Portraits of the day

[Trevlan]

I was invited to shoot an Indian wedding today. I'm far from a wedding photographer, so I'll leave the ceromony and such out. These are my better efforts of the day. C&C always welcomed, especially when it involves the composition. Thanks for looking. Any questions on the lighting, please ask.

#1 The Usual Suspect
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608270449_G4FXn-L.jpg

#2
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608271174_8vy74-L.jpg

#3 The Groom
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608272306_iqbnH-L.jpg

#4
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608274392_QNcLu-L.jpg

#5
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608275075_Ue5e2-L.jpg

#6
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608275761_xPEac-L.jpg

#7 Bride and Groom
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608277838_TcpvZ-L.jpg

#8 Just a Witness
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608278404_Mr8aB-L.jpg

#9 Bride's Maid
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608279113_5CSSP-L.jpg

#10 20 More Years Please...
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608279757_2NBMf-L.jpg

#11
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608280414_m3P5X-L.jpg

#12
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608280561_u2qfX-L.jpg

#13
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608281270_eVn2n-L.jpg

#14
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608281561_oqU8g-L.jpg

#15
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608281748_RykyA-L.jpg

#16 Looking Towards the Future
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608281919_dWmgN-L.jpg

#17 Fancy Footwork
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608282032_DKFj3-L.jpg

Please excuse any spelling errors, my eyes are tired. lol. Enjoy!

[Flutist]

Very nice Frank!! Can't wait to get together again! You are progressing leaps and bounds each day!

What was your setup for these?

[Shrikrishna]

Frank, Contrasty & colorful images - good lighting too. #7, #13 are excellent crop/compositions.

[Wil Davis]

Man, what fabulous colours and great textures! When you got into your stride, you really came up with the goods! I especially like 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 & 15. It's interesting that the groom's expression didn't seem to change all that much. I think that 10 & 11 are priceless!

Nice job! :thumb

- Wil

[divamum]

MAN what you do with eyes. You always say, "Oh, I didn't do anything", but every darn shot you post has these AWESOME sparkly eyes. What are you seeing in the viewfinder that gets that sp consistently, cuz I wanna do it too!!!!!!:clap

Bravo all round. Particularly like 12 and 14. :thumb

[bdcolen]

[QUOTE=Trevlan]I was invited to shoot an Indian wedding today. I'm far from a wedding photographer, so I'll leave the ceromony and such out. These are my better efforts of the day. C&C always welcomed, especially when it involves the composition. Thanks for looking. Any questions on the lighting, please ask.


#2
http://trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/608271174_8vy74-L.jpg

Nice stuff, but #2 is really special. Way to see.

[torags]

Excellent effort Frank. #1 is the weakest (blown facial highlights).

It's tough to get the right exposures on skin, but you did a great job.

It's also tough to work with so much white clothing. For example #16, the groom's clothing blends with the blown sky. I guess a wedding photog has to pick his backgrounds with clothing in mind.

Good job

[Richard]

Great set, Frank. I agree with the others who singled out #2. The groom looks mighty serious--I wonder if that might be a cultural thing. My wife adamantly refuses to smile for photographs too. :dunno

[Trevlan]

I think it might be a cultural thing in regars to the smiling. The groom is Hindu and I believe the wife is Christian. The ceremony looked like a funeral, very serious, and alot of coreographed actions with the hands.

The lighting, belive it or not, was one SB 800 on a quick flip with a diffuser dome. I recently did a hack on my D40 that allows me to use flash at the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000 of a second. With turns my wimpy SB 800 into a light source more powerful than the sun at times.

The treatment on the eyes is my usual 10% dodge on midtones. Nothing special other than that, I must make sure I'm in a good position so that the environment makes a great catchlight.

#1 was more of a mug shot because he's a little menace. :-)

I personally love #2 as well. I swear, if looks could kill... She's going to grow up to be a really lovely lady someday.

White is so tough to shoot. Sometimes I wish it was expelled from people's wardrobe. Thanks for all of the comments, and critique. I've improve because of your help.

Shooting with composition in mind, it allows me to make use of more of the frame.

On #16, lol, the sky was as bright as ever, and his white suit didn't help. I reckon I was too close with the SB as it's power is significanlt increased. That shot was, main SB 800 camera left, f5.6 1/800 and the undiffused sun as fill. Not a single cloud in the sky after previous day's rain. But you have to work with what you have. And the clients were very happy with all of the shots.

My friends of Dgrin, I've seen various shots from you all in the greenest of grass, what do you do to remove the green color cast from this giant green reflector?