Debbie and Mike Wedding Pictures

Leo · Jul 12, 2007

Wanted to share a few shots of a wedding I took last Saturday using my Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. I would appreciate any comments or critiques. Thanks for looking.

I was a little hesitant in posting these pics but I want to thank NJMAN for pursuading me in posting these pics and his pre-critiques. Yeah could use some more work but I think these sets are a lot better than when I first started a year ago.

Johnboy2978 · Jul 12, 2007

These are actually pretty decent. Was this a paid pro gig or just for fun or being a second shooter? Either way, here are my thoughts, and I've only shot 2 so far with a 3rd on the way, so take it w/ a grain of salt.
1- Might try a tighter crop so the rings are just dead center and to also get rid of the background contrast.
2- Might have shot with an aperture around 2.8 - 4 to blur the pews in the BG and also got on my knees to avoid looking down on the ring bearer.
3- same thing w/ the aperture for a more shallow depth of field, but it looks like they were pretty close to the BG so it probably wouldn't have helped much.
4- pretty nice as is
5 - also pretty nice, maybe just a tad wider so the bride isn't crammed at the side.

Good job though. I'll be interested to hear others

NJMAN · Jul 12, 2007

Nice job! My only crit would be to adjust the white balance for #2 since the boy is looking kind of yellow. Other than that, I think your shots are very good. Your subtle use of flash is very nice. There is a good balance between ambient and fill, which makes your foreground and background evenly lit. I'm very glad you shared these. And thanks for mentioning me.

Well done Leo!

NJ

Leo · Jul 12, 2007

Thank you for comments Johnboy. Yes it was a paid gig, I do more of debuts (quincineras) than weddings. Weddings are more stressful than debuts.
I agree with #1, I did not do any cropping at all. Pics #2 and #3 are shot with f/2.8

Leo · Jul 12, 2007

Thanks NJ, I actually did not use a flash on any of the church pictures. But at the reception, I used a Stroboframe ProT flash bracket with my 430EX and an Omnibounce flash diffuser.

Leo · Jul 12, 2007

better?

JimmyJaceyMom · Jul 13, 2007

Very nice! My opinion only - having nothing to do with photography and the rules and all just the way i like to look at things, i like the rings with the background but I think it would do it justice to take some of the left side off, not necessarily all of the contrasted background. I dont know if I am making sense. LOL I hate typing what I'm saying.
Good job!

NJMAN · Jul 13, 2007

Leo said:
better?

Much better color IMO!

Leo · Jul 13, 2007

thanks, yeah i am kinda partial with or without the background. At least I got a picture of the rings. Didn't really have a good picture of the ring exchange. I was standing behind the priest about 10-15ft away. Wish I had a 70-200mm lens. Tried cropping the ring exchange but it was too grainy, I shot with an ISO800.

JimmyJaceyMom said:
Very nice! My opinion only - having nothing to do with photography and the rules and all just the way i like to look at things, i like the rings with the background but I think it would do it justice to take some of the left side off, not necessarily all of the contrasted background. I dont know if I am making sense. LOL I hate typing what I'm saying.
Good job!