Kelsey & Miguel - The Wedding

[Jeff_Milo]

A few Months back I posted a few shots from this very cool couples engagement shoot, Thought I would follow up with a few from the wedding on July 11th

c&c always welcome & appreciated

1. Learned a valuable lesson on this one... Always bring a "pretty" hanger with you.
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598258999_HYyuT-L-3.jpg

2. Contemplating the day to come
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/601353389_6WmCL-L.jpg

3. Daddy's Little Girl
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598330340_SpyKh-L-3.jpg

4. Sneaking a Peek
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598350232_YFvcB-L-3.jpg

5. Thumbs Up!
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/601356385_Ne3uc-L.jpg

6. With this ring....
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/601357643_6BcbS-L.jpg

7. Who cares about them
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/601359983_YdPr3-L.jpg

8. Scenes from a cafe
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/601360998_r3ABU-L.jpg

9. Gotta love the pink flip flops

http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598834773_XYDew-L-1.jpg

For this wedding I also had the privilege of having our own DarthSLR Nikolai on board as my second shooter. I dragged him away from his comfort zone of beautiful models and to no-ones surprise he did an amazing job, here are a few of his as well

10 - Cuff links
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598289183_J69RG-L-3.jpg

11. Anticipation
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598313388_XgiWp-L-4.jpg

12. The Kiss
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598618680_TvcNV-L-1.jpg

13. Nik's version of Abbey Road
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/598842676_C8RRK-L-1.jpg

14. First Dance
http://forever-and-a-day-photo.smugmug.com/photos/599385660_nHhpq-L-1.jpg

Thanks for taking the time to look!!

[mmmatt]

A lot of nice stuff here Jeff! Overall I think these are underexposed but just a bit and maybe a little too contrasty for my taste on some, but if that is your processing style than that is fine.

I like how you guys used the stairs, and the group shots in general are all nicely composed. On 7, the b&g don't stand out as the subject like they should maybe, and your different light temps on the men vs ladies is a little distracting. I'm not sure I get your Abbey Road connection on Nik's stair shot. I do really like his dance shot though!!! I think that one (14) and 2 are my faves. Good job getting Nik away from his hot models and studio lights!

Overall it looks like a good time.

Matt

[Jeff_Milo]

Thanks for the feedback Matt, much appreciated. Your right, some were left slightly underexposed, I was going for a certain look stepping a bit outside my norm, not sure if its something i'll do again but fortunately they really liked them. They had expressed an interest in canvas prints on 1 & 8 so I wanted to leave them with a slightly darker look. I lean towards darker more "painted" looks for canvas. Excellent point on #7 with the different light temps. I am going to go an have to play with that a bit more. The general idea with that one was to have the bride & groom not the main focus, again not something I normally do but they wanted a pic with the bridal party as the focus. The hotel didn't offer a lot of different location options. I didn't quite get the abbey road reference either but thats what Nik called it so I went with it. He really is a great photographer and had some awesome ideas.

[Shima]

Good stuff here, I love your framing of the mirror shot, I'm a big mirror dork myself, always use them when they're available! :)

[jeffreaux2]

I like the detail and sharpness of #6, and also Nik's "cufflinks" shot.

:thumb

[zoomer]

A nice series.
I would soften 6 and 12 just a bit, and a bit less contrast.
Overall they all seem a bit dark, need a highlight boost.
Nice compositions and arrangements, nice use of the facility.
My favorite is the thumbs up shot.
Well done.

[Mishka]

These are really good--and I know what you mean with the hanger. I like the idea behind number 7, but I think I would have had the bridal party looking at the bride and groom to draw our eyes to them. It kind of felt like where's waldo in trying to find them.