Quote Originally Posted by iND View Post
I have studied your photos and will give you an honest critique.

Watch your backgrounds: I usually ask the minister to step to a side for ring exchange, vows, and the kiss.
Else you end up with an unwanted third party in the most important photos of the day.
If you had a second camera ready to go you could have snapped a shot of the couple's hands only close up in your first photo.
Did you notice the groom has a microphone coming out of his neck in that photo, and the is more detail of the minister than the bride.
The day is all about the bride and secondly about her dress.
Don't recall seeing the eyes of your bride in any of the photos, nor did I see her smile.
I only move the boquet up to the face for a head shot and keep it at the waist for three quarters shots.
You have too much desaturation going on in most of the shots. Did you set a white balance for this setting?
There is also a background problem behind the groom the the BW colorized photo.
Focus problems in the hand/boquet photo, may be your DOF was narrow.
The photo of the church during the ceremony is busy, I see too many folding chairs.
I would have preferred shots from the ailse for the wedding party even if it meant not getting the enitre group.
Some good shots of the audience on the front row close up is usually nice.
All in all you need to study some more work out there and develop a style that you really like.
Good luck
Ask the minister to move. That's so simple. I'll do that next time.

Second shooter, got it. I plan on having one for the next wedding I do. So I'll have her go in and get some close ups of the hands.

I did notice the microphone and would've removed it in Photoshop but I wanted to give you the raw image so you could see the lighting. I'll make sure I move things like that next time as well.

I did notice the minister had better detail than the bride. I have no excuse and will work on that next time.

First priority: Bride. Second priority: Dress.

I had the white balance on auto and like I said, it's unedited but even the edited versions turn out with bad color. It's because of the lights and just the overall quality of light I'm sure. Again, no excuse.

I noticed the bad background behind the groom and will work on that next time.

Now that you mention it I can see a bad focus in the bouquet image. I'll work on that.

Too many folding chairs, yes. I've been finding out how important a clean image is and will work on that.

I actually got some okay images of the wedding party coming down the aisle when the ceremony finished, I just didn't post them here.

Front row audience shots I did not get but makes perfect sense now that you mention it. I'll do that next time.

Study more work and develop style. Yes sir.

Thank you so much for the help! I'll read this again and write it all down before the next wedding. Thanks again!