wedding

[quickphotography78]

These are from my friends wedding I was just wanting some feedback. Still in my first year of use with my camera.

 

[Jeatley]

I am confused but that happens alot! I like the second shot. I see a story there. The first has a ton of head room. "Why are all teh girls wearing different dresses? Anyway not important

3rd one is good to help stronger pictures tell the story.

4 seems like you had a very low shutter speed. say 1/20th or so ??? little blurry.

 

[3bayjunkie]

cool deal! I especially love that cool brick wall.

 

[Derosa]

#1...Go back an take pictures of that wall...without people, maybe. It is very interesting.
#2...I like the composition, but is that your flash that is glaring in the background? Found that distracting.
#3...motion blur? oof? ...random elbow...maybe crop and sharpen??
#4...oof...not a real fan of the angle...

 

[oDDball]

I think the glare in #2 adds a nice touch to it.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Didnt you have flash?

 

[fsquare]

White Balance is off on #4...wall color + bad lighting

 

[quickphotography78]

yeah wall is really nice, #2 was the sun glaring in I didn't use the flash thanks for the commets

 

[RauschPhotography]

WB is off in #1. Shutter speed is definitely too slow in these shots..

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

I love the brick wall in the first one... Perhaps a different crop... landscape orientation perhaps? To draw attention to the beautiful ladies.

When I look at it, all I see is the super cool background... And I have to make a conscious effort to look at the people.

 

[tirediron]

C&C per req:

1. This is the only actual wedding photograph, the other three are wedding-day candids. Equally important but a totally different category. First, as mentioned is the crop. The brick structure is very interesting. but there's way too much of it. This should be cropped to a portrait aspect with a little more room above their heads than they have at their feet.

Next: Auto-program mode? Really? Sorry, that doesn't cut it for wedding work. You need to be able to control your exposure and avoid things like the blown highlights on the wedding and flower-girl's dresses. Remember to meter for the white!

The pose idea is good but there are a lot of picky details that have been overlooked: The flower-girl is slouching, the bride's eyes are partly closed, and the bride's maid to the right of the bride has her arms doing something totally different than the other three (and is that a bra-strap showing on her left shoulder?). As well, the bride's maid at the far left needed a moment to straighten her hair, and doesn't really seem to be looking at the camera.

Lastly, your choice of equipment. This image really should have been shot with long glass and a large aperture, and with the people separate further from the wall; it's a very strong element and is distracting from the people, who are the subjects.

I understand that this may sound very picky, and doubtless some of it was beyond your control. Overall, it is a nice image, but I'm hoping that your next one will be even better!

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

 

[quickphotography78]

Yeah I wasn't the photographer for the wedding I was there my son was in the wedding. I just took photos when I could so that is why there is not alot of perfect shots. I really appreciate the input, thanks