2nd wedding photos - please view & comment

[jdbcreativity-portfolio]

This is the second wedding I've shot. It was for my first cousin, and I did it

pretty much for cost.

 

http://www.collages.net/store/home.asp?username=kaleena-joe

password: 12164

 

Equipment I used:

 

Canon 30D

Canon 20D

Canon 24-70 F2.8L

Canon 70-200 F4L

Tokina 12-24mm F4

 

Canon Speedlite 580EX

Canon Speedlite 430EX

 

Stofen Omnibounce

Lumiquest Pocketbouncer

 

How it Went:

 

Overall I thought it went pretty well. I tried to be as unobtrustive as

possible, although the officiant requested that I not use flash during the

ceremony, so I had a bit of harsh shadows since the wedding was shot outdoors,

and it was fairly sunny.

 

I thought that the group portraits could have been a bit better, as I was

pressed for time since everyone wanted to get to the reception already.

Thankfully I had a friend assisting and my sister helping with arranging the

groups. Also, the recycle time on my speedlite's was too long, so I think that

before my next wedding I'm going to invest in some external battery packs.

 

All in all, I had a lot of fun, learned a lot of what to do, and what not to do.

 

Any questions, comments are welcome!

[nstock]

My only critiques are as follows:

Try to learn more about posing. Avoid having the bride stand square to the camera (45 degrees is best). Read Zeltsman's free lessons.

 

Sometimes it is not possible but try to get photos in the shade or back lit.

 

I did not find anything here that was truly outstanding, but the photos do the job and tell the story.

 

I would look at some other's work that you admire and attempt to incorporate some of those poses and shots into your work (you start by copying others and end by having others copying YOU).

 

Every wedding (almost every wedding) has time constraints. The time between the ceremony and the reception is the time the photographer has. When that gets shortened by things running late, guess who has to hurry like mad and still get great photos.. yup, the photographer.

[caseychappell]

great detail shots. I"m sure the bride is very pleased. The getting ready shots lacked emotion

and angles that can bring the getting ready pictures to life. And I would have some of the

reception already in black and white to focus more on the faces and emotion than the size of

the room or color of the room.

[em1310]

I think you captured it wonderfully!!!

 

I agree with Nancy, learn more posing... Check out what the bridal mags are showing, as the bride looks at those for a very, very long time.. and they want to look like that image they see in the advertisement

[jdbcreativity-portfolio]

Thanks for the advice! Where can I view Zeltsman's free lessons?

[nstock]

Zeltsman's lessons:

http://www.msnusers.com/Asktheoleproaboutphotography/joezeltsman.msnw

 

The clothing and styles are dated. The information is not.

[conraderb]

jamison - can you post the 20 or 30 best ofs on a nonpassword protected page? I think that the login interface is reducing the # of people who are critiquing, plus it's hard to go through all the shots quickly.