On Saturday I was the second shooter at a wedding with photographer Kate Leigh at Whitby Castle in Rye, NY. This was my first wedding since moving to NYC and it was a blast. Critique welcomed and appreciated.
other than you being in the main photographer's way during the dancing shots, it looks great. I like #11 because that's something you probably got while the main photog was shooting the person giving the toast - which will be appreciated by photog and couple.
I would like to see his chin up a bit more on both images of #5. That head position puts him in a weaker pose, he'll look stronger more confident with the chin up a bit, like he's looking straight at you with his face.
#6 is a nice shot, might think about hitting her right arm with the liquify a bit to thin her down.
yah, it would have been better if I didn't get in primary photographer in those shots but at the time I was more worried about capturing the moment. However, the videographer was really rude was constantly getting in both mine and the primaries shots. He was literally about 3 feet away from the bride and groom during the first dance during the whole dance . . . made it really hard to get shots without him moving into your shot at the last minute.
NikonAndy wrote:
Love the chimp in #14.
I would like to see his chin up a bit more on both images of #5. That head position puts him in a weaker pose, he'll look stronger more confident with the chin up a bit, like he's looking straight at you with his face.
#6 is a nice shot, might think about hitting her right arm with the liquify a bit to thin her down.
Thanks for the advice. I'll think more about the chin up on the next shoot. And for #6 I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Cause she's insanely skinny to begin with.
Thanks Ryan. Yah, all the shots with the exception of #8 are with primes (8 was shot with the 70-200 f/2.8 IS) . #5 and 6 were with the 85 f/1.2 and the rest were with the 35 f/1.4. For lighting I just used a Canon 580x strobe and bounced it off the white ceiling. Hopefully soon I'll be able to purchase some pocketwizards though so i can start shooting with an off camera flash.
Not kidding about #6, she is really skinny, but the arm looks disproportionately larger to her body. Perspective did this a bit, so did the position of her arm. She'll probably notice her arm first.
She likes to chimp and she uses a demb flip-it