Best Mates Wedding (first attempt)

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Best Mates Wedding (first attempt)

Postby mR_CaESaR on Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:29 pm

Well the day finally arrived where one of my closest mates got married. I was lucky enough to be part of the bridal party, however he also asked me to do the photographic duties!!

Bloody hard!

I have now got mad respect for the real wedding photographers out there, it is one hell of a day, but that being said, it is probably one of the most rewarding feelings when you see the faces of the bride and groom when you chimp with them, no words can describe the feeling.

For my first attempt at a wedding, i have an real urge to do more and more (whether or not I have enough talent is a different story :))

So congratulations to the new Mr & Mrs Sor. Ray & Karen, it was without a great honour to be a part of your day, not only photographically, but to also be part of the bridal party.

Congrats

Here are some quick pics from yesterday (massive work, to go through all the photos).

Do you like it Karen?

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The cuteness... Tiana - the flower girl

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Some of the make up

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more can be found here

http://juliuslagula.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... dding.html

EDIT (Stubbsy): WAY too many images in tbis post - please refer FAQ
Last edited by mR_CaESaR on Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Postby aussichef on Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:46 pm

can you supply some exif data please would be interested to know yr settings
as i have 2 wedding to shoot next year so far for friends
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Postby sunnylass on Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:26 pm

For someone's first attempt, I think you did a beautiful job.
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Postby shutterbug on Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:09 am

Nice :wink:
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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:04 am

Nice images (I have only had a chance to look at the first 4).

My initial comments are:

1. Perhaps crop out a bit of the top and bottom - Karen (?) seems to get lost a bit in the image.
2. Very cute, although it seems a little soft (around the eyes) to me.
3. The 4th image - she looks a little freaky with her eyelid being raised up like that :)

Otherwise, great effort given your dual duties.
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Postby Nina_1962 on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:09 am

Wow you have done a great job beautiful photos.
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Postby MATT on Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:45 am

You have done a great job and should be proud..

I particularly like the image of the bride in her dress..

Nice Work

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Postby mR_CaESaR on Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:35 pm

Here's a slideshow of the day...

Its a 13mb exe file, for those are worried, its not a virus, if you would like to see the slideshow, please download it.
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:18 pm

I just watched your slideshow - and it was excellent !!!!! some absolutely stunning photos, and beautifully put together - follows the day and gives a fabulous story....

only one gripe - personally I find all of the different fades between photos a bit annoying, but that is just me - I generally prefer a straight fade between photos - its the photos that should be the centre of attention, not seeing how many different fades you can fit into a presentation ;) LOL

Seriously though, that aside - take a bow, you did bloody well !!!!!!
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Postby michael_ on Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:25 pm

that was my only comment to about the fades :)
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Postby mR_CaESaR on Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:56 pm

blacknstormy wrote:I just watched your slideshow - and it was excellent !!!!! some absolutely stunning photos, and beautifully put together - follows the day and gives a fabulous story....

only one gripe - personally I find all of the different fades between photos a bit annoying, but that is just me - I generally prefer a straight fade between photos - its the photos that should be the centre of attention, not seeing how many different fades you can fit into a presentation ;) LOL

Seriously though, that aside - take a bow, you did bloody well !!!!!!


Thank you very much.

It is really appreciated. I'm very happy, that other people like it along with my family and friends.

As for the transitions, yeah i'll probably have to change it, i would have preferred to have them longer too, but the song sin't that long, and i wanted those particular photos in there.

I'm definitely no cato and pade, but i would really love to get into wedding photography, as tired as i was, i just had soooo much satisfaction from the day.
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