MY LITTLE SISTERS WEDDING.....

[CHADbee]

My little sister Michele and Laylas(my cute niece) dad got married about a week ago. they were on a limited budget for the wedding and didnt want to pay 1500+ for a wedding photographer so they asked me to shoot the wedding. I now see why wedding photographers charge so much, i was looking through my lens for about 8 hours, ending up with over 1300 images and MANY MANY hours in post processing.

tools i used for this stressful task...

my D50 with nikkor 50mm 1.8 or Sigma 10-20mm
a borrowed D40 with 70-300mm VR
Nikon SB-600 flash(big thanks to kustombuildz for letting me borrow that)
Manfrotto 055x pro legs and compact ballhead
(2) 1 GB cards and (1) 4 GB card

so many people told me not to do this, as i have only been shooting for about a year and only have a entry level SLR(which was a challenge due to having to shoot at high ISO in low light, noise was a bitch) but i couldnt tell them no, cause well, they needed me.

here are some of my favorites from the wedding day. all comments are welcome(keep it respectful thnx)


1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2951383342_fa66ea9118_o.jpg


2
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2951383168_7a4008b4ef_o.jpg


3
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2951382266_5158b44a9e_o.jpg


4
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2950530319_c0e3a3db5d_o.jpg


5
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2951382154_11b571fb81_o.jpg


6
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2951382328_612c29cbd1_o.jpg


7
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2951382962_c4df964bb9_o.jpg


8
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2950531391_c1c3e72f44_o.jpg


9
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/2951383110_756d536bd9_o.jpg


10
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2950530143_b50a02f70b_o.jpg


11
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2950530221_ecc710ce27_o.jpg


12
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2950531457_2344155b59_o.jpg


13
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2950530935_9c3891cb0d_o.jpg


14
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2950531073_85ce567367_o.jpg


15
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2950531191_1cfb8f8904_o.jpg


16
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2950530733_024c091cec_o.jpg


17
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2950531337_93f3747c18_o.jpg


18
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2950529869_38f82ff043_o.jpg


19
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2951382886_3868f9b1d5_o.jpg


20
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2950530379_302b06e25a_o.jpg


21
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2951382706_e59efd20c6_o.jpg


22
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2951462926_7ce390d572_o.jpg


23
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2951462994_6e23fdd2b1_o.jpg


24
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2950530509_c199d2af70_o.jpg


25....LETS GET FUCKED UP :D
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2951383506_26f9477c5e_o.jpg


26
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2951383624_6e3666b178_o.jpg


27
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/2951382836_debb8d4515_o.jpg

[BobbyFresco]

If I ever get married again, I am hiring you as my photographer..Hella nice pics, as usual...The dancing, not so much...LOL

[00CelicaGT]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w114/oocelicagt/2951383342_fa66ea9118_o.jpg

Reach for the shy honkey lol:lmao:

i couldn't resist sorry man, btw great shots as always!:goodjob:

[The BUCKY]

i would have let you shoot my wedding

[CHADbee]

thanks guys, i did my best, she was happy with it.

[james]

your lighting looks off in 23, but otherwise looks good. i like the vignette in the first few.

its safe to say you shot in jpeg right?

[CHADbee]

your lighting looks off in 23, but otherwise looks good. i like the vignette in the first few.

its safe to say you shot in jpeg right?
yeah it is alittle off...i was having trouble getting it right :(

oh yeah, i dont shoot in raw ever.

[Revmaynard]

They look great! The only thing that was off to me is you can't see her eyes in picture 8. Just hollow black circles.....lol

[CHADbee]

They look great! The only thing that was off to me is you can't see her eyes in picture 8. Just hollow black circles.....lol
8 is a bad picture regardless. wide angles for portraits are a big no no and i wouldnt normally do that but its my lil sis and at 10mm people look really funny so in order to make her go "WTF chad?" i broke the rule :lmfao:

[rollininstyle2004]

Great pics man :goodjob:

[Ericp]

pics looks good chad :goodjob:

[uproot]

:goodjob: freakin' sweet :goodjob:

[SixSquared]

Nice shots... I got my first dose of wedding photography recently as well.. didn't put near as much time into post-processing as you did, but I definitely will think twice before nonchalantly saying "sure I can do it" lol.

[87 Turbo II]

Wow good job. I hope I can get to your level someday. I like taking photos, but I could use some pointers from you.

[atlantamx3]

Nice pics again Chad! I have done several weddings and will agree its tough. I did my sister's wedding in June and it wasnt bad, but others I have done were much more difficult.

