Not My Shot: Wedding

[JSkriloff]

I have been going through some old photos and trying to scan them in. I came across an album that was quite a gem. When I got married in 2002, I had a buddy who was putting himself back through college and was completely strapped for cash. My wife and I told him since we knew he was into photography to bring his camera and we would give him some rolls of film to shoot with. That would be his wedding gift to us

The end result was a much more "candid" set of shots that our wedding photographer just would not be able to capture. At the time I had no interest in photography. Going back through them this evening I realized what an awesome gift my buddy gave us by taking his shots. Anyway, I can't take credit for the shot nor do I have the exif info on the shots, but I wanted to share.

This particular photo is one of my wife dancing with me. Andy (my buddy) did a phenomonal job capturing her beauty and softness. She has a very quiet and private personality and this photo captures it perfectly.

Any comments how to improve this pic would be helpful to me. I'm planning on scanning in a lot of our older photos and making some sort of photo book for her for anniversary. I'd remove some of the people in the background, but I'm afraid if edit out the person to the left of my wife it will make her viel look funny.

[Chip]

Thanks for sharing.

I've never scanned, so I can't offer any tips - but since the detail remains in the dress, it seems that at least that part of the scanning worked well. Maybe you could post it in the "other digital photography technique" section and see what people there have to say?

And you're right about your friend - he did a great job with this candid photo.

[JSkriloff]

Thanks Chip. Scanning is a drag but, I feel more comfortable having a back up. I'll try posting on the "other techinique" forum as well to see what folks have to say.