First wedding tomorrow

Good Luck, I have my first one next year unless someone else wants one before!
 
Good luck, though i'm sure you won't need it. I hope the rain stays away for a wee bit so you can get your pics done. I have one in Manchester next week, so i'm expectiing rain! :lol:
 
Best of luck Moonhawk - I hope everything goes off OK. At least the rain is warmer at this time of year!
 
Lee,

All the best mate :thumbs:

Couple of tips

1) Make sure you go to the loo before you leave.
2) Take a wooden coat hanger for the wedding dress.
3) If you can, get to the venue first to capture the room - it gives you the time to relax in to taking photos and it will be one less thing to worry about during the day.
4) Take water with you and keep hydrated (water on the inside, I think you'll get plenty on the outside this weekend)
 
All the best :thumbs:
I'm doing my second solo wedding tomorrow. I actually think I'm more apprehensive than I was first time round. This time I know what lies ahead :D
 
If you think luck comes into it you are already in trouble.
Preparation - photographic skill - adaptability - and very good people skills are what you need.

You also need two of everything - a back up plan if the weather is bad,and lots of stamina.

But good luck anyway ! !
 
I always take a little door mat for the bride to stand on if the grass is dampish, but still usable, esecially as they normally have heels.

I know of some local photographers that take a full ground sheet
 
We think it went quite well. It was a long day and we made a few mistakes/missed a few opportinities, but for our first time out I think we handled it quite well and the couple seemed happy. We'll take a lot from this experience into our next one.

The weather kinda cooperated with us - sure it rained, but at the critical points is managed to stay off. The sky cleared later on for a nice sunset over the Yorkshire hills.

Currently converting and processing the images.
 
Any Pic's? I do love a good wedding snap :)
 
Ok now the couple have seen them - I have put some pics up on my website (Under "Galleries"). Overall I am fairly happy with them - but feel I could have been more creative. Hopefully that will come with time and experience.

Next wedding is in 4 days. Really looking forward to pushing the boat out a little more as the bride and groom have set aside a lot more time to help us get the shots just right.
 
Second wedding now done. It was also our first "multi venue" wedding, we ended up shooting at the hair dressers, make up shop, brides house, on route in the bridal car, registry office, hotel venue (for drinks) and reception venue (for the party) - over 13 hours in total. It was a long slog - but the couple were so nice and welcoming of us that it made the time fly by.
 
good going mate,nice pics :) thats cool what did you learn from doing them both?
 
mart77 said:
good going mate,nice pics :) thats cool what did you learn from doing them both?
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Thanks - the pics on the website are from the first wedding, i'm not putting any up of the second one until the couple have seen them.

We learnt loads from the first wedding, about organising people - interactions that happen when family members meet (handshakes, kisses etc), looking for small details. Yesterdays wedding was all about organisation and timing - making sure we were at the right place at the right time (and ahead of schedule). We also got the opportunity to be a bit more creative with our shots owing to the fact that the couple were prepared to spend a lot more time alone with us. There are still things i'd have done differently and we are still on a very steep learning curve - but overall it was pretty sucessful.
 
that sounds great, i bet your skill will improve massively each time.
it seems to be a lot more than just taking the photos, being in touch with what is happening seems to be such a massive part of it all. being aware.
 
improvement from last wedding to this one is rediculous.
well done. there are 2 things im not too keen on.
1, in my view the pics thats have blurring are slightly over the top
2. on camera flash needs to be watched at times for flash shadow.

all imo of course
other than that its very good, there are a couple of shots that i think are exceptional, the first one in particular of the bride getting her hair done. For me its just captured so well, its as if she totally forgot about you and was completely relaxed so you captured the moment there really well. I expect other people might not think its got anything amazing technically but it has so much character.
 
Moonhawk said:
Thanks for that - the link is supposed to be in my signature - but for some reason it keeps dissapearing intermittently :shrug:
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Your sig will only show on one page per thread and only after a minimum number of words are typed.

Just had a look at your web page and galleries....very impressive and nice creative shots.

Edit...as above, I noticed a bit of strong flash shadow as well.
 
Thanks for the feedback - perhaps i'll tone down the "romantic" filter a little ;)

Its a very steep learning curve, and we took a lot of learnings from the first wedding into the second and were a lot more relaxed and were seeing shots that simply didnt occur to us the first time out. Hopefully this trend will continue as we shoot more.

On camera flash is one area I really do need to work on. I stuggled a little with it, especially when using as a fill light for out door shots.

As for shadows - not sure how to solve that one (I assume you are refering to the "signing of the register" shot). When shooting in portrait mode - I had a flash diffuser on, with the flash angled up 45 degrees and out 45 degrees to give a decent amount of bounce and fill. I do have a ring flash adapter that I could have used, this may have solved the problem by wrapping the shadow directly behind them - but I was worried that the pictures would be too flat. Any tips? :shrug::thumbs:
 
Hi mate i cant offer any tips as im less experienced than you so ill just offer what id try as ive spent a fair time messing about with flash.

I think the up at 45 degrees in portrait is why you have the shadow, id have had it shoot straight but out to the side at 45.
That would replicate your regular up at 45 degrees in landscape. The flash pointing at the ceiling only, i think its the side wall bounce that is giving you shadow.
 
mart77 said:
Hi mate i cant offer any tips as im less experienced than you so ill just offer what id try as ive spent a fair time messing about with flash.

I think the up at 45 degrees in portrait is why you have the shadow, id have had it shoot straight but out to the side at 45.
That would replicate your regular up at 45 degrees in landscape. The flash pointing at the ceiling only, i think its the side wall bounce that is giving you shadow.
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Not sure it was the wall bounce as the wall was too far away - but I was using one of these diffusers at the time (see below) - so it was probably the forward scattering from this diffuser. I'm a bit wary about using 45 degree up celing bounce though, I have found them to look a little stark and dont want to throw dark shadows under their eyes.

http://images.virtualvillage.com/005911-006/001.jpg
 
hmmm well its got to be either the angle or the power is too high?
cant really be much else can it?
Id suggest its the angle, not enough light bouncing behind them.
 
spxxxx said:
Get a 4" Demb Flip it
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Cheers - I havent seen that product before - but I was thinking along the same lines. I have a couple of "white card" reflectors that I knocked up a few months back using white plasticard and some velcro - they kinda look like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/mybearbrick/SB-600/mbb-SureBounceMK-16.jpg

Perhaps we should use them this weekend with the flash vertical - this should give us a bigger flash area and more ceiling bounce.
 
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