Wedding @ South Main Baptist Church

[Paulo]

Images are from a recent Houston wedding... CC welcome (especially regarding exposure).

Nikon D200
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8
Nikon 80-200mm F2.8D (ol' push-pull)
SB-800 Speedlight

[Robin Binder]

Paulo, I love them.

[my3peas]

nice Paulo. That church shot looks beautiful :) Exposure looks good to me. Cake shot and make-up shot look a bit too warm for my taste.

[Paulo]

Thanks Robin/ Christie!
Yeah, the make-up and cake shots were challenging to me and I tried to balance the exposure to where it looks as natural as can be.

The available light for the make up shot was lots of fluorescent lights above (bride's right side) and 3 strong incandescent bulbs (bride's left) situated 3' away, level to bride's head. I should have done a better job in getting her skin tone correct.

The wedding cake was off-white (almost yellowish), sitting right next to a curtain-less window (lots of daylight), with a strong incandescent 'spotlight' directly above the cake AND a series of flourescent lights to the right side of the cake. I have a feeling, a touch of fill flash may have given a cleaner looking image.

A few of my past post processing were becoming very heavy handed so I tried to keep it at a bare minimum to keep things looking more natural.

[lscottpht]

I love them, you did a great job! A couple of them look a bit warm, but they are all still wonderful.

[mramos]

Great job Paulo. Your best stuff yet.

[Paulo]

Thank you, Miguel!

[shoyles]

Very nice work. I think you nailed the exposure.

[Paulo]

Originally Posted by shoyles

Very nice work. I think you nailed the exposure.

Hey! Welcome back, Steve! I really appreciate you answering my question regarding flash gels even though you were in China. Worked great and made my post work sooo much easier. Thank you!

[PhotosbyHollyWood]

great captures, nice exposure, however on my screen (mind you it haas not been calibrated in a long time) some of the colors look a bit warm, off

other than that nice job and what pretty wedding... love that church as I was a member there for years!

[Paulo]

Thank you, Holly. I'll have to calibrate mine as well because some of the images, specifically bride getting make-up and both cakes look warmer on the computer screen at my office than the one I edited them on. But I also have a strong feeling that with the mixed lighting in the preparation room and reception hall, I favored an incorrect WB.

The church is gorgeous but whew, pastor & wedding coordinator are STRICT on the photography rules. I got along with them fine and can emphatize on why they've resorted to this. A few 'bad apples' messed it up for everyone else coming to shoot after them...

[shoyles]

Originally Posted by Paulo

Hey! Welcome back, Steve! I really appreciate you answering my question regarding flash gels even though you were in China. Worked great and made my post work sooo much easier. Thank you!

Hey, I'm glad the gells worked for you. Still in Asia for one more week. Craving a chicken fried stake and an ice tea big time.

[Stifled_1]

Hi Paulo

You work is really nice.