Just got done shooting my sixth wedding and am starting to see some small improvement. It is time to look back at weddings 3-5 and target a few areas to improve on.
As usual, I am looking to you guys to give me some feedback and drive that improvement. Harsh C&C please!
Scott, I just sent you links to slightly more complete galleries.
If any other long standing members want to give me a bit of a critique, I can send the links over in a PM. I am just limited in what I can post on a public forum.
Next time you second see if you can keep your 35mm glued to your body and get close.
I forced myself to use the 24mm 1.4 for nearly half of the last wedding (#6) and I am liking some of the results. Hopefully I can keep making progress in that area. They still feel a bit detached, but there was improvement in that respect. (I will post #6 for C&C after the primary blogs it)
I can see the progression, and I think wedding #5 was your strongest one. I feel in some of them you are trying to frame the shots, but maybe too close to the edges (4:3, 4:5, 4:6)
I see no issues in wedding #5 (5:2, 5:5 are great!). I would include all of those for sure, but maybe the cake cutting shot could be closer in; but understandable since you're the 2nd shooter.
Processing wise, your colors/WB are very good and it's very consistent. I think you're well on your way!
JR Magat wrote:
I can see the progression, and I think wedding #5 was your strongest one. I feel in some of them you are trying to frame the shots, but maybe too close to the edges (4:3, 4:5, 4:6)
I see no issues in wedding #5 (5:2, 5:5 are great!). I would include all of those for sure, but maybe the cake cutting shot could be closer in; but understandable since you're the 2nd shooter.
Processing wise, your colors/WB are very good and it's very consistent. I think you're well on your way!
Interesting comments. I have been trying to shoot wider/closer and I did not even notice that when I did place things on the edges I made it quite tight. On quick review, I have done this on a few frames at every wedding so far. Thanks for the input!
sgtbueno wrote:
easy with the vibrance and saturation
Yea, I am having trouble getting robust yet subdued colors. I think it is due to me wanting pop/clean contrast in my skintones and messing with too much other stuff. I am not focused too much on PP right now, but I am definitely trying to make things more subtle each time.
