My First Wedding

[nickOH]

Hello,

I recently undertook my first wedding. This wedding was for a family member, getting married for the second time, and was quite a nerve racking experience. The venue was on a paddle steamer in the middle of the Swan River, at night, in complete darkness. It was a very hard event to photograph in my opinion, as I only had my Sigma 530 DG ST Flash, and my 400D with 18-55 kit lens and 50 1.8. You may see that the majority of the photos are underexposed, this is due to the darkness of the venue, and in order to have them overly bright and correctly exposed I would not truly be recreating the actual event, as it was dark at all times.

I was not overly happy with them, and being 16, I guess they did not expect much, alas I still got paid $150, which I am very happy with.

I hope to do some second shooting for wedding photographers in the future, so what do you think of this, as my first attempt?

I have uploaded some of the photos to my flickr account, but nowhere near all of them. I ended up handing them 300 proofs.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25871399@N08/sets/72157604772252599/

[missnoi53y]

I think you did really well for your first time, your gamer then me thats for sure.
Don't give up, you will only get better with more practice.

Kell..

[nickOH]

Thank You for your comments, they are greatly appreciated. Alas, hopefully I will get better, but probably not.

[cazzaritch]

I think you did really well under some really difficult conditions, keep up the good work.

[dukevideography]

Hello Mate!

You have done a excellent job..

It is much appreciated..Keep up the good work

matthewduke.com.au

[nickOH]

Thank You all for your comments. I really do appreciate them.

[MistieWatters]

I think you're being a bit hard on yourself! I've noticed that the 18-55 kit lens tends to underexpose quite a bit, I have the same problem. You've done really well there!!!

FWIW: I have figured out (after 6 months of using my 400D) that shooting in RAW and then doing the initial work in Photoshop's RAW editor can make an extraordinary difference in the quality of your photos. Sure they take up nearly 5x as much space as JPEGs, but if you're after quality, you should be willing to sacrifice the space on your CF card.

I like Photoshop's RAW editor because you can bump levels that you wouldn't be able to bump on a JPEG and you can put in fill light without blowing out the photo (works better that using lighting effects later on).

[Photogenic]

I agree with everyone's comments, you have done a great job and have captured their special day beautifully. You can really tell that everyone is having a great time.

The lighting and setting didn't help for your first time but you did a wonderful job. I especially like the one of the bride in the hallway of the boat and coming up the stairs as well as coming off the boat.

Well done.

[nickOH]

I think you're being a bit hard on yourself! I've noticed that the 18-55 kit lens tends to underexpose quite a bit, I have the same problem. You've done really well there!!!

FWIW: I have figured out (after 6 months of using my 400D) that shooting in RAW and then doing the initial work in Photoshop's RAW editor can make an extraordinary difference in the quality of your photos. Sure they take up nearly 5x as much space as JPEGs, but if you're after quality, you should be willing to sacrifice the space on your CF card.

I like Photoshop's RAW editor because you can bump levels that you wouldn't be able to bump on a JPEG and you can put in fill light without blowing out the photo (works better that using lighting effects later on).

Yes I do use RAW. And I have been using Camera Raw 4.0 as a plugin on Photoshop CS3.

Also, thank you all for your comments. They are greatly appreciated!