Wedding Shots C&C Thank YOU!!

[Kathryn4629]

Ok so I would love some constructive criticism of the wedding shots that I have taken lately. I have 4 more weddings to go to this summer and would like to improve my shots. How is the composure? What would you do differently?

 

[Robin Usagani]

rut roh.. i smell blood

 

[Kathryn4629]

Crap, how do you shrink the photos, so you can click on them to see bigger ones?

 

[Ronaldo]

Where is the bride's face?

 

[Kbarredo]

Massive shadow is distracting. Like something is looming over them.

 

[Kathryn4629]

Where is the bride's face?

Oh gosh I agree! I was having trouble capturing her face because the groom kept her face in shadow and their photographer had lots of flash equipment in the good angles. I so understand what you mean, and I will defiantly think more of the "faces" than the scenery next time!

How about this one?

 

[tirediron]

I'm confused; your post seems to indicate that you're shooting these as a paid photographer, but the EXIF data indicates that a Coolpix P90 was used... explain?

As shots taken by someone who was at the wedding and had a camera, they're fine; minor compositional issues, but not bad.

As shots taken by a paid photographer, well, I'm sorry, but they're NOT good at all. Excessive depth of field (a side "benefit" of usuing a camera with a very small sensor) and large amounts of empty space, as well as almost no visible faces make these images ones which for me would be have been left in the bit-bucket.

Granted you don't need top-end equipment to make great pictures, but the pecularities of wedding photography (as a job vice as a guest) demand the flexibility afforded by an SLR and a wide array of glass and lighting equipment.

If I've confused anything here, please forgive me; I don't mean to offend.

~John

 

[Kathryn4629]

I'm confused; your post seems to indicate that you're shooting these as a paid photographer, but the EXIF data indicates that a Coolpix P90 was used... explain?

As shots taken by someone who was at the wedding and had a camera, they're fine; minor compositional issues, but not bad.

As shots taken by a paid photographer, well, I'm sorry, but they're NOT good at all. Excessive depth of field (a side "benefit" of usuing a camera with a very small sensor) and large amounts of empty space, as well as almost no visible faces make these images ones which for me would be have been left in the bit-bucket.

Granted you don't need top-end equipment to make great pictures, but the pecularities of wedding photography (as a job vice as a guest) demand the flexibility afforded by an SLR and a wide array of glass and lighting equipment.

If I've confused anything here, please forgive me; I don't mean to offend.

~John

Oh gosh no offense taken at all!! No I was not the PAID photographer. Just a guest at the weddings. I am trying to learn to photograph people better. Mostly I like landscape photography, makes sense because I do mostly paintings of landscape and abstract, not people. I still seem to get caught up in the landscapes and not the people, I need to work on it.

Oh how I want a better camera!! I know my camera is not a SLR, but at least it has manual settings. I still use the preset settings sometimes when I feel I dont have the time to fiddle with manual to get the right shot.

Thank you very much for your insight!

 

[Netskimmer]

Massive shadow is distracting. Like something is looming over them.

The bond of marriage, eternal commitment (or divorce), familial responsibility...

 

[Raigoki]

hi!

1st shot - my personal pick among your shots. although the foreground's shadow affects the ambience of the image a lot. either you crop the lower part or post process it to perfectly toned the photo.

2nd shot - when taking wedding photos. I keep in mind that "The bride should be the star." (because weddings are more important to women than to men. LOL!) kidding aside, you should capture the emotion of the main couple. you can't seem to catch the emotion if you're taking a shot of the bride's back.

3rd photo - this could've been the best shot if the bride showed her face above the (assuming) groom's shoulder and having the couple rotate a little making the bride face the sun. (so her face would get light from the sun)

4th photo - maybe you could take 1 step sidewards (to your left) thus avoiding the sun to get into your shot/frame. (the sky's overexposed)

hth...