It is fun to capture the memories and the moment for people and have them loko back on your interpretation on their special day.

[CHADbee]

pics looks good chad :goodjob:
thanks eric, party at my house next weekend, ill be giving you a call tomorrow


Nice shots... I got my first dose of wedding photography recently as well.. didn't put near as much time into post-processing as you did, but I definitely will think twice before nonchalantly saying "sure I can do it" lol.
yeah its not like shooting cars or just your everyday portrait photography. not having control over the lighting makes it really difficult.



Wow good job. I hope I can get to your level someday. I like taking photos, but I could use some pointers from you.
anytime you have any questions just shoot me a PM dude, i have no problem helping where i can.


Nice pics again Chad! I have done several weddings and will agree its tough. I did my sister's wedding in June and it wasnt bad, but others I have done were much more difficult.

It is fun to capture the memories and the moment for people and have them loko back on your interpretation on their special day.
thanks! i would think people that arent your family would be much tougher on you too. i might get into the whole wedding photography thing more just to help pay for some equipment ive been eyeballing but i dont expect it to be easy.

shot you a PM back on automotive photographer network by the way :goodjob:

[DeutscheBAG!]

yeah it is alittle off...i was having trouble getting it right :(

oh yeah, i dont shoot in raw ever.

you might want to start

[The Ren]

Chad.. beautiful pics... nice job!

[puregroove]

good job, dude... considering, you had limited equipment. I will have to make a thread of some of my pics from my cousin's wedding.

[CHADbee]

you might want to start
i know i should, everybody tells me i should shoot in RAW because you avoid have colors off like in #23 but then i just go back and re-edit like this....


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2954399885_71e64353af_o.jpg


and then i dont see the point in it anymore. i know every photographer hates ken rockwell takes everything he says with a grain of salt buuuuut.....

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/raw.htm

i have been well over due on a raw vs jpeg experiment of my own, i might do that today and post the results.

[boostedb16]

what program do you use for editing?

[bandydesign]

5, 6 and 24 I like. I also commented on them on myspace. They look great. Did you get alot of use out of my flash?

[Spektrewing386]

My little sister Michele and Laylas(my cute niece) dad got married about a week ago.

Are you saying your sister married her own uncle?

[james]

don't listen to ken tardwell

[LoveGirl]

Good pictures. I'll have to book you for my wedding. Haha.

[CHADbee]

what program do you use for editing?
photoshop CS2


5, 6 and 24 I like. I also commented on them on myspace. They look great. Did you get alot of use out of my flash?
yes sir i did, it helped alot and thank you again!


Are you saying your sister married her own uncle?
i said she married laylas dad, i said layla is my niece. i dont see how her getting married her daughters father makes that her uncle. thanks for contributing nothing to this thread by not posting about the wedding or the photos. maybe some negative reps will keep you from posting bullshit in my next thread, if not, oh well you still got about -6 anyways, enjoy them.


don't listen to ken tardwell
LOL yeah some of his stuff he is just talking out his ass and you just got to weed through the BS to find it.


Good pictures. I'll have to book you for my wedding. Haha.
im down for it! just let me know!

[Spektrewing386]

you neg repped me lol....




oh i see, they already had the child and you didnt know your sister's husbands name.... that clarifies things.

[CHADbee]

you neg repped me lol....




oh i see, they already had the child and you didnt know your sister's husbands name.... that clarifies things.
its ok reps dont mean anything in the real world :goodjob:

well if i just said "cody, her boyfriend of 4 years" it wouldnt explain the adorable little girl in the photos. i thought it clarified things, i guess not.

[.blank cd]

Great shots Chad!!! :goodjob: Ive seen some wedding photogs photos and alot dont come out with half the compositional creativity as these. I hope they paid you something for this.

[CHADbee]

Great shots Chad!!! :goodjob: Ive seen some wedding photogs photos and alot dont come out with half the compositional creativity as these. I hope they paid you something for this.
i got that manfrotto pro tripod legs and compact ballhead. i said id do it but needed a new tripod :D

they still came out 1/4 what they would have paid for a "pro" :rolleyes:

[.blank cd]

I was also wondering why you were at the camera store and didnt buy a flash

[CHADbee]

I was also wondering why you were at the camera store and didnt buy a flash
i didnt have the cash for photography equipment at the moment, and my sister had already spent so much on the wedding id feel bad asking her for another 220ish bucks for a sb-600 for i said fuck it ill see if i can just borrow one(thanks again kevin!)