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Forum: General Photography
05-20-2016, 12:52 PM
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Hi, and great job on your first wedding! Obviously it's a big event, and stepping back and assessing your images critically will be your best route to improvement, and I'm sure you're already doing so.
I won't comment much on the composition or other details, as I think they are very nice images, and flaws that I see are also known by you. One thing I will definitely suggest is to take a close look at high-contrast areas while editing photos. I'm seeing quite a significant amount of chromatic aberrations (purple and green fringing). My guess is that these images were taken mostly wide-open or on high-offending lenses for chroma. If you edit with LR, it really is a very easy fix, and something to watch for in the future.
Best of luck on your future weddings!
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Forum: General Photography
05-20-2016, 12:01 PM
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Thoughts (based on text, not photos - can't look at them right now):
A grainy high-ISO photo is significantly better than a not-grainy blurmonster. Especially at web sizes.
Going black & white covereth a multitude of sins, and in many cases will look better, especially if it's grainy.
The K5 autofocus is weak in low-light vs its successors - you might be thinking of people on here comparing ISO performance vs K3, or the autofocus of the K5-ii (as compared to the K5), maybe?
Reception is a party. Treat it like a party. Wider angle - larger depth of field. (Maybe 1 camera with a hyperfocused wide prime that you just point & shoot without having to focus, the other with a zoom for catching closeups)
Easier to get macro ring shots before the wedding when they're polished and untouched. Our photographer got ours from the best man while I was getting dressed. There were a few closeups on our hands during the ceremony and later, but we spent enough time posing for him without having to wait for him to switch to a macro setup.
Keep in mind that the couple has spent a very large quantity of money to throw a party and they'd like to participate in it, not sit in front of the camera for hours. (I'm still a little annoyed at our photographer for keeping my wife occupied while he messed around getting lighting perfect for formal photos with his medium format film body - which never got developed because [insert lame excuse here] - positioning the lights, sure, but messing with exposures, he should have been able to do with a tablecloth.)
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Forum: General Photography
05-20-2016, 09:28 AM
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I shot my first wedding in January. I had the same issues of very low light. We weren't allowed flashes in the church and the couple were so scattered they didnt' stick around for photos. Most of what we got was at the reception using a Westcott Orb with Yongnuo IV and TX. The low light stuff was a nearly impossible balance of desperately trying to bring down ISO even at F4 1/50 I was going in the ISO 4000+ range. Add on subject movement and man... Oh and no one except the daughter had any awareness about smiling nicely. I attribute that to her being in her early twenties and a product of the selfie generation. She always looked great. The times the bride smiled you kind of wished she didn't... and the brides' mother... ouch.
Anyways, I can certainly appreciate your struggle. I wish I had more opportunities. I was technically the second at this wedding but had more knowledge, more confidence, and technically better gear. I'm hoping to go K1 eventually for the low light issue. I'm not a fan of ISO 3200 or even 1600 really on my K3. Though I might decide otherwise if I ever printed anything.
For web, I believe if you research what sizes each platform compresses / resizes images to, you can use lightroom to do the resizing. I believe it does a better job. At least you have more control. Other options I've used for showing people images before giving them any are Adobe CC's public collection (if they have the direct link), Google drive shared folder (read only?), and one I have but haven't tested is format.com's client proofing. I also use LR plugins for Facebook and Format.com for direct uploading. I haven't compared this automated method vs the manual export and upload method.
Not sure if any of this helps, but I wish you well on your next four weddings. If you were close, I'd ask to jump in as your second!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
01-11-2017, 06:21 AM
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Pitbike photoshot:
K1 + DFA 24-70, DA60-200 and F fish 17-28. Light 3xRF-602 + YN560 II + PENTAX AF 540FGZ.
Focus: prefocus on desired position so almost manual focus ;)
this one only sun :)
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Forum: General Photography
02-13-2016, 04:19 PM
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That sounds interesting I've always–wait where's the link?
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-30-2015, 08:53 AM
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Glorietta Mall. This is a big mall in Makati by Greenbelt and the Shangri-La and Peninsula hotels amongst others. Credit card statement says Camerahaus Glorietta 2, Makati (see CameraHaus seventh down on left). It's in a wing full of high tech shops (hi-fi, cellphones, etc) on the right as you walk out of the central area. Can't remember which floor. They had a huge fibre glass model of the camera in the shop doorway (that's what caught my eye initially). I think the staff said it was owned by the Pentax distributor for Phils. It was 24,990 pesos with lens and strap. No case or anything.
Richard
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-02-2012, 09:10 PM
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We all do, that's why we're here! :ugh:
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