Preparing for an Upcoming (and First!) Wedding Shoot

[matt]

Good stuff, Mike. Looking forward to seeing some of those shots.

Especially the 17-40L..

I'll be picking one of these up next weekend to use with my 40D.

[iceman (Mike)]

Here's a few quick ones - some processing in Raw Shooter Premium but then just resized for web in photoshop.

Will be doing more work on them later.

Taken with the Canon 20D + Canon 24-105L lens.

I've gone through the "formal" ones and picked 100 or so that are "better than the others" and will work on those more.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Very sweet Mike, top work, you have another hidden talent .

[iceman (Mike)]

Humayun - up and coming pro photographer

Shot with the Canon 20D + 17-40L lens.

[Octane (Humayun)]

A few that I shot.

It's those little candid moments, within the larger moments, that are so special.

All shot with the new 5D Mark II and an assortment of L-series glass. If anyone's interested, I'd be happy to post more.

If anyone's getting married, or wants an engagement shoot, give me a holler.

Doesn't Mike look all swanky on his special day? And, what's that attached to his camera?

Comments and critique, welcome.

Regards,
Humayun

[iceman (Mike)]

They turned out awesome, H. I can't wait to see the rest.

The 24-105 lens of yours is just great. The few that I took using the 200mm were good too, very sharp lenses.

[Jen]

stunning photos Mike they look awsome
there is good money in doing wedding photos for people, keep it up im sure you will get a job or two out of these pics
What a shame im already married

[stevejack (Steve)]

Great photos! Really nice.

One thing I noticed this weekend (I was best man at a wedding) was that the photographer doing during the formal shots was occasionally showing the bride and groom actual pictures (from magazines etc) of how she wanted them to stand/pose/look to achieve certain shots.

This may even be standard practice (?) but it stuck me as a much easier way for the photographer to get her ideas across compared with verbal explanations alone. Something i'll definitely remember if i ever take wedding photos again

Great job guys - hope word of mouth spreads and you get a lot more work out of it!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve,

Thank you for the kind words.

I have heard of that before. It's also common in portraiture work and fashion shoots. The thing is, you're just parodying someone elses style instead of developing your own. If that's what one's after, that's all good. I'd much prefer to develop my own style.

I have another one next weekend to shoot.

Regards,
Humayun

[sheeny (Al)]

Nice work guys!

Mike... don't want to seem picky... but just in case it gets lost in all the images you're processing - you might want to straighten up the final version of No 4 in the first batch you posted. It's a little bit right hand down. I'm sure you'd pick it anyway.

Well done!

Al.