summers_enemy
TPF Noob!
First off one word: Wow! After looking around this forum to be quite honest, I'm quite embarrassed of what I'm about to post! :blushing:
Long story short, a friend's elder sister recently got married and asked me to shoot her wedding. I was extremely hesitant as the closest I'd ever come to a photography "job" before was doing another friend's senior pictures. I bit the bullet and went for it though. The bride and groom are absolutely thrilled with the results as are the families involved. Even my coworkers thought that most of the shots came out great. My problem: I think that 90% of them are crappy.
I use the Panasonic Lumix FZ20 and never before did I realize that it had such grain issues at ISO 200. I can look at the vast majority of the shots I took and IMO see far too much grain. However, the church the wedding took place in was so dark I feel I didn't have much choice. I used Neat Image on the better shots to remove a lot of the grain, but I don't like the softish look it gives to pictures. It also makes them rather un-enlargeable.
So grain is issue numero uno. Issue #2.... using the on board flash seems to have not only given me severe red eye issues (which were subsequently removed with the help of our friend Mr. Photoshop) but also a lot of funky shadows behind the people in the shots.
If anyone has any suggestions on avoiding those two issues in the future I would love to hear them
Also, I'm going to attach what I consider to be the best 4 shots out of 600. I would really appreciate a no holds barred critique if possible. I have a lot to learn and I'd appreciate anyone that can take the time to teach me a few things.
Thanks so much,
Tina (and thanks for reading a monster sized post )
Long story short, a friend's elder sister recently got married and asked me to shoot her wedding. I was extremely hesitant as the closest I'd ever come to a photography "job" before was doing another friend's senior pictures. I bit the bullet and went for it though. The bride and groom are absolutely thrilled with the results as are the families involved. Even my coworkers thought that most of the shots came out great. My problem: I think that 90% of them are crappy.
I use the Panasonic Lumix FZ20 and never before did I realize that it had such grain issues at ISO 200. I can look at the vast majority of the shots I took and IMO see far too much grain. However, the church the wedding took place in was so dark I feel I didn't have much choice. I used Neat Image on the better shots to remove a lot of the grain, but I don't like the softish look it gives to pictures. It also makes them rather un-enlargeable.
So grain is issue numero uno. Issue #2.... using the on board flash seems to have not only given me severe red eye issues (which were subsequently removed with the help of our friend Mr. Photoshop) but also a lot of funky shadows behind the people in the shots.
If anyone has any suggestions on avoiding those two issues in the future I would love to hear them
Also, I'm going to attach what I consider to be the best 4 shots out of 600. I would really appreciate a no holds barred critique if possible. I have a lot to learn and I'd appreciate anyone that can take the time to teach me a few things.
Thanks so much,
Tina (and thanks for reading a monster sized post )