[PIC_THREAD] Weddings

mrk · 25 Sep 2013 at 20:28

Some wicked compositions there 42

blairw · 25 Sep 2013 at 20:49

Have to agree, some cracking shots and I like your processing style

mrk · 25 Sep 2013 at 22:24

A few more

'SURPRISE!'

And let's end with cake.

A couple of hours passed at the last two and from here on the light was awesomely warm. Couldn't have hoped for a nicer day!

42zx · 25 Sep 2013 at 22:28

Thanks guys, the day went from everyone running late and nothing happening to full on photo-fest, so not much time to think but I reckon I got most of the shots I had in mind.

I tried to go for the popular subtle vintage style editing but with a bit more vibrancy in the colours and then my usual B&W preset. I've never really used flash either so I'm quite pleased with how the night/dance shots turned out.

Jimmy1983 · 26 Sep 2013 at 20:31

First wedding shot solely on my own C&C please

Advice on these would be greatly appreciated, its quite clear in a couple where I went wrong with a few minor mistakes. Any views/comments would be fab

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mrk · 27 Sep 2013 at 13:07

First and last 2 are definitely my choices I'd say. Nice punchy colours

sHo0sH · 27 Sep 2013 at 15:24

That is such an awful jacket, can't believe he's peacocking at his wedding!

An Exception · 28 Sep 2013 at 12:16

mrk · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:30

Didn't want to use fill flash and lose the atmosphere of the illumination from the sparklers so ISO3200 had to do. No noise reduction

Bride was moving her sparkler quite quick so looks like she's not holding one!

An Exception · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:21

Ksanti · 29 Sep 2013 at 21:33

I'd be tempted to crop the mirror out but other than your reflection (lovely as your figure is, it breaks focus imo) that's such a lovely composition... Not sure what I'd do there..

An Exception · 30 Sep 2013 at 02:03

Noooooo Lol, brides family said they wanted one with me in. Her sister in law took a picture of me with my cam, but I didn't use that one.

An Exception · 30 Sep 2013 at 02:24

Mp4 · 30 Sep 2013 at 09:02

Super images here! Something to aspire too! I did my first wedding a few months back with a 5D3 +24-70mm+ 70-200 I still have a lot to learn!!

Specially with settings for the 5D , and knowing more about the shutter/focal length to get shaper images.

It's really hard to keep up with shooting and getting people to pay for services/time

Russinating · 30 Sep 2013 at 22:49

Quick one from the weekend. Always quite a photogenic venue (Syon Park).

An Exception · 2 Oct 2013 at 13:23

Mp4 said:
Super images here! Something to aspire too! I did my first wedding a few months back with a 5D3 +24-70mm+ 70-200 I still have a lot to learn!!

Specially with settings for the 5D , and knowing more about the shutter/focal length to get shaper images.

It's really hard to keep up with shooting and getting people to pay for services/time

If you don't have very much of a portfolio it is very difficult to get work. You need to start low-end and maybe even do some for free. Also if you can't show them weddings, you should be able to show them portraits, products, landscapes architecture etc. They will be much more inclined to trust you if you show them you are competent behind the camera. If you don't feel you are competent you shouldn't be shooting peoples weddings even for free imo.

PS
If you are using aperture priority and not full manual, then you may as well use auto ISO and set your minimum shutter speed with the auto ISO settings. This will help avoid blur if you forget to up ISO in low light, and it will stop you blowing out the images if you forget to lower ISO in bright light.

An Exception · 2 Oct 2013 at 14:10

Mp4 · 2 Oct 2013 at 18:12

An Exception said:
If you don't have very much of a portfolio it is very difficult to get work. You need to start low-end and maybe even do some for free. Also if you can't show them weddings, you should be able to show them portraits, products, landscapes architecture etc. They will be much more inclined to trust you if you show them you are competent behind the camera. If you don't feel you are competent you shouldn't be shooting peoples weddings even for free imo.

PS
If you are using aperture priority and not full manual, then you may as well use auto ISO and set your minimum shutter speed with the auto ISO settings. This will help avoid blur if you forget to up ISO in low light, and it will stop you blowing out the images if you forget to lower ISO in bright light.

Not used AV for ages, fully manual and tend normally to use 200-400 iso just for normal outdoor/landscape use to keep shutter above 125th sec these days. And like to use between 2.8 to 5.6/f as i find that range for my 24-70 nice and sharp.

I do landscapes as a hobby, and then more baby portraits than anything elsel i feel very competent behind the 5D now than before when i had it the first few weeks. moving from a 400D was a huge shock.

maybe im just aiming too high and want the 1 to 2k weddings too soon (i've done a few for friends) and have a few booked for next year and 2015 lol. A photographer friend who's been doing weddings for 18 years just says it takes time. So im going to have a price change and re think about everything over the weekend.

sid-180 · 10 Oct 2013 at 10:58

mrk said:
A few more

'SURPRISE!'

And let's end with cake.

A couple of hours passed at the last two and from here on the light was awesomely warm. Couldn't have hoped for a nicer day!

What filter effects are you using?

mrk · 10 Oct 2013 at 11:26

Hi,

No filter effects, they're custom Lightroom presets I've created with the help of VSCO films 1 through to 4 as a starting point.