Shot a family wedding....Yikes!
Nov 18, 2014 12:49:19 #
Asked to shoot a family wedding. I am such an newbie with digital. They still wanted me to try. Budget wedding of course. Please let me know what I could have done better. I shot in jpeg because I don't have the computer to handle the huge raw files or software to manipulate them. As usual, the lighting was a challenge. Used a tripod and monopod. Still just nothing seems in focus or sharp. Photos are right out of the camera. The bride did all the staging. I should have paid more attention to the staged shots but just went along with what they wanted to do. Crap!
Nov 18, 2014 12:55:36 #
Nov 18, 2014 12:58:26 #
Just took one for me. After that, Never again.
I have a healthy respect for anyone who does weddings for a living. Don't think they live well or long lives, however.
If the bride's mother doesn't kill the photog, the stress surely must.
Will you do it again. Think how bad is must be for weddings where the parents of the bride have deep pockets? Would they be demanding of perfection or what?
I have a healthy respect for anyone who does weddings for a living. Don't think they live well or long lives, however.
If the bride's mother doesn't kill the photog, the stress surely must.
Will you do it again. Think how bad is must be for weddings where the parents of the bride have deep pockets? Would they be demanding of perfection or what?
Nov 18, 2014 13:14:05 #
Kuzano wrote:
Just took one for me. After that, Never again.
I have a healthy respect for anyone who does weddings for a living. Don't think they live well or long lives, however.
If the bride's mother doesn't kill the photog, the stress surely must.
Will you do it again. Think how bad is must be for weddings where the parents of the bride have deep pockets? Would they be demanding of perfection or what?
I have a healthy respect for anyone who does weddings for a living. Don't think they live well or long lives, however.
If the bride's mother doesn't kill the photog, the stress surely must.
Will you do it again. Think how bad is must be for weddings where the parents of the bride have deep pockets? Would they be demanding of perfection or what?
Oh no. No more for me. Doing wedding for money, too tough for me. Can you imagine doing it with film??? Not knowing if you have the shot or not till developing!! Digital makes it so much easier but still not something I want to do
Nov 18, 2014 15:00:30 #
What really stands out to me is the bride's eyes in the second image. The angle of the lighting and her dark eye makeup seemed to prevent any light from entering the area. No detail was captured. The photo does not at all flatter her.
Fill flash (if permitted) would have helped. If the bride had looked up just a bit more, light may have made its way to her eyes. Having a Raw file and the editing software to extract all possible shadow details may also have helped.
Fill flash (if permitted) would have helped. If the bride had looked up just a bit more, light may have made its way to her eyes. Having a Raw file and the editing software to extract all possible shadow details may also have helped.
Nov 18, 2014 15:17:12 #
Rick36203 wrote:
What really stands out to me is the bride's eyes in the second image. The angle of the lighting and her dark eye makeup seemed to prevent any light from entering the area. No detail was captured. The photo does not at all flatter her.
Fill flash (if permitted) would have helped. If the bride had looked up just a bit more, light may have made its way to her eyes. Having a Raw file and the editing software to extract all possible shadow details may also have helped.
Fill flash (if permitted) would have helped. If the bride had looked up just a bit more, light may have made its way to her eyes. Having a Raw file and the editing software to extract all possible shadow details may also have helped.
Thanks Rick. That is a little freaky like she has no eyes. I have a little SB400 external flash. Ceilings were too high to bounce and really don't have the knowledge as to how to dial down the flash where it wasn't washing out their faces
when pointed too straight forward. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Nov 18, 2014 16:05:30 #
Well for somebody who hasn't done a wedding before you haven't done bad, don't be too hard on yourself.
Nov 18, 2014 16:23:05 #
Doddy wrote:
Well for somebody who hasn't done a wedding before you haven't done bad, don't be too hard on yourself.
Thanks Doddy. We can be our own worst critic sometimes and I sure didn't know what I was doing!
Sep 3, 2015 12:15:50 #
Not bad K.B. , church lighting is tricky , the first shot is reasonably sharp for the distance of the shot & you have a bit of noise. I don't know what iso you used or if you used a flash , but over all pretty good. Practice, makes perfect, I don't know about that but it sure helps.
Sep 3, 2015 12:27:48 #
Photosmoke wrote:
Not bad K.B. , church lighting is tricky , the first shot is reasonably sharp for the distance of the shot & you have a bit of noise. I don't know what iso you used or if you used a flash , but over all pretty good. Practice, makes perfect, I don't know about that but it sure helps.
Hey Phil. That's been a while back. Just helping out family by doing what I could for all the free cake and coffee I could eat. They seemed ok with the photos. Can't remember if I set the ISO or had it on auto. D7100 doesn't seem to like ISO much over 800
Sep 3, 2015 18:43:55 #
Sep 3, 2015 18:59:11 #
joe west wrote:
you did well for a newbie, but you can get better :thumbup:
Thanks Joe. I have updated to a Nikon D7100. I have learned it's the photographer not so much the equipment. My old D5100 was just fine.
Sep 3, 2015 20:45:22 #
kibbles304 wrote:
Hey Phil. That's been a while back. Just helping out family by doing what I could for all the free cake and coffee I could eat. They seemed ok with the photos. Can't remember if I set the ISO or had it on auto. D7100 doesn't seem to like ISO much over 800
Free cake & coffee is always a good deal.
Sep 3, 2015 21:07:44 #
Photosmoke wrote:
Free cake & coffee is always a good deal.
I agree. Just hope they didn't think they overpaid for the wedding photographer!! I did have seconds!
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