| Pat, I've not done a wedding yet (other than a few snapshots), but I've had similar dissapointments. I even posted about a screwed-up model shoot in the Post Your Photos section. I did it to try to show others that we all have times where we are less than impressed with the outcomes. And I had total control of the situation (in a studio) and still screwed it up.
The second time I used flash lighting, it got better. I was challenged by having to shoot indoors (it was raining out) and had to balance my single 540 flash with ambient light from the cloudy outdoors. Shooting at 1/20th of a second is not a good idea when you want sharp shots of your model :-) It was also hard to maintain a 2:1 lighting ratio.
My third time with flash the pictures are noticably better. I'm learning, improving and that'll continue. It's still not great, but it'll get there.
My point is, acknowledge what went wrong but don't take up knitting. You'll get better with practice and a positive attitude to learning from mistakes - all of which is MUCH easier said than done :-) |