FWIW, ref the ones posted above ...
1 would have been a lot better IMO without the flare
I like the flare.
2 sorry, but we'd have binned that one. It's a missed moment, and besides it's too fussy. Surely you'd have been better off planting yourself to the right of that window?
We had shots from the window too (in the storyboard) but I liked the perspective of getting a look from the outside of the hectic morning prep. It was a small room with 8 people in it plus one of us.
3 is so close to being a good 'un on account of those two in the background, but for me the woman faffing with the veil spoils it. We need to see more of her. In situations like this, are you shooting the schidt out of what's happening, or are you more of the "decisive moment" school?
There are a couple of shots moments before this one, I just loved the expression on this. Certainly don't just shoot for the sake of it.
4 is cool
Thanks
5 to my way of thinking, you were in the wrong place on the wrong focal length for both
This just happened and on the one on the right, I was trying to stay out of the way so that we could get shot #6
6 I'd rather see the same shot but from the front
See above
7 well seen, but if it was mine, I'd kick myself for not framing it lower
I am a sucker for unusual frames
8 very well caught, but we need to see either all of the girl on the left's face or none of it
Kind of agree with this. Not enough time to think as it happened so fast with them both laughing. Having tried cropping tighter it was either a case of, cutting through her shoulders or cutting some of his hand off. Decided the moment was more important than where the guest was cropped and went with it.
9 & 10 meh ...
10 is one of my favourites
11 lovely, but I never think it looks right when a woman in a wedding dress puts her arm round her bloke's shoulder. That's what blokes do. Brides should put their arm round their fella's waist
Agreed, however with shots like these we've asked them to just walk back to the venue as the photos are over. It's when they are at their most natural.
12 crop that to portrait and it's an absolute cracker
Thanks, I liked the texture of the brick
13 sorry again, but I'd have binned that one too. She looks p***ed.
Ha, to be fair this was them making their way to their seat for the start of a meal, shes a really fun character with lots of shouting and excitement and I thought this displayed Holly's character perfectly
I took a quick look through the full works, and you have some very good stuff indeed on there. But you also have a lot of what I'd class as fillers, amongst which the belting good shots tend to get lost. I also noticed what seemed to be a lot of shots of backs?
It seems to me
on the strength of this one that there's not much wrong with your picture-taking that won't just come with more experience (except perhaps some reluctance to "get in there" at times which you might need to work on?), but that at the moment, the weakest area is in the selection of pictures for your storyboard. I really do feel that you're not doing many of your snaps a favour.
Anyhow ... which is it - "decisive moment" or "shoot the s*** out of it"?
I certainly don't think we are trigger happy. I have noticed us cutting down the number of shots as the weddings go by having said that. I'd agree on not getting in there enough, especially on the dancefloor. I do find we tend to like the storytelling aspect a lot, so 24-35mm room shots with lots going on. Interesting comments regarding the image selection, there are some fillers but we like to set the scene with the blogs and portray the whole story. So the blue sky shots, the venues, flowers , details that the bride has made especially.
ETA - for 12 months in, it's bloody good. But my comments would apply just the same if you'd been doing it 12 years.
Thank you, we can see a huge difference between now and our earlier stuff but the most important thing is that I feel as though we are progressing every time. To the point that this year every single wedding that we have done has instantly become our favourite, so I guess thats a good sign.
