Bride + dreamy light = happy photog

[kathyt]

Here is my bride from Fridays wedding. CC always welcome. Oh, and one of the little flowergirl too.

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[Samerr9]

Very nice series

I like 1,2 and 5

 

[joshua_]

Kathy,

As a new guy I've really enjoyed looking at your photos. I really like 1 & 5 of the bride. I really like the way she seems so happy in 5. My favorite photo is 2. I have 3 daughters so I may have a bias :0.

I don't know the proper terminology yet, but I am wondering if some of those are so bright that it takes away from the bride a little? I'm sure this has more to do with my lack of understanding, but I thought I'd ask.

 

[ronlane]

Nice set.

 

[Desi]

Dreamy it is!

 

[kathyt]

Kathy,

As a new guy I've really enjoyed looking at your photos. I really like 1 & 5 of the bride. I really like the way she seems so happy in 5. My favorite photo is 2. I have 3 daughters so I may have a bias :0.

I don't know the proper terminology yet, but I am wondering if some of those are so bright that it takes away from the bride a little? I'm sure this has more to do with my lack of understanding, but I thought I'd ask.

When I shoot in lighting conditions like this, I will push my histogram toward the right to get that hazy feel. It is a style preference. I won't shoot all of them like this, but I will generally give them a good golden hour run.

 

[joshua_]

Kathy,

As a new guy I've really enjoyed looking at your photos. I really like 1 & 5 of the bride. I really like the way she seems so happy in 5. My favorite photo is 2. I have 3 daughters so I may have a bias :0.

I don't know the proper terminology yet, but I am wondering if some of those are so bright that it takes away from the bride a little? I'm sure this has more to do with my lack of understanding, but I thought I'd ask.

When I shoot in lighting conditions like this, I will push my histogram toward the right to get that hazy feel. It is a style preference. I won't shoot all of them like this, but I will generally give them a good golden hour run.

I see. Thank you for your help. I'm very new. Some parts of this are coming a little easier for me than other parts. Taking photos of people is a bit harder for me to comprehend at this point. Thanks again.

 

[kathyt]

Kathy,

As a new guy I've really enjoyed looking at your photos. I really like 1 & 5 of the bride. I really like the way she seems so happy in 5. My favorite photo is 2. I have 3 daughters so I may have a bias :0.

I don't know the proper terminology yet, but I am wondering if some of those are so bright that it takes away from the bride a little? I'm sure this has more to do with my lack of understanding, but I thought I'd ask.

When I shoot in lighting conditions like this, I will push my histogram toward the right to get that hazy feel. It is a style preference. I won't shoot all of them like this, but I will generally give them a good golden hour run.

I see. Thank you for your help. I'm very new. Some parts of this are coming a little easier for me than other parts. Taking photos of people is a bit harder for me to comprehend at this point. Thanks again.

No problem. Thank you for your kind words.

 

[brian_f2.8]

I like the PP a lot. Very elegant and dramatic. I dig it.

 

[tirediron]

Nice set!

 

[DiskoJoe]

The close ups are kind of nice, some are a bit soft or you missed the focus. But Im not feeling the full length shots due to the background. It looks like a dead field behind her. Reminds me of a wedding I shot last fall in the hill country after there was a horrible drought during summer.

 

[camz]

Quite a few of these where she's sitting are actually focused on her hands. The framing is creative but I think it's cutting off the bride a little too much. Wish the flower girl was facing the camera.

 

[Raian-san]

Very dreamy indeed. I like #1 and #5.

 

[fjrabon]

is it just me or is the bokeh really nervous in these?

love #5, but the backgrounds kill most of the rest for me

 

[dhris]

1-I find the crop across the eyebrow a little discomforting and wish it was a little higher. Great expression.
2-crop is unnecessarily close, clipping her at the top. If the photo is to convey a sense of the delicate, I'd say the crop doesn't push that. I'm cool with not seeing the girl's face, but wish there was still a little more something in focus here.
3+4-These are so similar as to elicit the same critique. They're of dubious focus and seem like snapshots in terms of timing. It wouldn't be surprising that your focus failed to grab focus on low contrast features with all of that backlighting--one of the perils of being a 'natural light photographer,' not to suggest you are one.
5-Great expression, and the best of the last few in terms of moment captured. I fear you've blown the focus point (on the bouquet rather than on her expression, where it belongs), though.

I think several of these would make nice B+W renderings.