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If I had shot this on film the dress would not have blown out. Ah well...

Play around with a smaller aperture and a more sensitive ISO next time. Capturing this type of shot is why I went 100% digital.

Edward

Can you give the settings that you shot this at?

Thanks Elaine Marie

bella foto molto solare scattata molto bene bravo!!!

I metered it and there was a four stop difference between her face and her dress. I was shooting jpg so maybe if I shot raw I would have gotten that extra stop.

Must be a camera setting Ed. Actually, the whole image is overexposed. Sure am glad that it was overcast last time I did a wedding. Don't know how your camera works, but my Olympus 8080 has got excellent metering and an a quickie button on the front that locks the camera's exposure setting. Since the girl's face is in the shadow, I would have risked at least one exposure by setting the camera for the very bright dress, locking the exposure and then using a fill flash.

The overexposed appearence comes from photoshop manipulations I did to flatten the tonalities out. The tonal range of the original was simply too extreme.

Well, its still extreme. And the girls face almost in the flower pot is also an issue. I would say this shot as its shown here needs to go in da dumper. :)

I think its just over exposed, and poorly thought out photo. Stick a white dress in the sun and expose for a head in the shade, even film will shit itself! This is why god created big diffusers! Get one, grab a groomsmen, send him outside, and start again.