First Wedding...

David84 · Mar 9, 2010

Hi All,

Before the flaming begins, please note that a friend of mine who is somewhat new to wedding photography asked if I would like to join her as the 2nd shooter. I did and had a lot of fun and learned A LOT! I made a lot of mistakes and unfortunately that cost me quite a few shots. Guess that's why we all start off as 2nd/3rd shooters for a while. Good news: lessons learned and hopefully my second wedding will be more sucessful.

The ceremony and reception was in fairly low lighting, which caused a few blurry photos b/c of my slower shutter speeds... lesson learned

Anyway, I would really appreciate feedback on the pictures below. I am looking to grow, and advice is heavily appreciated.

Thanks,

David

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bennielou · Mar 10, 2010

Nicely done. Your white balance is off in several of the photos, but I think you got some really great shots.

ghache · Mar 10, 2010

LOL AT the guy on the right side in #4! i loled hard!

i really like them! keep up the good work!

David84 · Mar 10, 2010

Thanks to both of you on the kudos.

Bennilou: I agree completely with the wb. I am such a rookie - I had it set to daylight the entire evening of the wedding! Learning experience

Ghache: I was laughing pretty hard too! That particular groomsmen was funny the entire night. The group clown

Does anyone have technical advice on what I can do better or adjust for the future?

AnotherNewGuy · Mar 10, 2010

Great job for a first wedding, or even a second or third for that matter. Until you get down WB settings, I would shoot in RAW. I set my WB and still shoot in RAW because I will frequently forget to change the setting with change of venue until I have already clicked off a few shots. I dig your creativity and composition. Are they wine people or something?

David84 · Mar 10, 2010

Newguy - they are somewhat wine people yes. Their wedding was held at a local winery. Thanks for the feedback. About 1/2 of my shots are in RAW. I will work on editing the wb when I get home this evening. Thanks for the advice!

Mesoam · Mar 10, 2010

they should be pretty happy!

this is my favorite, the softness works so well

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4421891040_7a01a39ae3_b.jpg

David84 · Mar 10, 2010

Thanks Travis!

y0aimee · Mar 10, 2010

I agree about the wb issue, but overall you captured some really great shots! What kind of equipment were you using? I too will be a 2nd shooter for a wedding this weekend.

clbd39 · Mar 10, 2010

overall nice shots, but watch what you cut off and what's important, like cutting off an elbow but so much open space in #2 and cutting off her dress in # 8 (atleast in my opinion)

overall classy and i laughed with the guy on the right in the groomsmen

KAikens318 · Mar 11, 2010

The first photo of the groomsman is my favorite.

I think you did a great job on these!!

bennielou · Mar 11, 2010

David84 said:
Thanks to both of you on the kudos.

Bennilou: I agree completely with the wb. I am such a rookie - I had it set to daylight the entire evening of the wedding! Learning experience

Ghache: I was laughing pretty hard too! That particular groomsmen was funny the entire night. The group clown

Does anyone have technical advice on what I can do better or adjust for the future?

Your composition is already really good. Your candids are fab. The only advice I could offer is to get a really good program for doing WB. I use Lightroom, and it's IMO, pretty excellent. I think they have a trial thing, so check it out.
Again, job well done!

rub · Mar 11, 2010

Great work - 13 takes the cake for me!

bell · Mar 11, 2010

Great takes. Keep on shooting. You have the eye for it. Your WB problem is easy to fix in Raw PS mode...

Cheers,

HB

David84 · Mar 12, 2010

yoaimee - Thanks, I was using a 5d mk II, and a few lenses, 70-200 2.8, 17-40 mostly.... Good luck when you shoot yours!

clbd39 - Thanks for the feedback... I definitely know what you mean, I have a few others with the enitre dress in the shot... I just like this one more...

kaikens318 - Thanks, I appreciate it!

Kristel and Bell - Thanks for the kind words! I will definitely work on the wb, i had it set to daylight the entire wedding...rookie!