*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

[The1]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Thanks.

As opposed to increasing the exposure, increasing the fill light and vignette might look good.

I adjusted and i put the 2 versions together for comparison.

[Weebl]

I would nick the saturation/vibrance up a couple of points and try to get the temperature so that the fence and dress are white. If you can blur the rooftop in the background and get a little more on the bottom of the picture by re-cropping.
They will be happy with that.

[Weebl]

She is getting pasty or Canadian looking...
My wife is Canadian.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

I would nick the saturation/vibrance up a couple of points and try to get the temperature so that the fence and dress are white. If you can blur the rooftop in the background and get a little more on the bottom of the picture by re-cropping.
They will be happy with that.

Unfortunatly there's no cropping done on the picture, i usually try to get all my pictures framed on camera, which has been having a tendancy to bite me back in post processing lately.

I was thinking about bringing up some saturation to get the colours in the flowers to pop more.

I'll see what i can come up with. Sadly i'm not familiar with adding blur, so that might be a trick for another day Needs more practice.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

She is getting pasty or Canadian looking...
My wife is Canadian.

haha, she is pastey... I've had that problem with a few of the pictures, she seemed to have used a very light coloured pouder on her face and sometimes she looks black and white.

especially beside him because he's half Multese.

[Weebl]

Gaussian blur??? All I would do is find a brush and start painting. Starting off with opacity lower.
I know nothing of PS BTW.
On the photo forums, you just post the pic and everyone can edit it to their hearts desire.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Gaussian blur??? All I would do is find a brush and start painting. Starting off with opacity lower.
I know nothing of PS BTW.
On the photo forums, you just post the pic and everyone can edit it to their hearts desire.

I think i found something

just sampling around with the brush on Lightroom and i can turn her face black and make the background a little less sharp. so giving that a go, and maybe i can get some colour in her cheeks and make her look a little less Canadian.

[Weebl]

Work on the "HSL" for the reds/oranges to bring her skin out, kill some blue.

[M_Six]

Just dupe the image and flip the lower layer horizontally. Then put a layer mask on the upper layer and paint out the bricks.

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Just dupe the image and flip the lower layer horizontally. Then put a layer mask on the upper layer and paint out the bricks.

your so comfortable with photoshop

I always forget about little tricks like that, i need lots more practice.

that looks good Mark!

[M_Six]

For her skin bring up a new layer and change the blend mode to Soft Light. Then paint carefully with black over just her skin. Then adjust the opacity of that layer to suit.

[M_Six]

Photoshop skills are handy, but you need a great image such as this to start with. This is a very nice wedding photo. Better than many I've seen by folks who got paid a ton to take them.

[Weebl]

+1, although I haven't seen that many. Mark, you image looks very good.

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Photoshop skills are handy, but you need a great image such as this to start with. This is a very nice wedding photo. Better than many I've seen by folks who got paid a ton to take them.

Thanks

I'm working hard at learning my way around, I think post processing is my weakest point at this time. I've been sampling a lot with Lightroom recently and am liking how it's going, but i really need to spend some serious time on photoshop with some tutorials or something to get the most out of pictures.

It's a good friend of mine who got married and i told him I would hand him all my shots no charge other then to tell people about me

I just paid attention to what the hired photographer did and got some ideas for the future from watching him, and also started to wonder his rational behind some of the decisions he made.

He for some reason put all the family portrait stuff with everyones backs to the sun, which i think would have worked if he were on a ladder, but as he was on the ground, he had to have blown out the sky in every picture.

I moved around a lot while he was doing that to avoid getting the sky in the background, but i found it almost impossible. So my buddy is going to make an extra disc of his shots for me to look at.

[Weebl]

Possibly distracting elements in the background low and by blowing out the sky, eliminating ones in the sky too?

[The1]

Originally Posted by Weebl

Possibly distracting elements in the background low and by blowing out the sky, eliminating ones in the sky too?

I hope that was his plan, but he had a window behind and stuff like that. it was a beautifully set up back yard and i can't help but wonder his choice of location. I understand he might have gotten some shadows with sun in one spot, but we could have moved a few things around if he wanted the sun behind him.

I'm wondering if he was relying on his flash really heavily to get a lower exposure on the sky.

[Weebl]

Using the sun off of buildings and sky for fill light? Eliminating harsh shadows from the direct sun?

[M_Six]

My nephew and his bride hired a pro. They got married in front of a large window with a lace drape in front of it and it was very bright outside. The poor photographer had it rough trying to shoot from inside with that glaring window behind the couple. Don't know if she tried to rearrange the ceremony or not. I would have at least tried.

[The1]

my last attempt before bed. lots of softening of the background, exposure dropped on bride, and saturation increased on her as well. white balance tinkered with, flowers with more saturation, and cloned the corner.

Thanks for the hand guys, but I've realized how tired i am because it's taken me about 10 minutes to write this because i'm making so many spelling errors

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

My nephew and his bride hired a pro. They got married in front of a large window with a lace drape in front of it and it was very bright outside. The poor photographer had it rough trying to shoot from inside with that glaring window behind the couple. Don't know if she tried to rearrange the ceremony or not. I would have at least tried.

I feel sorry for that photographer.... that would be a real pain in post processing.

[Weebl]

It isn't even 10pm?
Compare it to the first try, it's new and improved E46/E90

What happens when you are hungry, 18" across and the wave goes out? Left high and dry.

[The1]

haha 10pm = 1am in Ontario time.

Nice shot. At least he's still wet

and thanks, i'm fairly content with how the last image came out.