wedddings by joseph

[nigel84]

Almost perfect! :thumbsup:
My guess was this was in a hurry kinda shot, miss it, never get it back again, the only flaw is that it could had been more complete if the hands are shown.

 

[sjackal]

Hmmm, its seems that you registered this account specifically just to make this one single post? :think:

:sweat:

Hi Joseph, I am new to the forum here but I found that a lot of the people here are too generous with their compliments.

No doubt some of the images are good and really captured the moment but there are many more that showed glaring shortcomings but was not mentioned.

For e.g, some of the photos showed the Bride laughing with "mouth wide open" or "squinting eyes" and the Groom having a "nerdy blur" look beside the Bride. This may be known to some as "capture the moment".....but if your job is to capture beautiful images of both the Bride & Groom......then this is a BIG NO.......most female friends of mine when they look at the photo taken with their boyfriend, they will always first have a look at her own, if it is bad looking on them, they will straightaway reject the photo even if their boyfriend looks great beside her........on the other hand, guys are more forgiving and will normally overlook this..............and yes, bystander may not think much of it as well but if you are the Bride&Groom in the photo, maybe you will not want to be seen with a wide open mouth or nerdy look.

If I am you, if the B&G doesn't looks great (due to their own poses......of course if they are not naturally good looking, you can't do much....but you still need to try to look for some angles that make them look good), I will not show these images in the public domain like website or the wedding album, only MAYBE give to the B&G as private safekeeping for memory sake of their wedding and LET THEM decide whether to show it publicly or not....but most of the time, I will just delete it without showing anyone except myself.

In situation like this, when you know that an important moment is coming up and you want to take a shot, always take 3 shots instead of one shot in quick succession so that you can afford to choose the best shot that depicts the best "looks" of the B&R.

And there are also some shots that I think is best to keep both the Bride & Groom in good focus instead of one in "good focus" and the other "out of focus", especially those candid shots, it will be good to see both of them laughing heartily together instead of one being out of focus. No doubt this "good focus" and the other "out of focus" trick have it's high value in photography but certain situation does not call for it and should not be overused, I think you know what I mean.

Hope that I am not being over critical.

Keep taking photos and ALSO keep looking at other good photographer photos and I am sure this will heightened your photography skill to another level.

 

[RaphaelandAngelo]

Hi Joseph, kudos to you for not being bothered by honest comments. It is always easy for people to comment, even on little things but people who comment negative may not even produce that standard of yours. And I have to add that there are a lot of good pictures coming from your series but since a lot of people had already posted good comments for it so I did not add further.

I will not attach the pictures as I think it is not nice to do it directly but I will tell you the image ID. But again, it is just my personal view, no offence. If the couples like it, then you have already achieved your target. And by the way, who am I to comment if the couple themselves like it right.

Bride laughing with mouth wide open. Image ID: luboon10.jpeg
If the subject is the Groom, then maybe you could shift the camera more towards behind the Bride at a better angle. And if the subject is the Bride, then maybe you could shift left or right or up & down with a better angle. If the subjects are both of them and you have no time and the right moment is there, then snap 2 pictures and then let the couple decide if they like it.

Groom having nerdy look. Image ID: takuyaxin_1088.jpeg
Just my personal opinion, I would have preferred the Groom to have look a bit more alert and bright, maybe he is feeling a bit tired at that moment and was relaxing and you can see his eyes are "diffuse".

Bride squinting eyes. Image ID: andreasmelissafacebook-1032.jpeg
Again, just my personal opinion. I will take 2 consecutive pictures and chose the one that shows her with her attractive eyes just like those in the other images in her wedding photo series. I would say the "moment" is perfect in this picture as you had captured both the B&R smiling heartily in this picture. But it would have been better if the Bride eyes are as attractive as her previous photo.

Just my 2 cents opinion and it ain't worth much!

 

[theroo]

Almost perfect! :thumbsup:
My guess was this was in a hurry kinda shot, miss it, never get it back again, the only flaw is that it could had been more complete if the hands are shown.

thanks Nigel! yeah, most shots are more or less quite hurried haha... unless it's pre wedding and yes, composition noted... it's good to have it in my mind next time before i take the shot

 

[theroo]

Hi Joseph, kudos to you for not being bothered by honest comments. It is always easy for people to comment, even on little things but people who comment negative may not even produce that standard of yours. And I have to add that there are a lot of good pictures coming from your series but since a lot of people had already posted good comments for it so I did not add further.

I will not attach the pictures as I think it is not nice to do it directly but I will tell you the image ID. But again, it is just my personal view, no offence. If the couples like it, then you have already achieved your target. And by the way, who am I to comment if the couple themselves like it right.

Bride laughing with mouth wide open. Image ID: luboon10.jpeg
If the subject is the Groom, then maybe you could shift the camera more towards behind the Bride at a better angle. And if the subject is the Bride, then maybe you could shift left or right or up & down with a better angle. If the subjects are both of them and you have no time and the right moment is there, then snap 2 pictures and then let the couple decide if they like it.

Groom having nerdy look. Image ID: takuyaxin_1088.jpeg
Just my personal opinion, I would have preferred the Groom to have look a bit more alert and bright, maybe he is feeling a bit tired at that moment and was relaxing and you can see his eyes are "diffuse".

Bride squinting eyes. Image ID: andreasmelissafacebook-1032.jpeg
Again, just my personal opinion. I will take 2 consecutive pictures and chose the one that shows her with her attractive eyes just like those in the other images in her wedding photo series. I would say the "moment" is perfect in this picture as you had captured both the B&R smiling heartily in this picture. But it would have been better if the Bride eyes are as attractive as her previous photo.

Just my 2 cents opinion and it ain't worth much!

hey man, thanks for the feedback, good to have the honest and frank criticism and it's always nice to know ways in which i can improve. and hey, no opinion is worth just "2 cents". keep it coming

 

[theroo]

 

[siewmai59]

nice!

you might wanna ask the groom to take out his wallet next time though...weird bulge in the pants pocket.