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Travis Minnig
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August 16, 2011, 08:39:42 PM
Well,

I have pretty well sworn off the wedding business, but my cousin asked me to at least take some formal portraits of him and his new bride on their wedding day.

Feel free to comment.  I just got a new monitor so hopefully the color and contrast are OK, but certainly tell me anything that jumps out at you concerning that as well.

Thanks all!
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Reply #1 - August 17, 2011, 05:14:57 AM
I like the rim lighting on the first shot. Overall, excellent as usual.
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Reply #2 - August 17, 2011, 06:41:21 AM
Good job! Formals are usually fun, its the group shots that I hate.
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Reply #3 - August 17, 2011, 06:56:43 AM
I love the rim lighting too. You nailed all the tones and exposures with back lighting! Nice!

I'm not a fan of photographing weddings either.

You did a nice job!

Corey
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Reply #4 - August 17, 2011, 08:04:31 AM
Thank you all.  It's nice to be able to take some photos again.  It's been a while since I did more than just snapshots at family parties and I really enjoyed this.
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Marian Murdoch
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Reply #5 - August 17, 2011, 07:26:53 PM
Travis, can you explain your settings/flash for these?
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Marian Murdoch
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Reply #6 - August 17, 2011, 07:36:16 PM
I love the lighting on the first one! Gorgeous!! My only nit about that one is that my eye is drawn to that pink flower and the blunt end of that drapery/veil material, plus the huge field of black in the lower left makes him look chunky. Might I suggest a crop?
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Reply #7 - August 17, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
Hate when that happens. I hadn't noticed the pink flower at all, and now that you mentioned it it's the first thing I see Cheesy Grin
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Reply #8 - August 17, 2011, 08:37:57 PM
that pink flower is a Marianism something nobody sees until its pointed out then all anyone sees.
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Reply #9 - August 17, 2011, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: BobEdens on August 17, 2011, 08:37:57 PM
that pink flower is a Marianism something nobody sees until its pointed out then all anyone sees.

 ROFL
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Reply #10 - August 17, 2011, 09:44:06 PM
Quote from: Marian Murdoch on August 17, 2011, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: BobEdens on August 17, 2011, 08:37:57 PM
that pink flower is a Marianism something nobody sees until its pointed out then all anyone sees.

 ROFL

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Travis Minnig
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Reply #11 - August 18, 2011, 06:32:51 PM
Hi Marian!  How are you doing?

Thank you for pointing out the pink distraction to EVERYONE!!!  LOL!  Seriously though, I appreciate it, and it's easy to get rid of.  Stupid little details, I should have paid more attention to them... as usual.

I appreciate the thoughts on the crop as well.  Thank you.

As for the lighting:
I metered the back light (sun: 1/125, f/8) and then set the main 1 stop under it (flash with 42" umbrella: 1/125, f/5.6) which I also used for my camera setting.  I then brought in a 40" silver reflector high and camera right to provide some fill light because the shadows were very dark.  For the 2nd image, the main was 45 degrees camera left; for the 1st one, it was very close to center but slightly camera left in order to keep the groom's face from disappearing into shadow.  I have actually had good luck setting my main the same as a backlight, however the sun was actually off the side quite a bit and coming through some trees and very close to setting, so I wanted to make sure I had enough 'punch' that the backlight would show up really good.

Thanks again all!
Travis
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