My first Hawaii wedding shoot

[shaunly]

Shot these a couple weeks ago. All were either the Tamron 28-75 or Nikon 80-200. CC are welcome. Thanks for looking.

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The rest can be view on my flickr page here: Mike and Trini's Hawaii wedding - a set on Flickr

 

[IgsEMT]

Love the colors, composition...
Dress is a bit blown out though but love what you've put so far.

 

[tirediron]

Agree with Igs and additionally, suggest perhaps some cropping to off-set the subjects from the centre of the image.

 

[Emilymarie]

Love them! PP question, how do you get that spotlight look on the bride?

 

[shaunly]

Thanks everyone!

Agree with Igs and additionally, suggest perhaps some cropping to off-set the subjects from the centre of the image.

I feel you here, but I centered her purposely because of the way her dress laid on the rocks.

It does look slightly blown out, but on my monitor at home it's high on contrast but not blown though. I might need a new monitor or recalibrate it. Good look. :mrgreen:

Love them! PP question, how do you get that spotlight look on the bride?

Work with nature! I shot early, around 7:30am. The sun was just over the horizon and was diffused by the clouds. Then I shot in RAW and fine tune the exposure/fill light/black/contrast... all those good stuff.

What do you guys think about this one here:

is it kind of cheesy with the wave splashing in the background? I kind of get mix feelings about this one.

 

[IgsEMT]

don't get me wrong, if clients don't like these ten there is something wrong with clients, pics are great.
my thing is, the way I was taught, 'details' use light to create shadows and highlights to reveal details. - & I try hard to get that. But ur environment added a LOT to your amazing final product. - clients should LOVE IT.

 

[sam_justice]

I love these compositions, I would hire you to do my wedding!

 

[shaunly]

don't get me wrong, if clients don't like these ten there is something wrong with clients, pics are great.
my thing is, the way I was taught, 'details' use light to create shadows and highlights to reveal details. - & I try hard to get that. But ur environment added a LOT to your amazing final product. - clients should LOVE IT.

Ill definitely keep that in mind. My client does love these but I had a lot of help from the beautiful scenic of Hawaii. :mrgreen:

I love these compositions, I would hire you to do my wedding!

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[northwestphoto]

Not bad at all for a first wedding photography shoot.

It is always difficult to photograph a wedding in bright sunshine and you have done a fine job.

Great work

Mike McCann
Northwest Wedding Photography
http://www.northwestphotography.co.uk

 

[Sisco]

I think you did an amazing job of not blowing all the whites! It looks good on my calibrated monitor, very beautiful setting,
The last one bugs me only because of the crop, you lost all the feet etc.....

I would have been more than thrilled with these.