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Raymond's Wedding Thread of 2010

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53. (This has kinda turned into my signature shot)



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55. (girl smoking)



56. (then she found out she won the pot of money for guessing the length of speeches)



57. (35L, flash fired)

 
Raymond, your work is outstanding! I've been to a few weddings this summer and then watched the photographer(s) as well as having viewed the subsequent pictures.

First of all, anybody with a digital slr thinks their capable of being a wedding photographer. I feel bad for the couple's because the quality is just sad. I paid for a year of college by taking pictures in the days of film... But I read books, and like you have books with pictures I just appreciated.

Do you have poses you plan ahead or do you ask the couple and the family what they think you should shoot? A good photographer has poses planned ahead of time, know's how to organize the group shots and then asks the couple and family are there any particular/special shots, at least IMHO. 1 of the 3 photographers, who had very nice business cards by the way, had no plan and was constantly asking the couple "What ah, do you want me to take?"

Artists like yourself are worth their weight in gold! Taking wedding pictures is like a sacred trust between the photographer and the Wedding. The photographer is supposed to be documenting the event in a special way. You obviously get that.

How many of your shots are are monopod? Tripod?

Thanks again and keep doing what you do! The people who hire you are lucky indeed!

Coachingguy
 
Thank you Coachingguy

I will try to answer your questions.

Formals - I have a list, about 4 weeks before the wedding I email the bride a draft/basic formals list and ask her to add/amend as she please (within reason, you don't want it too long and taking 3 hours!) and i print that out and stuff it in my pocket and use it on the day. On the last wedding the bride didn't get a chance to do that, so I whipped out my ipad, brought up the draft list and worked off that.

Tripods/monopod - none, they are too heavy and cumbersome to carry around. If i have to, i make do with a chair, and use my wallet to rest the lens on.

:)
 
coachingguy said:
Wow, no mon/tripod... And you still get that razer sharpness! What's your main lens?

Coachingguy
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Erm, depends on the venue.

I carry

35L/1.4, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 16-35L/2.8, 24-70L/2.8.

All Canon lenses. Last wedding i used the 24-70 and 35L the most.
 
I think there are many good photos in your collection, and a bunch of excellent photos! :)

There are a few shots that you've shared with us where it's not exactly flattering of the bride (#39, maybe even #23), and then there a handful of photos that don't have a real focus (subject.....your photos are sharp ;)). Taking photos of the subject offset from centre is fine, but I feel that some are too far to the left or right.

And if I'm being really picky, there are 2 photos in the church where the ceiling isn't level. In #9, neither the ceiling or floor are level, while I don't think you can do much about the other photo, since the bottom part is horizontal, but the ceiling is not. But again, this is me being veeeeeery picky. ;)

Great photos.



The only time I have ever shot a photo was as a guest. I didn't have primetime seats or positioning, and I didn't have any shots planned in advance, but there are quite a few photos from the ceremony that I thought were better than the ones taken by the hired wedding photographer. I'm not suggesting that I'm awesome. I'm an good natural light photographer who has horrible control of his flash. :p I have a lot of learning to do. What I am implying is that there are plenty of bad wedding photographers out there. You're not one of them. :)
 
If I might offer a criticism, except for I think it's 34, most of the shots of the brides are exposed a bit high, and blow out the detail in the dresses/veils. While it's sometimes difficult to hold both the dresses and tuxes, I'd always rather lose shadow detail in dark clothes than blow out the detail in a dress. Everything that's not a low-light shot here (and lots that are) seems to lose highlight detail with blown out portions.

Paul
 
compuwar said:
If I might offer a criticism, except for I think it's 34, most of the shots of the brides are exposed a bit high, and blow out the detail in the dresses/veils. While it's sometimes difficult to hold both the dresses and tuxes, I'd always rather lose shadow detail in dark clothes than blow out the detail in a dress. Everything that's not a low-light shot here (and lots that are) seems to lose highlight detail with blown out portions.

Paul
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I do pay attention to it, and it depends on a lot of factors whether it is blown or not. You screen, my screen, how it prints, the rest of the context in the shots etc. But i do welcome your input :) and I try not to blow out the details in the dress too, sometimes it is hard to avoid, due to many reasons :)
 
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