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On Sunday I shot a wedding for the first time 100% on primes.
They have been making the way into my workflow more and more and this time I took the step of leaving my go-to loadout of 24-70 and 70-200 in my camera bag and rocking a 20/35/50/85.
Why?
It is hard to put into words why I have been moving more towards primes. First of all the image quality is maybe 2% better but it is not really about that. Also you do get a much stronger separation shooting at f2 on a 50 or f3.5 on an 85 but again it is not really about that.
I think that using primes forces you to get closer, get more involved and fill the frame with your feet. Also it is more fluid, because you are not stopping for a fraction of a second to zoom, you get far more invested in the moment.
So, I present a selection of images from the day, constructive abuse gratefully received.
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wb is a bit off on this one...
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Must use layers more, like this one.
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There is something here but I think my execution could be better.
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Tighter crop perhaps.
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inb4 shitstorm
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And I am out.
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The thing about wedding photography is that nobody cares about it except the bridge. Why did you think /p/ of all places was the way to share them?
>>2858678
Comes to /p/ to discuss photography! What a tard! Doesn't he know this is a board for gear fags not people who take photos! Trololololol.
>>2858678
Y would a bridge care tho?
I do agree 100% though, wedding photography is inane and horrid. This stuff is also boring wedding photography. Pic related is the best wedding photography.
>>2858658
Seems like the aperture was a bit far open, with the person furthest away being out of focus.
>>2858662
Just keep experimenting with these sorts of things and you'll get it eventually.
>>2858665
tighter or reframed indeed.
>>2858667
Would've been nice if you got the man behind in the frame properly.
Overall they're pretty nice shots overall OP, keep going at it
Also what has been your favourite focal length?
>>2858680
Inane. Horrid. And fucking pays.
>>2858682
Thanks!
Probably 50 or 85 at the moment. Everytime I shoot wider I end up cropping like a mother fucker.
very creep photos
>>2858683
Yes, but could you live with yourself? I'd rather neck myself than deal those self absorbed fucking nightmares for a living.
>>2858684
Seems about right, the only lens I have at the moment is a 50 but I'm on a crop sensor.
>>2858695
Thing is though I have seen some amazing work on a 35. Guess I need to get closer.
>>2858691
people who don't actually work in photography say this
Colors and exposure look pretty much excellent in all of these. I am sure whoever hired you was pretty happy with the results.
>>2858665
background looks awesome, texture and color-wise
>>2858655
eyes crosed. Or is it just his asian-ness?
>>2858662
clever
>>2858669
who invited The Scarecrow, and where's the Tinman?
>>2858673
how'd he train her to do that?
>>2858677
Obviously easier for me to say than you to do, but it seems like the dudes take up too little of the frame.
All in all, lookin good!
Do you have multiple bodies, so you can at least have two primes at your fingertips, or do you have to commit and only switch between one lens at a time being ready to use?
>>2858645
>because you are not stopping for a fraction of a second to zoom
and you're taking a couple of second to move your fatass.
>>2858678
>nobody cares about it except the bridge
Bride.
That's fine. At least he's getting hired, and able to practice in a high pressure situation, such as a wedding. Asians, no less. If anyone knows about pressure, it's Asians, lol. Wedding photos are pretty highly technical too, given the generally adverse conditions one is shooting in.
(lol. Bork, you're a federal agent...)
>>2858691
that's part of why wedding photographers can get paid so much, because they have to deal with self absorbed pricks, and spoiled cunt brides and maintain a good attitude about it.
I'll go through all the shots for you later when I get time OP but it feels like you're actually being held back here and not getting into the right position to make the most of using the primes. Some shots are too tight and others lack compression that a longer lens would have given.
I'll give proper critique later but fair play for posting these here, I was guessing you would get torn to shreds but I suppose so few people actually post paid work here for critique that people aren't as hostile about it
>>2858742
Honestly, I have shot 300+ weddings and I have only had one truly revolting human being as a bride. I have way more run ins with mothers of the brides for whom I turn the Cheshire up to 11 and also dial up the camp a bit.
