Wedding flower and ring pics - not for 56k

Digital Matt · Jan 4, 2006

Hey gang,

I got my 20D back today, and had been saving the flowers from the wedding to shoot. Here's the best of what I took this evening, carefully arranging and lighting each piece.

Marge's bouquet:

My boutonniere:

My mother's corsage:

The rings:

And, a small montage:

Lemme know what you think

Verbal · Jan 4, 2006

Wow...these are just fantastic. Seriously amazing stuff. And congratulations on getting married Matt, that's great!!!

Peanuts · Jan 4, 2006

whoah... *jaw drops to the floor* Congratulations!

MommyOf4Boys · Jan 4, 2006

Holy Cow!! THOSE are GORGEOUS!!!!! I mean stunning stunning stunning!!!!!! Did I mention, Stunning!!?

Eric. · Jan 4, 2006

I like the whole lord of the rings feel with the rings Matt.

Gorgeous lighting as always!

MommyOf4Boys · Jan 4, 2006

Cant stop looking!!

woodsac · Jan 4, 2006

They're all beautiful Matt!
The lighting is great on every shot. I especially like the last two. The bright reflection behind the rings really makes them *pop*! And the water to the montage is a great touch :thumbup:

Congratulations again!

Xmetal · Jan 4, 2006

The first shot of the rings is the best imo

Very Lord Of The Rings feel because of the way you've lit them.

JonMikal · Jan 4, 2006

speechless!

omeletteman · Jan 5, 2006

These are really great, and congrats on getting married!

Diamond · Jan 5, 2006

Loved them all.. especially the lighting!!
The second and the fourth are my fave.

cumi · Jan 5, 2006

Oh my god, these are wonderful photos!

Did you made some exposure comp (like -2)?
Did you do any significant PS job?

Thanks

danalec99 · Jan 5, 2006

2 is awesome!

Digital Matt · Jan 5, 2006

Thanks everyone!

Cumi: I shot them in manual and adjusted the aperture and shutter myself to get this look. There was no PS done to these at all. I added a tiny bit of contrast to some of them in C1 before converting them, but this is pretty much as is.

On thing interesting tip that I learned though: I was using a small desk lamp as one light source, and to create interesting colored light, I was using some colored CD jewel cases that I have. I used the real thin ones in red, orange, green, and blue. The blue is actually perfect to compensate for the orange glow of the tungsten light.