here is a pic from my sisters wedding, i am actually very proud of it
think i got many good photo's, and they were extremely happy




Friday just passed we had a fund raising photoshoot, for a good fashion photog who is in a coma
there were over 100 photogs throughout the day, so didnt get much time to get lighting etc right
but it was worth it for the contacts etc i made
here are a few pics







excuse the sig, that was done in a few secs
am working on it as well as a website and loads of other stuff

looking for your c&c

wedding photo:

Composition is bad. First: horizon is centered, which normally isn't a bad thing, except hardly in any realistic situation will the horizon meet someone's neck. Second: bodices aren't near any effective focal points: aka golden ratio, 16th's, 32th's, etc. Third: feet are almost cut off. You are going to have difficulty cropping and are limited to choping off the pretty sky :]

Technicality suffers. First: flash is too harsh - even a sheet of paper + raised exposure would've been more beneficial. I hope you now understand how difficult it is to take a sunset/flash photo Priority in portraits should always be your subject, not the background. Second: blue dress, + uneven exposure. I'm not sure if you took this on-cam or off cam (both can be argued), but if your flash was limited, I would've gone for a half body, more-epic-sunset shot, and avoid the uneven dress exposure.

Posing is too stiff. "hey guys, get together and let's take a picture - instead of embracing your new life partner, mr groom, put your hand on your pocket. Both of you get together likeyou take pictures with buddies. Finally, bride, put your bouquet down and do nothing with it. No, don't bend your arm gracefully, we don't want to show affection here!"'
You could've done LOADS better with the posing, and therefore have avoided some of the other complications like the uneven dress exposure. Look at the bride's neck. YUCK! You must position your bride so that she looks as graceful as possible. In poker, you show your ace and hide your joker. Prioritize the bride over the groom!

Other things: the branches look like they're sticking out of the bride's head, as if they're the veil. The logs on the back look creepy.

Things i like:
You have the courage to do one of the hardest / most challenging type of wedding photography. There's a reason not every wedding photographer does this
You exposed the photo 'right' - as would old-fashioned photo theorists and exposure purists. Once you're offering the best product possible, however, i've found that it's best to prioritize skin tones / dress exposure, and edit the hell out of everything else. When I posted sunset pics, some people complained about 'a big yellow ball in the middle' - but no one complained about posing, flash usage (esp harshness, but i did get some on ackward shadows), the exposure on the dress, or even a very evident, post-process vignette.

If u want to see some sunset shots: http://s364.photobucket.com/albums/oo85/LeonLeon123/

This post was edited by onepagememory on Aug 1 2011 03:24pm