The time is near - my first wedding

Thanks Tom!
Certainly was a fun wedding.

It was Wellington boot themed. Even the cake was a pair of Wellingtons, one from the Bride and one from the Groom. The boots had an edible miniature B+G sitting on top wearing copies of the clothes they wore at the service. The Bride dismembered the groom during the cake cutting - LOL. The cake content was also his and her's, not just the exterior; the bride chose lemon drizzle, and the Groom chose fruit cake.

Bouncy castle went down well. There was Ice Cream was from a man on a tricycle playing a vintage gramaphone - surreal. The band was the Somerset Paddies, a very rude (and better) version of the Wurzles. The festivities were concluded with a very late (and early morning) silent disco, two channels, one from the Bride and one from the Groom; lots of amazing scenes.
And of course there was copious quantities of local Scrumpy.

As you can imagine, the people shots were wonderful; but I really don't think I can share the best!
 
davidh6781 said:
I had a hard time getting my shot list from the B and G and had to put on together myself and send it them to amend. but I did get in the end.
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I was really lucky - they asked me to photograph the wedding because they wanted the candid style images they have seen me produce in the past, there was no shot list :cool:

I imagine my wedding job was a bit like a normal second shooter's role?
Opportunistic, less stress and more fun!
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
I was really lucky - they asked me to photograph the wedding because they wanted the candid style images they have seen me produce in the past, there was no shot list :cool:

I imagine my wedding job was a bit like a normal second shooter's role?
Opportunistic, less stress and more fun!
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That's what I'm going for, although the bride has a small list of must have shots, like of the elderly grandparents. The rest is just me doing my usual candid style.

We had a good chat yesterday and it's going to be a long day! Round her mums for 11.30 for the last minute prep shots and getting in the car shots, then I have to boot it from there to Cheltenham to arrive before the wedding car does so I can get the "arrival shots" for about 12.45.
Service starts at 1pm and should last about half an hour, then we have from 1.30 til 2.30 free for the staged and location shots.
Then it's off to the reception to sit down and eat at about 3pm. Then it's just candids and milling around until the dj arrives at 6pm, then at 7pm a load more guests are coming that weren't at the service, so another load of staged shots inside with them, then just general party shots until everyone goes home!
 
Dam Duncan they are well good, mine is nothing to that, real nice feel to them

Here is a sample of mine, this need edited again, hope the link works, if not click the Facebook logo in my sig and there is others there

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Siilver said:
Dam Duncan they are well good, mine is nothing to that, real nice feel to them

Here is a sample of mine, this need edited again, hope the link works, if not click the Facebook logo in my sig and there is others there

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I agree Duncans are cool and have a great feel to them, mine need a bit of photoshop work and some turning into b&w.

Silver I like your shot nice perspective
 
Siilver said:
Dam Duncan they are well good, mine is nothing to that, real nice feel to them

Here is a sample of mine, this need edited again, hope the link works, if not click the Facebook logo in my sig and there is others there
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Nowt wrong with that image :thumbs:
Just the sort of shallow DoF shot I also love taking.
I've found by experiment that the PP that works for me is to add a local adjustment on the one face that is sharp with a little bit of Clarity and about 0.2 stops of added exposure and a hint of contrast for the mid-tones match the rest of the image seamlessly.
This seems to make the image really go POP!
One thing is for sure, cannot add sharpness, contrast or clarity to the whole image without rogering the bokeh. :nono:

Got any more you can share with us?
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
Nowt wrong with that image :thumbs:
Just the sort of shallow DoF shot I also love taking.
I've found by experiment that the PP that works for me is to add a local adjustment on the one face that is sharp with a little bit of Clarity and about 0.2 stops of added exposure and a hint of contrast for the mid-tones match the rest of the image seamlessly.
This seems to make the image really go POP!
One thing is for sure, cannot add sharpness, contrast or clarity to the whole image without rogering the bokeh. :nono:

Got any more you can share with us?
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Just what's on my face book sadly iv been told to share no more, I have to get them edited the the groom and bride first then the world
 
davidh6781 said:
I agree Duncans are cool and have a great feel to them, mine need a bit of photoshop work and some turning into b&w.

Silver I like your shot nice perspective
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Thanks very much, mlthe guy doing the service was great very layed back go where I wanted and flash all I liked, and he gave me give and to retake if needed, my second shooter was at the back getting the other view so hope to have all bases covered lol,

Get them edited, I haven't looked at all of mine yet I keep having visions of loads of bad ones I ended up with 666 photographs can't be good lol
 
Siilver said:
Thanks very much, mlthe guy doing the service was great very layed back go where I wanted and flash all I liked, and he gave me give and to retake if needed, my second shooter was at the back getting the other view so hope to have all bases covered lol,

Get them edited, I haven't looked at all of mine yet I keep having visions of loads of bad ones I ended up with 666 photographs can't be good lol
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I was only aloud to go to the sides and the back during the service, which made getting the ring exchange rather difficult as I could only be in positions the guest where.

