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An informal wedding in Tuscany

  • HelenM
    Participant

    Please be gentle as this was my very first wedding and definately my last!
    My brief was for some very casual, informal photographs. I know these could be technically much better, but I am pleased with the ‘documentary’ feel I managed to capture.
    Have to say the day was a huge learning experience, but in no way enjoyable! 30 degrees, humid as a sauna and everything running to a tight schedule.
    It was a very beautiful setting in a 14th Century monastery.

    Just leaving the registry

    On the steps of the Piazza Michaelangelo overlooking Florence.

    And in the Olive Grove with a lucky cat

    Brian
    Participant

    Hi Helen,

    I think you did well. Did you do any post processing? If you didn’t, Picassa is a free, easy to use program that can make a big difference.

    1. A nice informal shot. You could maybe brighten it up a bit. A bit out of focus, a faster shutter speed would have helped, but i’m sure you already know that!

    2. I really like this, nicely framed to include the scenic location.

    3. I like this, unusual. Maybe a little fill light would be an idea. Also, I would have cropped a good bit off the top and right hand side.

    Just my view anyway, and I’m no expert by the way!

    HelenM
    Participant

    Thanks for the comments, Brian. It was a steep learning curve. I take your points on board; really only cropped with Picasa very quickly. I will work more on the most likely images. The whole thing unfolded very rapidly and a fair few of the 600 odd shots had focussing issues! I really love the photo of the bride and groom on the steps.
    Greatest lesson learned: never agree to another wedding! :lol:

    Not Pete the bloke
    Participant

    Helen
    I just had a look at the EXIF info on the top photo, to see it was shot at f8 in aperture priority mode, which gave rise to a shutter speed of 1/20 sec The slow shutter speed is the problem with the photo. Hopefully you learned this evening that putting up your ISO, and using either P mode or manual, will give you much better results if you use flash.

    Ross

    HelenM
    Participant

    As soon as you mentioned ‘P’ it began to click into place, Ross.
    Thanks for a really interesting and informative evening. Now why could we not have had that the week before I went rather than the week after?
    I was so disappointed with all the indoor shots of the wedding and have never come up with so many absolute duds. Fortunately there were 600 to choose from!

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