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 p.1 #9 · Stu & Sarah - Wedding (36 pics) | |
I agree with everyone here and that you def. have a lot of creative ideas and concepts. You just need to work on your execution, and this will come over time with more experience and as long as you're willing to learn.
A few pointers if I may:
- Some of the images are mis-focused, 3 and 10 are the two most apparent ones. Don't even show your clients (or anyone else) mis-focused images, unless they work or were done purposefully. I had this problem when I first started, and I would even make excuses for those images. "Image is a bit out of focus, but it captures the moment so well...". No, just ditch them. When you look back at them in 3 years, you'll kick yourself for giving them to clients.
As far as focusing the image, just work on it. It's not about having a lot of fancy gear, you just need to really understand your gear well. Know what you're camera is capable of, and figure out what focus points and settings will work best for a dynamic setting such as a wedding. If I use a 5D, center AF point, and try to avoid servo if I can... if it's a 1D, specific AF points, servo it up. If the focus is due to a lens issue, then replace that sucker. With all that being said, I still will get really great images with slight focus issues sometimes (esp. when I use my manual focus lenses), so don't hit yourself over the head if every image isn't stellar.
- Most of your images seem a bit too warm for me. White Balance is key (and I have problems with this myself a lot), esp. for indoor shots. Learn to get proper WB for your settings. You will more than likely be able to fix it in post, but it's nice to get it right the 1st time.
- Sharpness, some of the images are just too soft. I think this may be because of the lenses you are using, but try to get nice sharp images consistently. Lens shake can also distract the viewer from an image, so watch out for those as well, and use a good flash or monopod even. Schriber, Hoffer, Sam, Baines, all these guys have very clean images, and they are consistently sharp across the frame. If they can do it, so can you... they're humans after all... I think
- If you can, visit your setting prior to the actual day or event. I really like 18 and 19 that you have, but the reflection kind of kills it. I think if you had gone to that location a day or 2 before, scoped it out (about the same time frame), then you would've seen the reflection on the glass and could have done something. A Circular Polariser filter would've quite easily taken care of that glare.
Some + critics, I really like 5, 12, 20, 23, and 25. I think they are done very well. As Sam said, 27 would've been awesome if framing would've been a bit better, and the focus wasn't on the car. Off camera lighting is challenging, but you've managed to do a pretty good job with it. All in all, good job, and hope to see some great images from you in the future.
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