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Brush it up

kweide — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:49:53 +0000

What a little post processing can do. It is soooo easy to process a simple, boring picture into an emotional artwork. Try it yourself. Take one or two pictures from your archieve and start playing with your piece of software. You should develop some skills before you do a specific job !

Remember: It is your businesscard you will deliver with the final product ! She will like it and will be surprised and satisfied with your work. The emotional layer is back …

I am the Bride

kweide — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:29:22 +0000

And i simply asked her to stand up, which is not easy in such a weddingdress. But somehow she managed it and suddenly a crowd of guest behind me trying to snap that scene too. Well, i had to work very fast only three shots with a single light “setup” in a “Fire-and-forget” mode. Just a second later and the crowd nearly crashed me down to the floor…. :)

So i took this picture and suddenly they gave Babies to her and she smiled further on. I did not understand why they gave the Babies to her ???

even when she gave back the Babies she continued smiling.

All done with Olympus E-5, Zuiko 12-60, ISO400, f4, 1/160 second and one single hot shoe flash bounced again over my left shoulder…

Do it again

kweide — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:32:34 +0000

From time to time i feel it a good idea to rescan older pictures, just to have a look, to check progress or if it could be done even better now with new ideas or techniques. Well and a wedding is almost a wonderful task with lots of picture, seen but never developed.

So this one had the chance to get an approval from the former bride. And this time it got it, with a big smile in her face :)

You see the smile ??? Both pictures were reworked a bit to get the analog film look.

Make her a star

kweide — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:19:09 +0000

A wedding is a wonderful moment and a beautiful bride is a star, shining bright on her day !! Everything around her on this special day is to serve her, to please her. She is the center, the center of gravity, of majesty of everything.
That is the reason to place her and the groom :), into the center of your photography as well. So did i the last wedding:

Lots of wonderful pictures, tons, not even seen all yet. Bride and groom have to check which ones they want to have into their wedding book, as special prints, as greeting cards for the guest etc… But i took a small handfull of pictures and gave them to the bride and watched her eyes…. ohhhh… that made me smile :). But now she can not wait … :)

The bride

kweide — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:33:11 +0000

As i always said, you do not need the leading edge cameras, the most expensive systems, lenses and light systems to get good pictures. It is always YOU who produces the pictures. And i can proof that statement.

Here you see a bride, dancing. The picture was made with a compact camera.ISO800, automatic flash, 1/25 second. But what you can see also is: deep point of view, complete framing, close to the subject and let her go ….. catch the moment, show the movement. So again, what are you waiting for ???