First shots from my first wedding

Sharkbait · Oct 10, 2004

Shot my first wedding this weekend, and it went great!!

It was so much fun, and hey, I made a few bucks to boot!

Here are the first few photos that have gone through post-processing. Some I'm going to have to go back and re-do, as the lighting was piss-awful and I'm still figuring out a good post-processing process to correct them.

And the big winner so far...

Je-C · Oct 10, 2004

Very nice work!

steve817 · Oct 11, 2004

We all knew you had it in you. Glad you had a good time.

voodoocat · Oct 11, 2004

Great work Shark!
And the big winner definately stands out. I'm not generally a fan of that technique but it works very well on that shot

Scurra · Oct 11, 2004

I love that last one shark, did you blur it around the edges in PS though? I only ask because the blur doesn't seem constant enough to be DOF and it plays with my eyes a little.

Sharkbait · Oct 11, 2004

Scurra said:
I love that last one shark, did you blur it around the edges in PS though? I only ask because the blur doesn't seem constant enough to be DOF and it plays with my eyes a little.

Yeah, it's a new technique I'm trying to simulate DOF. Still playing around with it to really fine-tune it...

Good catch!

Sharkbait · Oct 11, 2004

voodoocat said:
Great work Shark!
And the big winner definately stands out. I'm not generally a fan of that technique but it works very well on that shot

Same here. The bridal bouquet shot is about the only photo I'd probably ever use that partial coloration technique on.

Sharkbait · Oct 11, 2004

A couple more...

photogoddess · Oct 11, 2004

Great work Shark! The lighting at weddings is almost always a challenge. You did a great job here! :thumbsup:

usayit · Oct 11, 2004

Great work... I like the last one in your original post...

JonMikal · Oct 11, 2004

Awesome pics Shark! Wedding photography is nothing I would even consider doing, but you obviously have it down pat! Can't wait to see more from this shoot and many more!!!

Alison · Oct 11, 2004

Shark, I love that last one in the second post. Great feeling and wonderful in b&w.

frankiscool · Oct 11, 2004

Wow, great pix...

She looks way too hot for him though

danalec99 · Oct 11, 2004

#2 from the 2nd set is cool!
Eventhough I'm not a fan of selective coloring, it looks great in pic 3 from the first set. :thumbsup:

Would you mind sharing the lighting set up you had?

Sharkbait · Oct 12, 2004

danalec99 said:
Would you mind sharing the lighting set up you had?

Just the 'house lights', supplemented by my speedlite 550EX with a softbox attached to the front. I've had to do some major color-fixing with most of them (thank god for PS CS's #82 cooling filter enhancer!!) because the houselights were terribly low Kelvin-temp spotlights.