Winter Wedding in the City (London)

Raymond Lin · 22 Dec 2009 at 22:56

One day before the shortest day in the year, and in the middle of this "blizzard" I did a wedding on Sunday, and as luck have it (and may it continue), it was sunny !!!

Here are some quick preview ! (Still lots to go through)

1 (Bride and her sister in the background at Toni & Guy)

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6 (Can you guess the theme of the wedding yet?)

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8 (The Pigeons joined in for the rice, she's a teacher and her class turned up to throw confetti, Awwww)

9 (The plan was to walk from registry office to reception..luckily there was no snow)

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13 (the chap has fallen asleep there)

14

Russinating · 22 Dec 2009 at 23:04

Love them

. Can't pick a favourite, but I like the dress shot, and you've done really well with the evening entertainment. Well done!

grumpybeard · 22 Dec 2009 at 23:11

Excellent, all great shots but dress is my fav too, sure the couple will be chuffed to bits with those.

ScarySquirrel · 22 Dec 2009 at 23:24

Fantastic work as usual Ray, you're getting better every time by the looks of it.

I love no. 8, the wide angle, the expressions, the pigeons, it all works so well.

Also, I don't know what you do to your photos, but you get such amazing colours all of the time. I would love to know your processing technique (but don't expect you to divulge such information

)

EDIT: I also love 11!

PaulyD · 22 Dec 2009 at 23:39

Again amazing work by you!

Like ScarySquirrel I too also wonder how you manage to get such bright and vibrant colours, it shows here and every other photo you take, even showed through when you did your test shots with your 135L!

Sure they will love them

Raymond Lin · 23 Dec 2009 at 09:10

Thanks guys, there are still 99% of the work to do, and hopefully there will be more gems in there !

Getting colours into the shots is easy and its hard, depending on whats in the scene. I find when there are some colours in the scene it makes it a lot easier. But as to how? It's a secret

I do do all my processing in Lightroom so there are no special bought Actions off the net, and I try to keep the processing consistent so that it pops and stands out and the photos says Me without looking at the watermark.

Vertigo · 23 Dec 2009 at 09:48

Beautiful shots, particularly like 6 and 8.

Can I ask what settings you used for the 12-14 indoor shots?

Mr Jones · 23 Dec 2009 at 09:51

I like them all, apart from 13 and 14. Your usual post-processing is spot on but these 2 seems to have got abit over the top on saturation? I can see the bokeh on the right hand side showing signs of it.

Otherwise, I love number 8 the best. If only those pigeons were white/Doves

Raymond Lin · 23 Dec 2009 at 10:01

Vertigo1 said:
Beautiful shots, particularly like 6 and 8.

Can I ask what settings you used for the 12-14 indoor shots?

Ta, It was all ISO 3200, bounced flash either F/2.8 or 1.4.

ScarySquirrel · 23 Dec 2009 at 10:01

Raymond Lin said:
I try to keep the processing consistent so that it pops and stands out and the photos says Me without looking at the watermark.

You've definitely achieved that!

martinturner · 23 Dec 2009 at 10:07

Raymond Lin said:
... It's a secret I do do all my processing in Lightroom so there are no special bought Actions off the net, and I try to keep the processing consistent so that it pops and stands out and the photos says Me without looking at the watermark.

Firstly really lovely shots. I am sure they will be really pleased. I love the shot of all the school kids. Is there one of them throwing the confetti? Not so keen on the pigeon in the shot though, even though it is comical.

With regards to processing; I totally agree, I thinks its very important to adopt your own style. I can tell your work immediately (high contrasts with rich saturation and very sharp; almost too much but not quite, if you get what I mean).

ScarySquirrel · 23 Dec 2009 at 10:10

I wonder if people could guess who took a photo if it was posted anonymously on OcUK. I think a few people would stand out as they do seem to have a really consistent style.

Raymond Lin · 23 Dec 2009 at 18:44

ScarySquirrel said:
I wonder if people could guess who took a photo if it was posted anonymously on OcUK. I think a few people would stand out as they do seem to have a really consistent style.

I think that's what we all strive for, beyond taking a competent photo, getting a "look" that is recognisable without the watermark. The way to do that is find a processing you like and comfortable with and stick to it.

martinturner said:
Firstly really lovely shots. I am sure they will be really pleased. I love the shot of all the school kids. Is there one of them throwing the confetti? Not so keen on the pigeon in the shot though, even though it is comical.

With regards to processing; I totally agree, I thinks its very important to adopt your own style. I can tell your work immediately (high contrasts with rich saturation and very sharp; almost too much but not quite, if you get what I mean).

Thanks

There are a few with the kids, I am sure there are some with kids throwing the confetti, they were throwing it before she walked down the steps though so a lot, and i mean a LOT missed them.

tankskun · 23 Dec 2009 at 19:43

12,13 and 14 look like fantastic shots. Excellent colours, impressive!

Zaf · 23 Dec 2009 at 20:28

Awesome shots mate really like 12 and 13

You are an inspiration my friend!

Columbo · 23 Dec 2009 at 21:01

Raymond Lin said:
Ta, It was all ISO 3200, bounced flash either F/2.8 or 1.4.

And pin sharp :eek:

Fantastic stuff mate. Love number 13.

Raymond Lin · 25 Dec 2009 at 10:42

Some more

15 (From left to right, Bride, Sister of the Bride who is the Bridesmaid, and Mother of the Bride in the chair)

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ScarySquirrel · 25 Dec 2009 at 10:59

Fantastic!!

Not much else for me to say really!

martinturner · 25 Dec 2009 at 11:19

18; is just exceptional!

jesta · 25 Dec 2009 at 17:22

As usual Raymond these are amazing! I love the post processing method definitely makes your photos instantly recognisable.