Jag valde att ta bilder på en band som spelade på bröllopet i fredags.

Bandet heter Jelly.

Den här bilden och de två senare är med ett vidvinkel. På kameran hade jag en blixt inställd på 2nd curtain sync.

Den här bilden blev något överexponerad på hans hand.

Vi skulle välja en favorit och jag har valt den första bilden, men den här blev rätt lustig pga förvrängningen.

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Robert

Tur att jag har betalat en kille för att ge kritik på mina bilder :)

Hi Robert…

Don't be afraid to get that flash off your camera…or bounce that flash behind you…Also, don't be afraid to play around with even slower shutter speed in conjunction with a faster aperture, I think that might help to give shot a bit more of the room ambience.

I think the flash balance and color is particularly good in #1, though the moment is a bit odd in the player at left. While I think second curtain is a good thing in theory, I think what happens is that the flash picks the moment rather than you (because it fires at the end of the shutter cycle as opposed to firing right away). If you get blurs in a reception scene, I don't think it's critical to have the ambient trails going in the left to right direction, I think it's even more important to get the perfect moment.

Because of that I don't use second curtain synch at all, because I want to pick my moment that the flash goes off, if that makes sense?

I like #2 and think it's a good use of the wide angle, though I might shoot with the same focal length and back up to show more of the band in context to the space OR get even closer to the horn player and fill the frame with that person.

Be very careful, though with wide angle lenses. I think there's a real allure to use them because they look cool, but I think it can be easy to distort people. In #3, I think they might be a bit close to the edge because there is some distortion going on. Perhaps back up about 1.5 to 2 feet to give them just a little framing and room to maneuver.

Plus, the mikes really block their faces and especially their mouths and as singers I really want to see that…so being off to the side might be better choice.

Also, remember that wide angles need to have you keep the camera and the film plane even with subject otherwise you'll get distortion looking up.

I try to go no wider than 28mm or 35mm on a full frame camera because I still find it difficult to make an extreme wide lens work really well in those situations. I find that 35mm and 50mm on full frame cameras offer a slightly less distorted look at the world and if used right can give a sense of being wider than they are just by backing up…

If you use a wide lens and it's sometimes really necessary just make sure you fill the frame in the foreground, midground and the background…use every aspect of the space and try to think of the image in those terms.

Thanks Robert I hope this is a useful critique!!

Best,

Paul