It is not as bad as people think, in the UK at least.
>>2858751
I very much look forwards to your advice.
>and you're taking a couple of second to move your fantasy.
Yes. Moving it closer. Filling the frame. Making a connection. Getting a better photograph.
>>2858645
>Also you do get a much stronger separation
weddings are a place for union. union of couples, union of families, union of the friends in common. these are a collection of portraits with distractors around, not a wedding shooting.
you were at the wedding doing pictures, but you didnt shoot the wedding. you failed.
>>2858815
Brides don't want art, brides want bokeh.
As a whole OP I'm struggling to find much worth really critiquing here. The vast majority of these are not posed and feel like opportunist taken over peoples shoulders. I assume there are a lot of posed photos to tick off the list to include in the wedding album but there's nothing here showing any sort of relationship. You've left out what I feel are fundamental shots like the brides maids helping the bride or just chatting with them, same goes for the best man helping the groom. You know the really emotional shots? Is there anything from the actual ceremony? The alter shots as it were, the ring shots etc.
If you've posted this set as something to be analysed based on your used of primes instead of zooms then there's very little to work with because everything here is very bland.
>>2858645
I'm sure you already know but technically this is spot on, you've nailed the focus and exposure and you haven't overcooked the processing which is all great. In terms of framing you've done well to isolate the subject and it looks kind of dreamy with the bodies left and right framing the centre but there's so little going on here aside from her smile that I think this comes off as bland. A wider framing probably would make things worse because it looks like no one else gives a fuck but this is just a picture of one smiling lady in the end and there is very little else to say about it.
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>>2858648
This could be my monitor talking but these look over saturated to me. In the first image you look to be about 1-2 foot out of position to the left. You could have gotten what I assume is the best mans face better if you moved over more to the right. The second picture is much like the first where you've framed a lovely reaction but it's so isolated that I'm struggling to really enjoy it.
>>2858649
This is just a lady smiling, it's in focus and perfectly exposed and she's framed front and centre with nothing really distracting in the frame but that's it.
>>2858651
This is pretty much a carbon copy of >>2858649 but with a different person. Nice little moment but that's it.
>>2858652
This is cute but I'd be hesitant about anyone wanting to see half of a face, this looks more like a promo shot for some ale than something from a wedding.
>>2858653
This actually comes across as morbid to me because of the burning in the centre frame and high contrast. This also looks to be the widest framed shot of the ceremony itself which really doesn't say much. At least you got the drinking guys whole face here.
>>2858655
You need to know when to kill your babies, when you have a great shot but you just know it's a bit shit then you need to cut it and I think this is one of those shots. His eyes are closed. It would be absolutely magical if you got this with his eyes open but his eyes are closed so I think it should be binned.
>>2858657
This is lovely and heart warming, I can't really fault this image but it has the same feel as some others where it's disconnected from the main event itself
>>2858658
This one is nice, there's enough people to reinforce the emotions the subjects are portraying, it's wide so your eyes can move around. The other images so far dont give you this room to move around and still be within a nice scene
>>2858659
This is solid and as wedding material I'm sure people are very happy with it. You can see a story here so nice job catching that
>>2858660
Lovely shot but same as some others she's so isolated that she might as well be a model in a teeth whitening commercial or some poster for online banking
>>2858661
This is a really lovely portrait but it doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the set, probably because of his clothes compared to everyone elses but you got a nice smile out of him so well done there.
>>2858662
Nice portrait and at least it's not as isolated as some of the others. It's a shame about the man squinting in the background but I get that there's not much you can do about that
>>2858664
This is nice, it's two old dears with healthy smiles and that's all well and good but when you have such a large body mass with their back against the camera it takes away a lot. This is another shot that comes across as you being too far away and kind of.. stealing this shot with the wrong lens. I can't really get into the emotion on the ladies faces because I can see nothing related to the person they're smiling at. I'm not sure how could have gotten this any better with an 85mm lens but I feel this shot would be a lot better if you were further to the right and shot this with a 35mm. I'll mention more on this but it looks like you got caught with your pants down with the 85mm lens here.
