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What I think when I see these photos (I hope it helps me to clearly articulate my own thoughts):
Some of the faces are very dark in some reception/etc. photos for my eyes, but I'm more of a practical rather than artistic person it seems, so I would tend to lighten things to a medium level rather than leave the appearance of darkness that creates a specific mood. I also see some very low-key images, maybe more in the early part.
The candid ones seem to tell stories or convey personalities. I already know you know how to frame the elements to tell stories. The ceremony colors seem very consistent, the reception colors are consistent but IMO very saturated and contrasty. The reception lighting seems to be heavily mixed and alternating in lighting styles, some with OCF, some with on-camera/etc. fill flash, some with more direct flash, and some ambient.
IMO the light in #50 is way too intense.
The first photo presented in the set creates a color standard that isn't followed by anything else in the set (dark aqua/green wall, saturation is not as strong as other photos, maybe because green is recessive). The main colors for the rest of the set are oranges and pinks with a few bright blues from reception lights.
4, 10, 14, 16, 38 and 44 are my favorites. They connect more strongly with me.
A lot of these make me think they were shot between 28-58mm. Were they? I'm currently feeling the inclination to avoid things wider than ~35mm for most general purposes where people are gathered everywhere, since the perspective distortion along the edges is really bad.
I'm running into the old problem I used to have and notice when using a 24-70, in that I am sacrificing end aesthetics just to squeeze the shot in with wide angles that distort people on edges. I have to force myself to stay with 35mm at the widest for those things.
And of course I can't see stories like you do, so I have no room to critique your stuff anyway. But it's part of how I try to get better even as I slide ever downward in my skill level.
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