I took a good few and yes I binned a good few too, some high iso levels ruined the pics even after processing in LR, out of focus shots.

I too had a second shooter so had some backup but I didn't rely on that I wanted to get the best I could without relying on the second shooter.

Nice number 666 lol,
 
Siilver said:
Thanks very much, mlthe guy doing the service was great very layed back go where I wanted and flash all I liked, and he gave me give and to retake if needed, my second shooter was at the back getting the other view so hope to have all bases covered lol,

Get them edited, I haven't looked at all of mine yet I keep having visions of loads of bad ones I ended up with 666 photographs can't be good lol
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I've always been known as a bit snap happy - I took 1663 images!
I don't machine gun; I only use single shot... :nono:
Admittedly way over half of them are the late night dancing. The low light and random nature of the whole thing means most of them will go straight in the bin. Some of them are priceless and they were well worth the effort. I got one of the bride waving a stick looking like an Amazon Warrior (in a good way) and a Dirty Dancing style image of two guests that the Grooms father says should be X-rated.
I ended up in the bar photographing (amongst other things) high jinx with a stogie and an impromptu workshop on lighting with a stunning looking guest who was starting in photography and wanted to know more; she was a great model.
My evening finished in the bar drinking cider with the band before cycling home at 2am.

Ignoring the whole scary part of the wedding thing, I still have to pinch myself that I got paid for having so much fun :thumbs:
 
Here's one of the stogie shots.
I know he won't mind as he's already had the image emailed to him for use on Facebook :D

Minimal PP other than to burn in the hand as it was a tad too bright.
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DuncanDisorderly said:
I've always been known as a bit snap happy - I took 1663 images!
I don't machine gun; I only use single shot... :nono:
Admittedly way over half of them are the late night dancing. The low light and random nature of the whole thing means most of them will go straight in the bin. Some of them are priceless and they were well worth the effort. I got one of the bride waving a stick looking like an Amazon Warrior (in a good way) and a Dirty Dancing style image of two guests that the Grooms father says should be X-rated.
I ended up in the bar photographing (amongst other things) high jinx with a stogie and an impromptu workshop on lighting with a stunning looking guest who was starting in photography and wanted to know more; she was a great model.
My evening finished in the bar drinking cider with the band before cycling home at 2am.

Ignoring the whole scary part of the wedding thing, I still have to pinch myself that I got paid for having so much fun :thumbs:
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I have to admit it is tempting to machine gun it, i found myself hovering over the high speed shutter but restrained myself, lol.

As the wedding involved kilts I got some funny shots and some that may never see the public eye well not in the album lol.

I do agree once at the reception evening do, it turned into a drink, and a free drink, guest just start talking etc and next you have a pint in your hand, but yeah i felt great to be getting paid to shoot and have a good time.

I did enjoy my first wedding and will be doing more even though I felt like I had been in the gym the day after, totally shattering.
 
Oh what I noticed about the m camera, the 5d2 it is mega loud when the location is quite
I was shocked how back it was
 
Siilver said:
Oh what I noticed about the m camera, the 5d2 it is mega loud when the location is quite
I was shocked how back it was
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If you think that's bad...
I've shot with photographers using the D700 and they think the 5DII is quiet!

However, the 5DIII in silent mode is lush.
I've shot in a church and the photographer next to me has whispered in my ear as to whether I dare take any shots. He was shocked when I replied that I already had.
It's not completely silent and holding the camera it sounds louder than the hype would have you believe, but the sound doesn't seem to carry.
You have to remember to turn off the beep, as that definitely does carry :)
 
Ah really, I was shocked at the noise, the second shooter and me had both 5d2s and the place had stone walls lol

If I was to do another wedding a 5d3 would be on rental or buying that's for sure lol
 
Siilver said:
Ah really, I was shocked at the noise, the second shooter and me had both 5d2s and the place had stone walls lol

If I was to do another wedding a 5d3 would be on rental or buying that's for sure lol
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Allow time to work out where the heck they moved things on the 5DIII.
Zooming in to check focus is no longer the buttons on the top right, it's a button on the left followed by the command dial - a horrendous change to workflow.
There are a few configuration hacks that allow a resemblance of normality, but that's pretty advanced 5DIII configuration stuff and it may prove easier to live with the default configuration than spend time tinkering.
Either way - allow time to get your head around the differences.
 
It won't be anytime soon il be getting one, so il worry about that then lol
Shocking price mind
 
Siilver said:
Ah really, I was shocked at the noise, the second shooter and me had both 5d2s and the place had stone walls lol
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thats partly down to the fullframe mirror flapping up and down - one reason i take my 40D to weddings as well as the 5d is that its a lot quieter for during the service shots
 
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