Saturday's wedding - DPChallenge Forums

03/02/2007 12:43:35 AM · #1

Some pictures from last Saturday's wedding:

That's DPC's

skylercall in the background. He helped me out with the wedding photography that day!

I love the look on the parent's face in this one.

Whoa... wrong way, fella! :-)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/02/2007 12:55:54 AM · #2

By the way, except for the image on the 2nd line, all of these are unedited proofs ... straight out of the new Adobe Lightroom. This was my first "real" usage of LR to produce proofs.

skylercall

Canon EOS-7D

03/02/2007 01:01:02 AM · #3

Originally posted by dwterry:

That's DPC's skylercall in the background. He helped me out with the wedding photography that day!

...And we had fun too!

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

03/02/2007 10:43:18 AM · #4

Just a bump for the day crew.

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

03/02/2007 10:50:28 AM · #5

Great shots, guys! Processing looks great too, I'm sure they're going to be thrilled with them.

alfresco

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/02/2007 10:57:27 AM · #6

Those are great shots!!! Very nicely done :)

mecfcosta

Canon EOS-30D

Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon

03/02/2007 11:02:17 AM · #7

Very nice, David! Otimo trabalho :)
Maybe one day I'll grow up to be like you :-D

03/02/2007 11:05:23 AM · #8

Originally posted by mecfcosta:

Otimo trabalho :)

Hehe... eu adoro quando alguÃ©m fala portuguÃªs comigo assim! :-)

03/02/2007 11:08:00 AM · #9

Originally posted by idnic:

Great shots, guys! Processing looks great too, I'm sure they're going to be thrilled with them.

I think LR's ability to manipulate the images ahead of any PS work is going to be a big boon. The only downside is the longer processing time. Not LR's conversion time, but my time in going through the images. LR's user interface is slower than RSP, plus, with more capability at hand, I spend more think time on the images as well.

mpeters

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/02/2007 11:15:33 AM · #10

The look great Terry! Nice and clean with interesting lines and angles.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/02/2007 11:17:51 AM · #11

nice pics.

I am curious as to what you were you using for lighting?

what settings did you have on your cam? iso shutter and fstop?

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

03/02/2007 11:22:31 AM · #12

Nice! Did you use a flash for these two, or a high ISO?

What did you have for flash on this on, onboard?

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The lighting is quite nice.

03/02/2007 11:26:27 AM · #13

and about lightroom. Don't you find it fairly slow editing an image or what kind of computer are you using.

When I have used lightroom before it was click, wait, click, wait wait wait wait, click wait....

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/02/2007 11:27:15 AM · #14

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

Nice! Did you use a flash for these two, or a high ISO?
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These were done with the 580EX. Flash angled upwards with the little white card pulled out and facing forward.

Originally posted by Strikeslip:

What did you have for flash on this on, onboard?

The lighting is quite nice.

Actually, I had the lightsphere on the 580, and a slave flash set up on a stand. I had taken several images where the slave fired so that I had side lighting. Unfortunately, I didn't adjust the balance of the lighting ahead of time and I really don't care for the slide lighting too much on those images. But on this one, the slave didn't fire. So this is just illuminated with the 580+lightsphere.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

03/02/2007 11:27:38 AM · #15

That's a wicked cool shot. I wish to heck I could make photos like that...

03/02/2007 11:29:30 AM · #16

Originally posted by leaf:

Brand new Core 2 Duo 6600, overclocked abou 10%. And yes, I still find it fairly slow to "move around in". I've watched it export individual images, and the processor is fast! I'm assuming that's where RSP's technology went. But the user interface could still be sped up quite a bit.

Here's what I've found to help out so far:

Point LR at your images and tell it to "render standard previews" and then just let it do its thing. That's kind of what RSP was doing anyway. When it's done, the user interface speeds up considerably. Still not a speed demon, but better.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/02/2007 11:31:08 AM · #17

Originally posted by nards656:

That's a wicked cool shot. I wish to heck I could make photos like that...

Focus, recompose. It works if they aren't moving very much. If they are, then just focus on the couple with a wider angle and crop later in Lightroom! ;-)

Bernard_Marx

Canon EOS-40D

03/02/2007 11:42:07 AM · #18

Brilliant addition. Always professional stuff from you!

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/02/2007 11:54:18 AM · #19

Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by nards656:

That's a wicked cool shot. I wish to heck I could make photos like that...

Focus, recompose. It works if they aren't moving very much. If they are, then just focus on the couple with a wider angle and crop later in Lightroom! ;-)

I think there are lens quality and probably camera sensor quality issues, too. The clarity and detail in her hair is amazing - at least to me. Obviously lighting and good PP comes in to play, too.

I'm always awed when I see REALLY good wedding photography. Thanks for sharing. It's inspiring.

03/02/2007 11:59:21 AM · #20

Originally posted by dwterry:

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Nice! Did you use a flash for these two, or a high ISO?
-

These were done with the 580EX. Flash angled upwards with the little white card pulled out and facing forward.

Originally posted by Strikeslip:
What did you have for flash on this on, onboard?

The lighting is quite nice.

Actually, I had the lightsphere on the 580, and a slave flash set up on a stand. I had taken several images where the slave fired so that I had side lighting. Unfortunately, I didn't adjust the balance of the lighting ahead of time and I really don't care for the slide lighting too much on those images. But on this one, the slave didn't fire. So this is just illuminated with the 580+lightsphere.

did you use an umbrella for your slave flash (when it did fire) or just fired straight on.

Yeah, like others have said, nice lighting. Things look well lit up with out harsh shadows, and things have nice tones.

03/02/2007 12:10:00 PM · #21

Originally posted by nards656:

I think there are lens quality and probably camera sensor quality issues, too. The clarity and detail in her hair is amazing - at least to me. Obviously lighting and good PP comes in to play, too.

No PP yet. But I do agree. That's the Canon 5D with the 24-70 2.8L lens. I *love* that combo. :-)

03/02/2007 12:11:27 PM · #22

Originally posted by leaf:

did you use an umbrella for your slave flash (when it did fire) or just fired straight on.

Yes, I had the umbrella on the slave. I think I had stepped too far forward and the umbrella (which is pointing forward) blocked the sensor so it didn't see the 580 go off.

In any case, the LS worked good in this instance. I really like the LS for some things. Not so much for others.

03/02/2007 12:15:45 PM · #23

what camera settings were you getting on those shots? - or how much were you having to push the iso vs shutterspeed.

GoldBerry

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

03/02/2007 12:18:06 PM · #24

All these shots are technically very well done! This just confirms that I need a new (better) lens!