palmskov Posted August 28, 2006 Share #1 Â Posted August 28, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear all, Â I need your help in form of off the wall 100% honest critique on some wedding shots I did this weekend. The married couple are friends of us, we did the entire session in 15 minutes due to lots of rain. Fortunately I had planned the locations prior to the shooting. Â Before I show theses selected shots to the couple I would appreciated your feedback. This is my first wedding shots; Not that it's an excuse. Â Thanks for looking... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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troyfreund Posted August 28, 2006 Share #2 Â Posted August 28, 2006 How come the color is so wonky in the close-ups? And why do some look so noisy? The last shot, against the trees/water is my favorite. I've never been a big fan of wide-angled close-up portraits. I want to look my best on my wedding day and wide-angle distortion (shot 3) does not do that (in my opinion). When I shoot a wedding, very candidly, I use my M6TTL and 28/f2 and 50/f1.4 for 90 % of what I do. For portraits though, I try and favor my 90/f2. Â Troy Freund Photography Leica User Forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodaktrix Posted August 29, 2006 Share #3  Posted August 29, 2006 Nikolaj,  they are too dark or or have too much contrast. Light up the skin and soft it. If You use photoshop, do a copy as second layer, soft it to an extreme, and combine the two by a ratio of about 80:20 %, have some tries, it will give a smooth but still sharp look.  Under the line: The skin is too red and too dark, the skin structure is too visible. Try to do a very light print and go on from that one like mentioned above. The bride will love You for that.  Best regards  Oliver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 29, 2006 Share #4 Â Posted August 29, 2006 I feel wedding photography should be white and "engel like" but that's my take on it. Â Those are too dark and the colors are offf. Â Here's another take on it. Just playing with if few minutes in PS removing red and yellow and desaturating, dodging and adjusting levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted August 29, 2006 Share #5 Â Posted August 29, 2006 hi nikolaj - the 3, 4 and 5 are god images... ya - some problems about the color try to reduce the green in them - but dont turn into too much magenta. play with it it can come nice especially if u have raw data of those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmskov Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share #6 Â Posted August 29, 2006 @Kodatrix and Troyfreund: Thanks very much for the hint on adding a median layer. I have tried it on the two attached photos and must say the result is far better. Agree? Â I know the colours on first photos were a bit off. Still trying to adjust. However I think there's too much red but when removing the photos get more greenish. Â Thanks anyway for all your comments and help... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted August 29, 2006 Share #7 Â Posted August 29, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) nikolaj - u can send some of the photos in either raw or untouched tiff or jpeg - preferably raw. i will try to see what can be done with the silverfast or photoshop. it is pointless to dowload it the given ones and to correct them. there is strage problems both in contrast, luminosity and color rendition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodaktrix Posted August 29, 2006 Share #8  Posted August 29, 2006 Yes, that results are much more pleasing. Do not try to reduce the reds if it turns too green then, have a try with magenta.  Best regards  Oliver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted August 29, 2006 Share #9 Â Posted August 29, 2006 Which camera/film did you use? Looks like a color cast on the film? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmskov Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share #10 Â Posted August 29, 2006 @Albert: They're all shot with digilux2. So no film pure digital... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 29, 2006 Share #11 Â Posted August 29, 2006 If you do this in the future using the Digilux 2, I would strongly suggest that you shoot RAW format and get familiar with RAW image processing. That will completely eliminate the kind of color problems you have going on here. Also, try different poses--get the couple away from the center of the frame, get more candid looks, let the camera tilt at times. Mostly, put some of your own creativity into the shots so people can distinguish your work from everybody elses. What you did here was shoot poses that you have probably seen a lot of other wedding photographers shoot. Try to be different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmskov Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share #12 Â Posted September 1, 2006 Thanks to all for your help and comments on this project. I have now showed the married couple the results and they picked the attached photos. Happy to share these with you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Hoge Posted September 1, 2006 Share #13 Â Posted September 1, 2006 Try a little photoshop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Hoge Posted September 1, 2006 Share #14 Â Posted September 1, 2006 More photoshop.....you can salvage a photo just by getting a little creative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted September 1, 2006 Share #15 Â Posted September 1, 2006 Indeed, I think that if you are using the D2, then fill flash would have been helpful here. Or spot metering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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