to their faces it had disappeared:cry
When you are taking photos of the little ones, they are usually much better if you get the camera down to their level rather than looking down on them.

But you did a wonderful job of getting the story.

I really like this one - too bad they weren't looking at you though.

Too bad you couldn't get the B&G in this hallway - you could have worked some real magic!

I love the colors in her gown/dress - too bad you cut him out of the picture

Agnieszka · September 2, 2008

Impressive work!! - Especially considering that you had mirrors all over the place & the ceiling looked quite high (at least in some places of the room). Very well done, you got some different looking shots, I'm sure the couple will be VERY happy with them!!

Moogle Pepper · September 2, 2008

Thanks you all! For a first time, not so bad! But next time I am gonna do much better!

But....uhh.. what does FWIW mean?

heatherfeather · September 2, 2008

For what its worth

Moogle Pepper · September 2, 2008

heatherfeather wrote:

For what its worth

I knew that... ok no I didn't!

Swartzy · September 3, 2008

Wow..that was one HUGE post. As I've been told before, numbering them would be very helpful. Pretty good first time out. Colors are kinda all over the map and some could be "only for their gallery" kind of thing. The cake cutting shots have possiblity. Getting in tighter, making them the focal point would have done the trick. Keep goin!

Moogle Pepper · September 3, 2008

I thought wedding posts should be like journey posts!! :cry Placed as a long story!

>.>

I'll try to remember to number them next time!

Scott_Quier · September 3, 2008

Moogle Pepper wrote:

I thought wedding posts should be like journey posts!! :cry Placed as a long story!

>.>

I'll try to remember to number them next time!

Nope - representative photos are a goodness. All the photos (OK, so I exaggerate a bit, but not much - 61 photos in that post!:D) is not so much a goodness.

Not intending offense or even ridicule, just a question of curiosity - I wonder if that is some sort of record, "Most linked photos in a single post".

Moogle Pepper · September 3, 2008

Does that mean I am the record holder??

I could have posted all 181 or so photos... I guess I should have. So no one could top that!

But honestly, I am too used to posting in the journey forums than anywhere else, I'll keep it in mind for the next time for short but super sweet.

Swartzy · September 3, 2008

Holy pictures Batman! 61?????????? geez.......I don't think I've seen that even in the Journey thread....61????????????.........did he say 61???????????????????................running down the street with my hair on fire.

huh

Moogle Pepper · September 3, 2008

Ok ok! Next time I will limit it to a smaller number. I promise!

Scott_Quier · September 3, 2008

Swartzy wrote:

Holy pictures Batman! 61?????????? geez.......I don't think I've seen that even in the Journey thread....61????????????.........did he say 61???????????????????................running down the street with my hair on fire.huhhuh

Yup - that's what I said, but I think I counted wrong. :cry

The result of the recount is

62

But, of course, I could be wrong yet again. It's been such a long time since I was in 1st grade.

This is so much fun!!

Shima · September 3, 2008

Great job on your first one, I love the feeling you captured. Was this what you rented the 70-200 f2.8 for?

Moogle Pepper · September 4, 2008

Not really.. I rented it for my portrait session that was on Wednesday. I am finishing those up right now. I did use the 70-200 for the wedding, I had it for a week so I figured why not. The place didn't have the need for a far away shots. It was all really close together. And since I was up and about all the time, the 24-70 saw more action.

thanks, again, for the comments, everyone! Don't worry, Scott, the next one will have 63!

My First Wedding- Christina's and An's wedding!

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