It's been quite a while since I have shared anything here on FM. Diane and I recently shot a wedding for the daughter of a good friend. A really nice couple who chose a very cool venue for a dead-of-winter wedding.
I spent a little extra time processing this one. My favorite of the day.
I would take it one step further and clone out the chandelier.
It is a potentially *very* beautiful image.
If it were my image, I would additionally straiten the window, fix the stucco wall to have bricks, and fix the back of her dress so it wasn't clumped up.
Its a great capture of the bride but the composition has 2 big competing elements with her. The chandelier and the window. My eye moves all over the place and, for me, I want it to focus on just her. Drastically toning down the window and cloning out the chandelier would really make this image POP and make your already great capture of the bride more spectacular.
Beautiful bride indeed! Lovely setting. A few things that stick out . . .
1.) Definitely crop in on that chandelier. That, and the upper wall, distract from her.
2.) Straighten the photo a bit.
3.) Go over the hot spots on her dress and, especially, skin.
4.) Tone down the vignette.
I, personally, do not dig the pose. I'm not sure what she is doing -- looking at her wedding ring? Generally, it's more flattering to bend at the elbow and a bit of a body turn toward the camera, but I do love the flow of the dress and the color and light look decent. If cropped, it will make a huge improvement and is an easy fix after the fact. I expect she'll want this one framed! Nice job and keep it up!
