The wedding was at 5:30 and at the last minute my sister in law says they don`t have a Photographer and I have to take the pictures. Did it pro bono.

 

Love that red brick path.

 

Very nice.

 

Some nice shots. I also shot my first wedding this past weekend. It was my brothers wedding and he didn't hire a photographer.

 

First pic the composition is way off and blurry..I would have gotten lower and shot it vertically..You have to watch your cropping of fingers, hands etc.. as well. Shooting with a shallower DOF whould have isolated the subjects better to make it pop..Post-processing looks flat. I would bump the contrast up atleast..

 

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I cropped some of the negative space from top and re-touched the jpeg..
This is your strongest image out of the batch.. Click on pic to see it bigger..

 

*sigh

 

Shot the whole wedding with the 18-55 kit lens. After this it prompted me to buy some better glass. I was happy enough and the bride and groom (friends of over 20 years) were ecstatic.

 

What glass did you buy?

 

Bought a 17-85. Now I am thinking of doing an upgrade from that. I have 5 lens and my goal is to replace all of them with either a nicer walk around lens or combo with telephoto.


And I hope nobody asks me to shoot a wedding at the last minute again. Haha. Especially one I was invited to.

 

Fast glass is the way to go for sure...2.8 or lower...

 

I have convinced myself that a better lens would have yielded better results. The 18-55 is a nice kit lens, but as I get into photography more and more there are some options out there I want to explore.


Here is a few I have been looking at:
Canon 17-55 f2.8
Sigma 17-70 f2.8-4
Canon 15-85 f3.5-f5.6 (this one is the direct replacement to the 17-85)

 

How so?

Anyone can convince themselves that throwing money into gear will make them better, one of those very people is posting in here now...

I'll jump real quick and mention a couple things...and I'll do it without being a complete douchebag and just retouching your photos with asking your permission.

The quality of the images you posted are fine. Good even. What you need to concentrate on is your composition (head room/lead space/etc) which focal length to use when, and getting the shot in focus.

You have some decent shots in your posted selection from someone with little experience who was singled out last minute to shoot. You just need to hone your skills before you start dropping coin.

Example, you have a vertical/portrait frame of a row of guests...it would have been better as a horizontal/landscape shot maybe taking a step or 3 back.

Keep practicing...worry about spending money later.

 

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Putting better glass in front of your camera will help your photography by allowing you to shoot better in low-light situations and help with DOF..Not to mention better build quality and lens elements, coatings etc...If you have the $$ and really hooked on shooting. Then go for it Nick..Camera bodies come and go. But the glass makes all the difference...

 

Out of those 3 I would choose the first one..But if you want to get more into shooting people, then the longer lenses will be more flattering for portraiture or events of people..The 85mm 1.8L would be one of the best lens for that..But for events the 70mm-200mm 2.8L would be more versatile. Just depends on what type of photographer you want to be..