Wedding got published today.

Sh4rkie · 7 Nov 2013 at 11:16

As with the other thread, brilliant captured the mood, people, setting, everything perfectly.

An Exception · 7 Nov 2013 at 11:26

Thank you very much Sh4rkie.

speedyj · 7 Nov 2013 at 14:15

One word.............brilliant.

stument · 7 Nov 2013 at 14:17

Amazing

Russinating · 7 Nov 2013 at 15:08

Nice one

. Though I'd say 'featured' rather than 'published'

. Hope you get lots of enquiries from it! Haven't you been on RMW before?

Just checked out the videographer they had - christ she likes getting in people's faces doesn't she! How was it working with her?

An Exception · 7 Nov 2013 at 15:48

Thanks everyone.

Russinating said:
Nice one . Though I'd say 'featured' rather than 'published' . Hope you get lots of enquiries from it! Haven't you been on RMW before?

Just checked out the videographer they had - christ she likes getting in people's faces doesn't she! How was it working with her?

Yeh I've been on RMW before and a few other blogs, but the bride submitted this one. Particularly with RMW you tend to get allot of traffic.

The person who shot this video was subcontracted. She was actually good to be around. Very calm, relaxed and even laughed at my jokes

. She did her best to keep out of my way and vice versa.

Most of the time she was shooting a 50mm 1.8 on a crop which is a fairly tight field of view.

This is what annoys me lol.
The whole scene was a write off.

Russinating · 7 Nov 2013 at 16:34

Ewww, what is she using? A Z1? Not that it matters what you use at all but still, far too close. Also not sure what to make of the fake Final Cut lens flare/vintage grain effect on everything

.

A lot of blogs seem to focus on the whole vintage fashion way too much at the moment which is a shame because people will look back in 5/10 years time and be like "wtf". Your photos suit that but only because of the muted colours/bright midtones (plus the content) which will still stand the test of time, rather than fake effects. Shame!

Raymond Lin · 7 Nov 2013 at 16:44

Well done Rhys

Russinating said:
A lot of blogs seem to focus on the whole vintage fashion way too much at the moment which is a shame because people will look back in 5/10 years time and be like "wtf". Your photos suit that but only because of the muted colours/bright midtones (plus the content) which will still stand the test of time, rather than fake effects. Shame!

That's the danger I think, it is as much as a style choice people went through back in the 80's with those soft focus lens, white vignetting edges, selective colouring.

Then again, it is up to the photographer, if clients loves his/her work for it then I see no problem with it. You do what you love and let the people come to you for what you are.

Although, someone I know has changed his style of processing 3 times in as many years. It started off being neutral, then went colourful and bold (a bit like mine) then to this weird yellow tone, which I think he tried to make every photo have an sunset, warm autumn feel to it, except it made people's skin tones all yellow. Some photos the people in it looks like they have liver diease, I am not joking. I've not looked in a while until last week, it has gone back to a neutral again. I am so glad he has changed it, either he wanted to change or he realises, either way, he is really talented but the processing ruined the photos.

An Exception · 7 Nov 2013 at 16:47

^^^
If you mean Guy then I agree. I really liked everything except the processing.

Inazuma · 7 Nov 2013 at 16:56

I think this kind of processing gives far more "feeling" to the images. The colours and contrast straight out of cameras often is too clinical; there's just no life in them.

Raymond Lin · 7 Nov 2013 at 16:57

Yup! Me an another tog buddy saw when he originally started doing it, first lightly here an there but it got more intense, we both said the appearance the liver disease thing independently so it's not our screen that is showing it wrong. I think he also used te clarity slider a bit too much as well back then.

I am sure his clients were happy but i were those those that hired him prior to the procession change, say a year before and then got that...I would be a mortified.

An Exception · 7 Nov 2013 at 17:11

Inazuma said:
I think this kind of processing gives far more "feeling" to the images.

You hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what i set out to do when developing my processing style.

An Exception · 7 Nov 2013 at 17:26

Raymond Lin said:
Yup! Me an another tog buddy saw when he originally started doing it, first lightly here an there but it got more intense, we both said the appearance the liver disease thing independently so it's not our screen that is showing it wrong. I think he also used te clarity slider a bit too much as well back then.

It's similar with this tog as well imo. She's a great tog and charges a good fee. Yet some of her pictures have like a toxic looking liver disease yellowness to them.
http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/

In comparison, I would say her film pictures are much more pleasing. Although her normal PP without the yellow would be good to.
http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/epic-west-coast-road-trip-wppi-2013/

Raymond Lin · 7 Nov 2013 at 17:35

Not looked at Marianne Taylor for a while, last I looked I loved her dreamy style, part of the attraction is the processing.

Although what you linked there isn't that bad, Guy's were really in your face, one wedding I mistaken a Caucasian groom as middle eastern due to the skin tone change!

mrk · 8 Nov 2013 at 19:04

An Exception said:
It's similar with this tog as well imo. She's a great tog and charges a good fee. Yet some of her pictures have like a toxic looking liver disease yellowness to them.
http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/

In comparison, I would say her film pictures are much more pleasing. Although her normal PP without the yellow would be good to.
http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/epic-west-coast-road-trip-wppi-2013/

On my screens the first link, to my eyes anyway, looks like the wrong white balance. I know it's not the wrong white balance but instead the image maker's process and that's fine but there is a difference between the stuff you've got in the Op compared to the style linked above. The linked ones will look dated in no time due to the way the processing has been done whereas your style with clipped shadows and slightly amplified mids -the style that's in at the moment- will still look good in years to come and that's in part due to the combination of composition and processing working well together.

In your shots it's clear (again, to me anyway) that you most likely saw that final vision before the shot was even taken and that's how I think it should be done because that's the only way someone's own style will stand strong over time much like how classic BW portraiture form the greats of the past still stand out amongst the modern incarnations.

An Exception · 9 Nov 2013 at 19:16

Thanks Robbie. Primarily what I try and do is look for an interesting composition, and then anticipate a 'moment' within the scene. Then I ask myself how can I do it differently/better. Sometimes I can't, but sometimes I'm glad I asked the question.