>>2858665
I dont think a tighter crop would work here because the subject would be lonely again. There are some distracting elements here but that's because you have half of a face on the left border. I'd argue this should actually be wider so again we can see more reactions.
>>2858666
Solid shot, some isolated shots work but only when it's blatantly obvious what they're doing. In this case it's a toast and she's raising her glass and we can see other glasses so it all adds up. There are no backs or the back of peoples heads that we are left wondering about so this works
>>2858667
This is so genuine, it's lovely and there's someone else in the frame reinforcing the emotion so nice job
>>2858669
Same here
>>2858670
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>>2858675
These can all be bundles together because they are the exact same images just with different subjects. One in focus and another person out of focus. They're all smiling which is great but what are they smiling about? It doesn't feel forced but it's just not genuine when you're so tight in and can see so little of the surroundings to back up the emotion being displayed.
>>2858677
There's not an awful lot going on here worth commenting on, the clock tower is distracting and takes you eye vertically away from the subject
>>2859167
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>>2859196
Overall OP the pictures are technically very good but I'm really at a loss for words, if this is a set of wedding photos then why are you not showing THE wedding photos. The bride getting a pep talk from the brides maid. The shot down the aisle of the couple holding hands and looking into each others eyes. Are you holding them back because they are the pictures the client is actually paying for? All of the stereotypical wedding shots are missing from here and we're just left with some random laughing people.
I think you got caught out shooting primes in a few of these, specifically >>2858664 but also these four feel like you resorted to headshots where a wider lens would have gotten a more genuine moment >>2858670 >>2858671 >>2858673 >>2858648
Take it all with a pinch of salt. You were walking around in that venue with more gear on your shoulders then most of /p/ would ever dream of owning and you were actually putting it all to work so mad fucking props. You've processed them all in a way that looks just right for bog standard wedding work so I'm sure the client will enjoy them. There are bright healthy colours for the most part and the contrast isn't too high to be offending.
>>2859203
Yeah, c'mon! Let's see the couple!
>>2859196
>but I feel this shot would be a lot better if you were further to the right and shot this with a 35mm.
Sorry I meant to the left here
>>2858645
try using the rule of thirds or absolutely anything other than center framing.
pic 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 are just shitty "point camera straight at thing with zero composition, create utterly boring snapshit"
Your "photography" is essentially the amateur check-list of make sure everyone at the event got a Department of Motor Vehicles / Prison line-up Facial and move on.
It's a wedding, the bride doesn't need really low quality thoughtless portraits churned out of people she should already know. Your entire work projects only one feeling "CHEESE!!"
Not even worth $5 for the bride, she should've hired someone else who actually evoked real emotions rather than used a prime to get poorly composed fake smile-for-cam ones.
>>2858645
I don't want my wedding photographer to be closer to me because he wants to use primes. I want him to be invisible to me, and still get good photos.
>>2858645
Where are the wedding photos? These are all just portraits.
The burning on her face in pp on this is terrible.
Nicely done, OP, I felt the happiness. Photography is all about feeling something, you did your work.
Keep going.
Your lights are too bright and your white balance is out - most of the people are squinting and their skin looks yellow.
>>2859493
https://youtu.be/iYVO5bUFww0
>>2858649
do you have any head on shots of this lady? from face to waist?
thanks
>>2859167
Thanks for taking the time to feedback. First up this was a gay wedding so no bride or bridesmaids. There are the more typical ceremony shots but they are what they are, I was looking for feedback on the candid shots hence why I posted them.
I really take your point about the simplicity of the images. To be honest that is what I have been striving for, clean subject, no distractions, good expression. Perhaps I have taken it too far.
So next job, a more complex composition, wider shots, more going on. More to engage with.
I deeply appreciate you taking the time to write your comments. Thank you.
