[johnnymc]

August 25, 2015 at 10:41 pm

Do you still have the strip boxes?

[johnnymc]

August 13, 2014 at 9:42 pm

A nice capture of a happy guy!

Would prefer to see your light source more to the side…..lighting is flat and almost straight.

Super expression though !

[johnnymc]

July 30, 2013 at 10:22 pm

Have you told your photographer that your unhappy with the images, and if so what was his response?

[johnnymc]

June 19, 2013 at 9:22 pm

Offer withdrawn…….poor form not to reply to offers.

[johnnymc]

June 18, 2013 at 11:26 pm

Offer €50 to include postage to Galway

[johnnymc]

May 7, 2013 at 10:58 am

I wish you the very best of luck with your new venture!

I’d also ignore the post of Photosligo telling you “it won’t work”.

There are a lot of variables to business’ such geographics, population, overheads , supply and demand, the determination and work ethic of those involved etc. Without knowing these variables, I don’t know why someone would start a reply with such a negative remark such as “it won’t work”.

I started a wedding business four years ago and I’m lucky that it’s going well for me. If I listened to those around me giving out about the over populated suppliers market, I wouldn’t have taken the chance, and would probably be miserable in some other job. I also have a studio built onto my home, and it does bring in an income, although nowhere near necessary to make ends meet. If I was solely reliant on this, I would be looking at setting up in a more populated place ….. which unfortunately tends to bring higher overheads but in some cases it’s justified.

As Gerry said, do your homework, but don’t dwell too long on the negative stuff that may be throw away remarks as opposed to constructive views.

[johnnymc]

May 7, 2013 at 10:48 am

Excellent work Gerry, thank you!

[johnnymc]

April 15, 2013 at 10:47 pm

I’m not aware of any togs that would have a meeting with the priest for each wedding, just isn’t practical. Common sense to prevail in most instances. I make sure I introduce myself to priests before weddings, some are great and give you free reign, a lot are difficult and don’t give you the time of day……I’ve had one or two that have power trips and tell you that you can’t take any photos when their on the alter!!!! Just work on a discreet manner and try not to draw too much attention to yourself, always works!

Good luck

[johnnymc]

December 19, 2012 at 9:44 pm

Manual in my opinion is the only way to go as long as you have a flash meter.

Tripod, slower shutter speed and try manually setting the flash while using a large (number) aperture.

Good luck,

John

[johnnymc]

December 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm

There are a few factors causing your focus problems…..and I don’t think it’s necessarily a camera problem (although the cropped sensor does play a role).

Your depth of field is very narrow at F2.8. For example, if you were only 5 feet from your subject when taking the shot and were zoomed in using the 75mm range of your lens, your depth of field is only about 4 inches. Shooting at the same distance but using the wide angle of your zoom gives you a depth of field of about 30 inches….considerable difference. It would help matters if you used one focus point on your camera as opposed to chancing matters with all of the sensors switched on….it gives you hit and miss results.

With regards to your results, it’s highly unlikely that you would have had both parties in focus at F2.8.

Av mode should NEVER be used when using flash……your camera will calculate an exposure for ambient lighting and never takes your flash into consideration.

Hope this helps somewhat,

John

It’s also recommended when using on camera flash not to go above 400 ISO.

[johnnymc]

November 21, 2012 at 10:17 pm

You did well to get a young child to pose like that…..and not cover his face with his hands!

I think these shots look a bit stronger when you can see the length of the subject….that is have them lying at an angle as opposed to face on. I prefer the second shot, and like the sharpening … Well done.

[johnnymc]

September 27, 2012 at 6:27 pm

I use Light Blue and it exports pretty good information to Excel.

Pretty good piece of Photography Business software.

[johnnymc]

September 15, 2012 at 6:47 pm

In my opinion, there’s no alternative other than to use a light meter to get your exposures correct for studio flash photography.

One of the best investments a photographer will make.

[johnnymc]

August 25, 2012 at 9:13 am

Super photo!

[johnnymc]

August 15, 2012 at 3:19 pm

I think you’ve done very well for your first wedding and I think your processing is very good.

A couple of things that stick out a small bit to me,

The image on the RH side of the Bridal Party outside the quad in NUIG (1st row of shots), I would have had the bride and groom on the same step (It looks a small bit odd that the groom is down lower than the bride).
In the 2nd row, I would have asked the bride to lower the bouquet a small bit. I also think the shot of the bride sitting in front of the wine doors looks a bit unusual. Her body is facing the camera straight on yet her feet are at angles and look a bit uncomfortable.If her bouquets was included in the bottom left corner, it could have balanced the foliage on the top right side of the image nicely.

I like the portrait below that (3rd row) and I like the diagonal of the veil.

The montage below that contains good detailed shots tat in my opinion are composed well. I wouldn’t be a fan however of the veil crossing the bride’s eye in this portrait.

The shots in the hotel look quote nice and the symmetry of the staircase adds to the composition of all of the shots. Where is this?

The weakest of the shots is the last one (bottom right), couple aren’t as well lit as other shots and maybe they could dominate the frame a bit better if lower down the staircase.

Work to be proud of for your first wedding, well done!

Best of luck,

John