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Hi all, please feel free to comment of these...

They are from a wedding I did in London for a couple of good friends. (you know I was nervous) We

(assistant with more experience and also a friend) did the wedding for £0 was my idea since I couldn't

charge £3000 for something I'd never done.

We got there early to shoot the bride getting make-up done and with the dress on...she walked to the

church with her dad (accross the road) and that's when the pics kind of start here. These are just a few

of the 100 I delivered.

My goal for the day was to capture the "moments" plus all the normal ones, kiss rings etc - in

retrospect I need to be more concious of composition and depth of field. I used a Nikon D100 with

(mostly) a Sigma 28-70EX 2.8 + SB 80 DX speedlight. When we could we used a white reflector (group, cake

shots)

Fortunately the pastor was on our side and let me know that I could move whereever I wanted to to get

the shot, he understood that these pics form the bases of most of the couples memory of the day. I used

the speedlight for all of the pics (bar the long exp. empty church with couple shots)

I noticed that most of the shots were under exposed, so adjusted the levels for the ones I delivered.

Next time, I will uprate the speedlight and check the histograms more.

I hope you enjoy them, please comment

Matt



























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'As you can see, visually, with your eyes...'
  • Murray Walker
 
Look, there are million things you can do to improve these photos...... but despite flaws and the possibilies that photoshop offers, you got something that looks relaxed, fresh and really fun.... and right for this couple. I'll bet they'll be happy with these. ( ....and you're lucky the bride is so beautiful and fashion conscious).

Bravo, bravo, bravo

--
Ron in Italy
 
Well done first attempt. Pleasing snapshots, I'm sure the bride was very happy. That said, I think your price was right; not really of professional quality. Try to work on white balance, crop, focus, exposure, before you start to charge. Don't think of 3000 pounds for a while. And that said, keep shooting, you have a good eye and the technical aspects will come. BTW, not necessary to post the same thread on multiple forums.
 
Hi, Matt! With regards to being nervous, I know exactly how you feel. I did my first wedding last summer, and it's both hard work and an enormous responsibility. Your "clients" are a lovely couple, and your compositions are quite good. But there's a problem on some of these shots with white balance and clarity. I tweaked one of your pictures a bit to give you some ideas about how you might finish them. I'm far from a Photohsop expert, so there's nothing fancy in my adjustments.



My steps included leveling, cloning out some bright elements in the background, adjusting the white balance (using auto-levels, and then fine tuning in the hues menu), and sharpening.



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Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
 
there is a sipia tone type cast on some which can abe fixed easily with photoshop.
Uncle Frank said:
Hi, Matt! With regards to being nervous, I know exactly how you
feel. I did my first wedding last summer, and it's both hard work
and an enormous responsibility. Your "clients" are a lovely
couple, and your compositions are quite good. But there's a
problem on some of these shots with white balance and clarity. I
tweaked one of your pictures a bit to give you some ideas about how
you might finish them. I'm far from a Photohsop expert, so there's
nothing fancy in my adjustments.



My steps included leveling, cloning out some bright elements in the
background, adjusting the white balance (using auto-levels, and
then fine tuning in the hues menu), and sharpening.



--
Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
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Yeah, they are both very good looking people, thanks for the encouragement.

Matt
ronald louis said:
Look, there are million things you can do to improve these
photos...... but despite flaws and the possibilies that photoshop
offers, you got something that looks relaxed, fresh and really
fun.... and right for this couple. I'll bet they'll be happy with
these. ( ....and you're lucky the bride is so beautiful and fashion
conscious).

Bravo, bravo, bravo

--
Ron in Italy
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--
'As you can see, visually, with your eyes...'
  • Murray Walker
 
Please could you let me know the technique you used, I think it's also down to the monitor I have at home. I will go through them again and adjust the levels, if that's what you did C? Please confirm, many thanks

Matt
cspringer2 said:
Uncle Frank said:
Hi, Matt! With regards to being nervous, I know exactly how you
feel. I did my first wedding last summer, and it's both hard work
and an enormous responsibility. Your "clients" are a lovely
couple, and your compositions are quite good. But there's a
problem on some of these shots with white balance and clarity. I
tweaked one of your pictures a bit to give you some ideas about how
you might finish them. I'm far from a Photohsop expert, so there's
nothing fancy in my adjustments.



