Thanks for the explanation of what you use your #2 for. I was just wondering. Anyhow, critique you wanted, so I'll do me best with the gallery you linked to ...
Nice try with the white dress against the white wall but I'd have taken the safe/easy road and hung it in a doorway
Shoe shot's fine AFAIC but has it lost something in the processing? It's a bit lifeless.
First groom shot's fine but why didn't you sort out his collar and cravat? Bloke looks a mess, as they tend to if they get talked into hiring a shirt with a collar that's neither one thing nor another and yes, that is a pet hate of mine. Come to think of it, you could use this gig for a sample album, and when couples come to see you, point out his collar to the groom-to-be and say "don't make the same mistake with
your shirt". He'll be obliged to you for the handy hint, he'll think you a top bloke, and the gig's yours on a plate from that point on for sure.
Nice mirror shot - and no back fat!
That full length of Madam with the dressing table behind her is a cracker. Don't you just love downlighters?
Bride, dad and CBM walking towards you - well done for framing the bride's head but lose 10 points for not waiting until CBM looked up
Bride and dad entering venue is lovely, and hurrah dad's on the correct side of her.
Bride and dad nearly up the aisle - close but not quite a cigar on account of dad's looking at you instead of the groom (and yes I do know that they tend to do that). Did he step on her dress before or after that shot?
Ceremony shot from the back is a missed moment. The registrar needed to be looking at one of them.
Well caught on the first kiss and it's not your fault they do look like they're doing that under orders, and well done with the recession shot. Textbook job, as is that couple portrait below it. I managed very few as good as that one in 10 years of trying.
No way you could have got any more height for the big group shot? Maybe even have tried a Hail Mary?
The couple shot below the two with the reflection - don't you now wish you'd put the bouquet on
her side?
The walking away shot below it doesn't work for me on the grounds that I'm not a huge fan of them but even if I was I'd want less foreground and more venue.
The vertical couple shot's alright, but it's too much of a bullseye for me, so IMO it needs a tighter crop. After all, the picture doesn't need that much venue in it.
Couple + venue in bg (the shot below them on the bridge). Nicely executed but she's not holding her bouquet high enough (as they don't unless you tell 'em), with the result that two of us here think she looks like she's about to clout him with it
Couple shot at top of stone steps with her hands on his shoulder- IMO the bouquet detracts from the picture. Is that sunlight on 'em or fill flash?
The "how about a quick shag?" picture simply doesn't work for me, and I bet you're not entirely chuffed with it.
Bride + girls on the bridge - have you not got enough slack to straighten it? Whatever, it's nice - and it's a miracle there's no dumplings boiling over in it ...
Cake cutting - I'm in awe of that cake stand and the fool who thought of it ...
First dance shot I can she why you were struggling, but what a nice change to see a bride at a wedding like this whose dress actually fits her properly! Shame the slap artist was a bit mean and it shows up in the cake shot, but well done the bride with that frock.
To sum up, I used to hate weddings like this at venues like that and I couldn't shoot a wedding trad for toffee nowadays, but I reckon that's a first class job with which they will undoubtedly be chuffed. A very saleable "modern trad" product too, if you can keep knocking 'em out like that
