Wet Wedding

John Young

John Young

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I photographed a wedding recently and it rained all day long - but the bride and groom were good sport and we managed to get some nice photos for them

Yes I know the flash it to bright but by now (after walk in garden) the bride and groom were ready to get inside



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Chris@sabor

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I've only been here a couple days and have noticed that most prefer to just "like" a photo or not.
At the risk of sticking my neck out, with limited experience, I'd just like to say that I love the idea and composition. The overexposed umbrella is such an attention getter that for me hurts the image, a lot.

Why can this not be fixed or improved in post?

I wouldn't have commented had I not liked the photo so much!
 
John Young

John Young

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Thank you both ......

The flash was held by my wife behind them bride and groom pointing into the umbrella

The umbrella is to bright - totally agree and its not actually blown out but if I try to compensate it with adjustment brush etc in RAW it goes a grey colour and looks bad
 
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Blacktop

Senior Member
John Young said:
Thank you both ......

The flash was held by my wife behind them bride and groom pointing into the umbrella

The umbrella is to bright - totally agree and its not actually blown out but if I try to compensate it with adjustment brush etc in RAW it goes a grey colour and looks bad
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I actually kind of like it the more I look at it. It gives the appearance that the umbrella is actually a lamp shining down on the bride and groom.
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Chris@sabor said:
I've only been here a couple days and have noticed that most prefer to just "like" a photo or not.
At the risk of sticking my neck out, with limited experience, I'd just like to say that I love the idea and composition. The overexposed umbrella is such an attention getter that for me hurts the image, a lot.

Why can this not be fixed or improved in post?

I wouldn't have commented had I not liked the photo so much!
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I think comments are preferred in most cases, its just with me i try to view most images on here (which i often fail at) so commenting on all of them i like would be too time consuming.
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
John Young said:
I photographed a wedding recently and it rained all day long - but the bride and groom were good sport and we managed to get some nice photos for them

Yes I know the flash it to bright but by now (after walk in garden) the bride and groom were ready to get inside



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Camera
NIKON D610

Focal Length
48mm

Aperture
f/4

Exposure
1/200s

ISO
400​

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Not sure i believe you,rain in the north east of England,are you sure :D like what you have done though.
 
John Young

John Young

Senior Member
Blacktop said:
I actually kind of like it the more I look at it. It gives the appearance that the umbrella is actually a lamp shining down on the bride and groom.
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Thank you........

Yes that is exactly what I was going for, its a cream umbrella so I thought it would reflect the flash well down onto them and also highlight the rain
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

Senior Member
I think it looks great yes the umbrella is over exposed but I think it works in this one.
I would actually like to see the colour version.
 
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SteveH

Senior Member
I have seen quite a few people in the OCF Facebook group use the reflector studio umbrellas for a similar effect, and have the flash on low power inside the umbrella, which could also be worth a try :)
 
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Skwaz

Senior Member
John Young said:
I photographed a wedding recently and it rained all day long - but the bride and groom were good sport and we managed to get some nice photos for them

Yes I know the flash it to bright but by now (after walk in garden) the bride and groom were ready to get inside



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Love it , it's different , look at there faces they are in love fabshot
 
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PapaST

Senior Member
I really like the photo. IMO, if that's the way you wanted the photo to turn out then there's no need to apologize for it. Superb image. :)
 
John Young

John Young

Senior Member
Thank you everyone for the feedback - it means a lot.

The bride & groom loved it to, I suppose with it being so wet and dark and dreary day I wanted something dramatic
 
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RobV

Senior Member
I love it! I, too, thought the flash was up in the umbrella, until you explained it and I saw the light on the lower part of their faces.

They were lucky to have you for a photographer!

edit: And the umbrella is VERY cool!
 
John Young

John Young

Senior Member
RobV said:
I love it! I, too, thought the flash was up in the umbrella, until you explained it and I saw the light on the lower part of their faces.

They were lucky to have you for a photographer!

edit: And the umbrella is VERY cool!
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Thank you very much - that's a kind thing to say :)
 
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