My steps included leveling, cloning out some bright elements in the
background, adjusting the white balance (using auto-levels, and
then fine tuning in the hues menu), and sharpening.



--
Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--
'As you can see, visually, with your eyes...'
  • Murray Walker
cspringer2 said:
Uncle Frank said:
Hi, Matt! With regards to being nervous, I know exactly how you
feel. I did my first wedding last summer, and it's both hard work
and an enormous responsibility. Your "clients" are a lovely
couple, and your compositions are quite good. But there's a
problem on some of these shots with white balance and clarity. I
tweaked one of your pictures a bit to give you some ideas about how
you might finish them. I'm far from a Photohsop expert, so there's
nothing fancy in my adjustments.



My steps included leveling, cloning out some bright elements in the
background, adjusting the white balance (using auto-levels, and
then fine tuning in the hues menu), and sharpening.



--
Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--
'As you can see, visually, with your eyes...'
  • Murray Walker
 
Matt Pavid said:
Please could you let me know the technique you used, I think it's
also down to the monitor I have at home. I will go through them
again and adjust the levels, if that's what you did C? Please
confirm, many thanks
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Matt, was that request addressed to cspringer2 or to me?
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Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
 
I was trying to help, Feivel, but now that you're here, I can sit back and take notes :-).

--
Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
 
Matt,

These are very nice wedding shots. I really love the bride's dress. She has excellent taste!

I think the biggest issues I see with some of the shots, especially the ones in the church, is white balance. This can usually be fixed in any good editing program almost instantly. You could also do a little judicious cropping and cloning so that your subject is better framed in each shot and distracting elements are eliminated. The first picture in the series you posted will be hard to fix without serious photo editing as there is a lot of strong backlighting. However, if this is simply a result of over zealous correction with levels, it can probably be avoided entirely with Photoshop CS, which has a wonderful shadow/highlight tool that can easily and quickly adjust situations like this. It is expensive but worth every penny, especially if you plan to sell your photography.

I did some quick and easy enhancements on one of your photos, using a little cropping and cloning, correcting the white balance, adjusting levels, applying noise reduction and contrast enhancement, and using a skylight filter. And I also whitened the bride's teeth a little. Of course, I chose the shot I thought was easiest to adjust!



Hope you like it.

--Pat
 
Pat :

I like what you've done here because it's unobtrusive and it's in the spirit of the shoot. This shoot is in a lively photo-journalist style... it has the feel of the English tabloid celebrity spreads. The touch-ups here should bring out the best in the shot, but not turn them something they are not.

Ron in Italy
 
cspringer2 said:
there is a sipia tone type cast on some which can abe fixed easily
with photoshop. Check out other posters' suggestions in the thread too.
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cspringer said:
Uncle Frank said:
Hi, Matt! With regards to being nervous, I know exactly how you
feel. I did my first wedding last summer, and it's both hard work
and an enormous responsibility. Your "clients" are a lovely
couple, and your compositions are quite good. But there's a
problem on some of these shots with white balance and clarity. I
tweaked one of your pictures a bit to give you some ideas about how
you might finish them. I'm far from a Photohsop expert, so there's
nothing fancy in my adjustments.



My steps included leveling, cloning out some bright elements in the
background, adjusting the white balance (using auto-levels, and
then fine tuning in the hues menu), and sharpening.



--
Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
ronald louis said:
Look, there are million things you can do to improve these
photos...... but despite flaws and the possibilies that photoshop
offers, you got something that looks relaxed, fresh and really
fun.... and right for this couple. I'll bet they'll be happy with
these. ( ....and you're lucky the bride is so beautiful and fashion
conscious).

Bravo, bravo, bravo

--
Ron in Italy
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in the church etc. i too think you have taken some great memories here. they dont look like the conventional bride and groom and they wont have typical conventional photos. just a great job and you can play with the backgrounds in some ( especially the first one) if you or they want you to.
--
Vera
 
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