Wedding photographer

[peterborough_photography]

Prodessional wedding photographer located in Peterborough and Stamford, shot taken at Burghley House, Stamford Lincolnshire


Prodessional wedding photographer located in Peterborough and Stamford, shot taken at Burghley House, Stamford Lincolnshire

[Sean Setters]

I have to ask...why did you position the bride and groom so increadibly close to that background? It's quite distracting. If you had brought the subjects in closer to you, then the door would have blurred into a beautiful yet mysterious bokeh.

[Daniel Browning]

I have to ask...why did you position the bride and groom so increadibly close to that background? It's quite distracting. If you had brought the subjects in closer to you, then the door would have blurred into a beautiful yet mysterious bokeh.

Personally, I prefer the deep focus for this shot because I think the fine detail of the background is very much a part of the subject, perhaps even moreso than the bride (and definitely more than the groom []), although I can see the appeal of doing it with a little bokeh.

[Pieter]

I second Sean, furthermore, in my opinion, it would have looked better if the groom had closed his jacket..

[peterborough_photography]

The couple wanted the detail of the gate, this is a private area in a fantastic house. So they wanted detail, not artistic.


It was very important for them you could see the family crest etc.


But I do understand the views :-)

[Alan]

In many cases, the background is/can be a distraction (such as a bland landscape). In this case, the detail in the gate is worth showing the background, in my opinion.


Otherwise, its just a picture of a newly married couple posing. Plenty of those kind of shots were taken, I'm sure.


This raises the question of bokeh. I understand why it's a desirable thing to have, but the way our eyes work, we'd see that gate in clear focus, whether the couple was further in toward the camera or not.


Our eyes have nearly instant 'auto focus,' yet we spend thousands more for a lens that blurs the background so we can "not" see it the way we actually did.