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Weddings in July

Started Aug 7, 2017 | Photos thread
John_A_G Veteran Member • Posts: 8,257
Re: Weddings in July
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Generally speaking, color and exposure are good in all of these.  Now it comes down to personal interpretation.  #2 and #6 are my favorites in the set.

Shot 1 - I simply don't have enough context - the street crossing might have more meaning to the couple - but as an outsider a shot of the backside of them crossing the street seems odd

Shot 3 - Doesn't work for me.  The person randomly walking across the frame is right in the middle and the distortion and angle don't particularly work well for me.  But others might feel differently

shot 4 - too much distracting elements - window light on back of groom, bright light on window in front, backs of people to left and right of the frame as you shoot between them.  I can understand wanting to capture the bride/groom paying attention to the soloist but just too many disracting elements in the image.

shot 5 - It depends on context.  The image makes it look like there were only a handful of guests.  If that was indeed the case then I think the image is fine.  But if there were 100+ guests this framing makes it look like there were only a dozen - the wide angle minimizes the expression on the bride/groom.  So, if there were more than a dozen guests a wider shot would work better to capture that aspect - and a closer shot would work better to capture the expression of the couple as they exit

shot 6 - a nice, fun shot

shot 7 - grooms face is completely cut off.  Either the shot emphasizes the ring itself being placed or the couple - this framing with the groom's face obscured doesn't work for me

shot 8 - no real subject.  This shot seems to me like the whole purpose of the shot is to show high dynamic range - but there's really no interesting subject.  So, I think gear-heads might appreciate the HDR aspect of the shot but not that compelling of a subject.

shot 9 - I'm not sure what you were going for here. Having an in focus table and random decorations in focus bride and groom out of focus doesn't work for me.  There just isn't anything interesting about what is in-focus and there's nothing aesthetic about the mood created.

Again, I think you did an excellent job of exposure/color and you clearly got the focus the way you wanted it - I just think the composition on most of these is too random and not compelling in telling the bride and groom's story.

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