Some candids

[Actinia]

I have photographed people casually for many years, but I would like to start to improve my people photography. These two were essentially grabbed shots with available lighting, where I just liked the poses.

#1 was taken at a graduation ceremony in 2003 of three students I had taught. The two women students were both from Spain, and the man from Italy. My caption for it was 'Spanish Dance'.

Taken with a Panasonic DMC-FZ7.

#2 was taken this year at my son's recent wedding. They were waiting whilst the bride and groom signed the register.

Taken with a Sony A55 with the kit lens.

C&C would be welcome.

 

[tirediron]

I really like the second one, unfortunately it appears that there was some camera movement or missed focus as it's soft, but the expressions, poses, etc are excellent!

 

[Actinia]

Thanks for the comment. The second photo was taken in the church and I had to use such light as there was. Flash was prohibited. The register was in a side apse, and had less light. As far as I can see it is just the bridesmaid's head in the centre that is showing motion blur, which I have not been able to fix. I used ISO 1600, 1/15 sec at f/8. I was using Aperture priority. In retrospect, I should have used Shutter priority to give me a minimum handheld shutter speed.