2nd Shooter - C&C Desired

[WhiskeyTango]

This is from a shoot today as 2nd shooter. I have no desire to be a solo shooter for weddings anytime in the near future (if ever), but I have to admit: This one was fun...

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6



As always: C&C Welcome, hell, requested!

 

[Jace]

#5 has some blow outs on her dress/arm, but it's my favorite! Good job!

 

[WhiskeyTango]

#5 has some blow outs on her dress/arm, but it's my favorite! Good job!

Thanks, Jace. #1 is my personal favorite. I actually really like the blown highlights in 5. Somehow it just "works" for me in that image. I'm sure it's not a universal appeal, but I dig it.

 

[Infidel]

I don't like the "old-timey" processing...combined with the guy's outfit, it just looks too try-hard to me.

#5 is the stand-out of the set....almost looks like it could come out of a j crew catalog.

 

[o hey tyler]

it just looks too try-hard to me.

Similar to die-hard?

Yippie ki-yay, second shooter.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

it just looks too try-hard to me.

Similar to die-hard?

Yippie ki-yay, second shooter.

"Hans, buhby, I'm your white knight!"

 

[edirik]

nice pics. congrats.

 

[JoshuaSimPhotography]

love how there not looking directly at the camera. i find that it makes it a bit more interesting

 

[manaheim]

Contrary to popular belief around TPF, you cannot simply focus on things like avoiding blowouts. That was clearly a dark room and you have a good range of light to dark in that photograph. You are almost assured to get some blowouts. Could you knock it down a little? Sure. Probably not a ton, though. (without making it look really dark... though that might also be interesting)

I also think that one is your best shot, btw.

Watch your framing. Check to make sure you are filling the frame with the important stuff. The second one, for example, almost looks like you twitched up and right when you pressed the shutter button.

Watch background elements carefully- the one with the guy on the bench- looked to me like he was holding flowers (made worse by the treatment).

Look into some compositional books for some guidance.

Focus less on after-effects and treatments and more on composition and you'll be fine.

Still, for a first try at this... I've seen way worse.

 

[Robin Usagani]

The shots are mainly too tight. #5 will never be used by the main photographer. It just look like they are posing for someone else next to you. I suggest next time take it from a completely different angle so it looks like they are looking away instead of posing for someone next to you. Does that make sense? I hate it when my 2nd shooter gives me a bunch of photos like #5. It goes straight to the trash can.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

The shots are mainly too tight. #5 will never be used by the main photographer. It just look like they are posing for someone else next to you. I suggest next time take it from a completely different angle so it looks like they are looking away instead of posing for someone next to you. Does that make sense? I hate it when my 2nd shooter gives me a bunch of photos like #5. It goes straight to the trash can.

#5 is the only shot I took of one of the posed moments, for exactly that reason. There's no way the main photographer is going to take my image over their own, especially since I've seen his now, and damn... Yeah. He doesn't need my version.

#2 & #3 I was kinda stuck with, compositionally. I was shooting from a 2nd floor window overlooking the courtyard. Not much I could do with camera angle and I had background issues along the full length of the approach. I was trying to pick the lesser of evils.

#1 & #4 are completely deliberate. I had full opportunity to move, change angle, re-frame, etc. I'll take credit for the good and bad in full, lol

#6 happened fast. I wanted to get that damned chair out of the shot, but when I moved to do so I couldn't see her eyes, and I knew she wasn't going to stay there long. Like all but #5, this is a candid, and I like shooting that way.

Thanks for all the feedback so far. Definitely keeps me thinking!

 

[Gallery29]

Not a fan of the color conversion in #4, although #1 *IS* working for me even though the conversions are similar. I like that pose together with the color. They seem like a "hipster" couple who probably appreciates these types of photos. Good job.

 

[Gallery29]

On second thought, I think #4 is too "instagram" for my taste. I think that's what it is.

 

[WhiskeyTango]

Not a fan of the color conversion in #4, although #1 *IS* working for me even though the conversions are similar. I like that pose together with the color. They seem like a "hipster" couple who probably appreciates these types of photos. Good job.

They are a very cool couple, and very artistic. The wedding was a 20's theme and took place in an independent art gallery/club.

For comparison's sake, here's the original full color edits of #1 and #4

 

[manaheim]

The shots are mainly too tight. #5 will never be used by the main photographer. It just look like they are posing for someone else next to you. I suggest next time take it from a completely different angle so it looks like they are looking away instead of posing for someone next to you. Does that make sense? I hate it when my 2nd shooter gives me a bunch of photos like #5. It goes straight to the trash can.

THAT'S an interesting insight.

Man, I'd love a thread of tips from primary wedding photographers to secondaries.