My First Wedding Shoot

[Daoust]

Shot a wedding for a young couple at my church early in October, and it was a great learning experience. I would love some critiques of these shots, and the others posted at my Flickr site.




Do you usually do all your B&W's the same way? I used different B&W formulas throughout, choosing whichever looked best.

As to the composition, does it work?

[BigFuzzy]

Psst, before the mods do it for you, you should read the critique forum rules and remove two of the images to fall in line with the rules.

[Daoust]

Crap. Thanks for the heads up.

[Tara333]

It's very Rat Pack-esque which I like but I think I'd bring up the brightness a little. The guys toward the back get a little lost in darkness unless that's what you're going for.

[BigFuzzy]

Originally Posted by Daoust

Crap. Thanks for the heads up.

No worries!

As for the photo, I like it in general. Like the above noted, a bit more light (especially on the back left) would have helped as they get a bit lost.

I like the idea, fun and original.

Personally I don't like the slight color cast on the image (at least that's how I see it on this computer which is a laptop, though normally it's accurate). The greys feel a bit grey and brownish to me so i think I would have preferred a more traditional b&w with the skin being closer to white than what they're at now.

Another flash camera left at the subjects would also have added a bit more detail in their suits especially if it was shot from the side of the subject closer to the back left wall.

Otherwise, it's quite a good photo that's fun and original. A bit more light control would make it pop, but I think the client would be happy in the end,.

[Daoust]

I understand what you mean. Another light on the left hand side there would have done wonders for this picture.

As for the B&W, it's one of the Padtoner Quadtones from CS3. I really like the moodiness of it, but yeah, I agree, it's a touch too dark.

Thanks for the critique.