My first wedding - Image Heavy

[BrutalSS]

Hello all,

I picked out a few I am super happy with from the first wedding I did, as always, constructive criticism and recommendations welcome. I also need some recommendations for an external flash device that goes ontop of my camera. All pictures taken with a Nikon D3200 and a 18-55MM lens

 

[tirediron]

Pick'em-up trucks, jeans and cowboy boots... weddings don't get much better than that! Looks like some harsh overhead light, but overall, not bad at all. I think some fill light and larger apertures, for less depth of field would have been beneficial, but as-is, pretty-decent for a first go.

 

[Vtec44]

What did you struggle the most during your shoot? What do you think you need help the most on?

 

[BrutalSS]

Pick'em-up trucks, jeans and cowboy boots... weddings don't get much better than that! Looks like some harsh overhead light, but overall, not bad at all. I think some fill light and larger apertures, for less depth of field would have been beneficial, but as-is, pretty-decent for a first go.

Oh yeah, there was a lot of booze too, got tons of pictures of the wedding party and beer. May post some for the laughs. The wedding party came in the bed of the Grooms Brother's lifted Ram 2500, and I got the hell scared out of me when the Bride and Groom came flying through the field in an older Dodge that they rebuilt, did a nice half donut. I didn't edit any of these pictures, perhaps some photoshop could help. Also can you explain what you mean by larger apertures? When you say depth of field, you mean reduce the background of the shot? Such as less scenary, more people? Kind of learning as I go.

What did you struggle the most during your shoot? What do you think you need help the most on?

Not wanting to teach the aunt of the bride a lesson for pushing me out of the way and stepping on me. Excluding that, patience and realizing that catching the special unscripted moment is way more important than the posed ones. The first image is unposed, as well as five and six.

 

[tirediron]

A larger aperture (smaller 'f' #) will result in less of the depth of the image in focus. Your images are in focus from foreground to background; the downside of that is, it allows the viewer to see a lot of unnecessary detail (trees, brush, etc), whereas the right aperture would have allowed you to isolate the subject in focus, and make them more of the subject.

Here's an example. You can see the bird and the branch are focused, but the background is very out of focus. This makes the bird stand out than it would if all the trees behind were in focus too.

 

[julianliu]

Better than I would expect for somebody's first wedding, lol. I second your comment about post processing in photoshop or lightroom would make these photos look much more "professional".