Sister to Sister

One sister looks one as the other gets married. A candid from a

recent wedding.

As artistic expression, it's wonderful. That sense of being off-balance, as a younger sister probably would, losing her sister, friend, closest relative, to a kind of "spouse" figure, rendered beautifully out of focus in the distance, like a figurine on top of a cake. she looks into the distance thoughtfully. As a wedding photo, my guess is the couple will hate it and won't buy it. C'est la vie. Art meets commerce.

Very sweet. Nice sentiment, nice design (I particularly like the triangle of color with the bouquet, the flowers on the floor and the stained glass), fine technique. I'd rather not have the half a light on the left edge, but it's certainly better than chopping the candle.

It's a little bit surreal, the DOF works really nicely to put your focus exactly where you've aimed. My favorite part of this shot is along the right side tho. The repetition of the backs and the material of the dressess... Might be really interesting to see the crop without any faces... just an abstract of repeating color and texture. But, that wasn't your point (I'm just seeing pictures in pictures) Back to yours... Really nice diagonal, her gaze, directly to the corner, and the bouquet, and back along the bottom to hers, then up the repeating backs, and down maybe to the bride and groom... but the focus isn't on them (obviously through DOF) so, back to the focal point. nice to crop out the other bride's maids, they would have been distracting for what you intended. Nice piece of art... and wendy's probably right on both counts... they probably wont buy it, but hey... art is art. If you see it, shoot it. If someone wants it... yehaw! if not... be glad that at least you like it :)

This one just doesn't work for me. The sister in focus doesn't appear to be lookin on, she seems to be just staring off into space, kind of daydreaming without and attention to the surroundings. The off kilter angle doesn't do anything for me either. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, just not here, for me.

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Another suggestion....maybe a good title might

be the standard expression..."Always a Bridesmaid and Never The Bride"...why...well she's not

looking at whats going on, her mouth is not in

a smile...she's dressed as a bridesmaid, which

leads me to think she might not be married.

A nice image. I love the concept; executed well. A little too off kilter for me. I like the diagonal-ness. I think I'd like it a little more subtle though.

Personably I don't like the tilting, but that's just me.

It would be slightly better if you went a little to the right (church, seats -I know).

Great shot, I agree you'd never sell it, but I love it and the tilting adds to the effect, great DOF and the church looks like it was really well light which helps no end.

 

I do heaps of weddings and always look at the bridesmaids in the quieter parts of the ceremony this is such a common expression, I'm glad to see that someone else got one of these too. EXCELENT

 

Cheers

 

Mark

Original.

Very nice shot and I like how you blurred the background and if I was in your place I will take another picture for the same subject but with a flash