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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Jim & Coleen Wedding


Well, this was my first wedding ever. Shot it solo. Got there at 1130, left at 10 and ran my ass off all day. It was A LOT of fun. My wife is the little pregnant brides maid and the little girl is ours too

I had a ton of fun. The only bad part of the day is grabbing someone a little too drunk to be my light assistant on the golf course for the couples shot. Yeah... at one point I saw my monopod w/ 3 speedlights and 3 PWs smash into pieces on the ground...... As you can tell in the later pictures, my lights were uh very inconsistent after that point.

Sorry for 73 some odd pictures; I'm a first timer, this is exciting

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May 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Jim & Coleen Wedding


Glad you had fun. Sounds like you're hooked. Now for improving yourself...

You've suffered from some typical first-timer mistakes. The first obvious one is you should give your self more space in your shots. The majority of the images are shot closer than optimum. What do I mean by that? Take some of them and crop for 4x5 and 8x10. You'll see. Always give yourself more cropping room. Usually, after a couple of more weddings, you'll have this fixed. Many of us did this at first.

Next, I'd say to get intimate with the straightening tool. I'm not sure if you're using Lightroom yet, but don't be afraid to use the tools you are supplied with. Experiment, and use them to your advantage.

Watch your comps. 37 is an example. It's out of balance. What could you have done to improve it?

Lastly, I'd say you need to revisit monitor calibration. All your "cool" images are really green, and all your "warm" images are really yellow. If I were you, I'd recalibrate, check your surrounding environmental lighting, and adjust all these before you deliver them.

Hope these give you some ideas for improvement. Welcome to the club.



May 24, 2015 at 02:12 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Jim & Coleen Wedding


The first thing for me is the importance of these moments. As a wedding photographer its your job to get it right. Fundamentals are very important when your shooting a weddings. Do yourself a favor in try to find a pro wedding photographer who you can possibly watch him do a wedding. Lighting & composition is super important. Also don't forget to leave room for standard size prints. Watch your ceiling shots. Stop cutting off limbs it hurts. Btw Ive done 30 or more weddings in none of them were fun. To much thinking going on for me. Practice,practice,practice!


May 24, 2015 at 05:17 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Jim & Coleen Wedding




amonline wrote:
Glad you had fun. Sounds like you're hooked. Now for improving yourself...

You've suffered from some typical first-timer mistakes. The first obvious one is you should give your self more space in your shots. The majority of the images are shot closer than optimum. What do I mean by that? Take some of them and crop for 4x5 and 8x10. You'll see. Always give yourself more cropping room. Usually, after a couple of more weddings, you'll have this fixed. Many of us did this at first.

Next, I'd say to get intimate with the straightening tool. I'm not sure if you're using
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I've fought myself for years remembering to shoot big for cropping, but it never sinks in. Maybe someday it will.



May 25, 2015 at 02:59 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Jim & Coleen Wedding


Would never have thought it was your first wedding had you not told us.

Your exterior shots are your best.

Calibration will definitely help.

Cheers!




May 26, 2015 at 08:28 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Jim & Coleen Wedding




FrancisK7 wrote:
Would never have thought it was your first wedding had you not told us.

Your exterior shots are your best.

Calibration will definitely help.

Cheers!



Thank you for the kind words. I think the calibration issue is how I process. My screen is calibrated, but my lightroom default pushes the colors pretty hard. Personally I like it and let it roll so I don't have to tweak any pictures. None of these are individually edited. I use a home brewed vsco loosely based off of portra 400 that's applied to everything imported.



May 26, 2015 at 11:18 AM





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