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The Bridesmaid and the Flower Girl


The Bridesmaid and the Flower Girl
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Copyright: richard james (Kilted-Arab) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1002 W: 105 N: 2085] (8793)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-21
Categories: Decisive Moment, Friends/Family
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon 24-70 mm f 2,8 L-USM, Hoya 77mm UV
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Priceless TL members Children Smiles II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-24 6:46
Viewed: 832
Points: 84
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Just an unofficial snap taken at a wedding I was at in Scotland over the weekend.

The flower girl is my wee lassie, Hannah - I think her first time at a wedding and she loved getting dressed up :-)

The bridesmaid, a friends daughter, was really good with Hannah and Jessica(also a flower girl) and she made sure the wee girls were ok with all the hustle and bustle that goes with a wedding.

Shot in RAW, cropped, w/b adjusted, resized, jpegged.
zebulus, GreenBaron, dareco, pratiwi, Silke, lilimih33, MLINES, kross1, Urfaust, shelbeesmom, wilth, jan515, manujmehta, kiwi_explorer, pdp, yasin, boomcat, tlacoyoweb, korbee has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To boomcat: thank you!!Kilted-Arab 1 07-14 16:49
To pdp: thank youKilted-Arab 2 07-08 23:09
To manujmehta: the lens...Kilted-Arab 3 06-29 20:50
To appalcarp: ...interesting...Kilted-Arab 3 06-28 02:18
To Silke: i wish...Kilted-Arab 2 06-27 09:48
To kross1: you're right :-)Kilted-Arab 1 06-27 09:37
To shelbeesmom: ??Kilted-Arab 2 06-27 06:05
To MLINES: the lens...Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:48
To lilimih33: :-)Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:44
To trampas: haha!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:42
To Twinkletoes: Thanks!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:39
To flamingo: :-)Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:38
To spacebar: thanks!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:37
To ShellyOB: Thanks!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:33
To pratiwi: Hi!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:27
To dareco: thanks!!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:25
To mesquens1: thanks!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:24
To GreenBaron: workshop!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:22
To lisapw1: the bridesmaid...Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:17
To Leica: the lens...Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:16
To zebulus: thanks!Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:13
To TripleT: :-)Kilted-Arab 1 06-24 18:11
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Critiques [Translate]

Wonderful, fun portrait. They look happy and Hannah is so sweet.
Tracy

A very warm, loving snap.

Techinically its very good as well. Very sharp and well placed in the frame. its a good overall candid.

Hi Richard,

This is a wonderful photo of two very lovely ladies. Your daughter's pose is so cute. I like how the bridesmaid certainly made her feel at ease with her smile and laughter. I like the soft lighting on the subjects too.

I like the photo with the interesting background chair, but it would also make a terrific close crop of their expressive faces.

thanks for sharing this one... hope to see Jessica's wedding cameo in a future post. Lisa

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  • Leica Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 25 W: 15 N: 9] (681)
  • [2008-06-24 7:49]
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Great light, perfectly sharp, nice BG.

Hi Richard,
Great portrait of these two, adoring scene well captured. But to be honest about the composition, I think both seats and partly visible window are distractive in my opinion. A tighter crop would improve the picture. I think. Made a WS to show what I mean. Nonetheless a great capture of these nice looking girls.
Hope you had a great weekend in Scotland.
Hans

Olá Richard,
Fantastic portrait, tender and lovely.
Great presentation.
Regards
Raimundo

This really is precious! Hannah is so beautiful all dressed up like a princess! I love the bridesmaids smile, an excellent portrait!

Hello Richard,
How are you? How's Scotland? Better weather during this season I hope :) About the photo, I like the expression very much and also the compo. Colours and details are great too. Nice to see you again.
Sincerely, Imelda

Wow, Kilted, that's beautiful!
Lovely light and detail, wonderful tones, marvelous expressions and colors. Fabulous shot! Many thanks and kind regards,
Shelly

The lighting the mood and joy, what a great shot. Thanks for the smile that you gave me. Bill

Sharp, natural capture of a precious relaxing moment.
In the backstages of all kinds of ceremonies you can get delicious taken.
TFS
Ciao, Antonella

Hi Richard
Lovely portrait. They both look very pretty young ladies.
Karen

hello richard.
how did it feel being back on Gods own soil?

this is a great piece of portraiture. the skintones are superb as is the composition.

Brian

Hello Richard!
Very delicate momment!
Perfect picture quality with fantastic detail and clarity!
Wonderful colours and perspective!
Best regards!
Lili

Hi Richard, A special moment well captured. This will likely be a favorite for her in the years ahead. The skin tones and colours all look very natural indeed. Your good gear and your experience is showing through now. TFS. Murray.

Richard,
This is a beautiful shot of your daughter with a bridesmaid. The image is clear and crisp. As always perfectly focused. I bet you aren't looking forward to the day when it's your daughters wedding. Very nice capture Richard.
Regards,
Kevin

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3336 W: 684 N: 1925] (16099)
  • [2008-06-24 23:06]

Superb moment captured !


thanks,
v

ciao Richard..
so beautiful scene.. nice, so nice subjects.. for a wonderdul and tender capture!! it's so well definited!! bravo!
ciao Marco

Richard

nitidez colores expreiones de amor ternura imagen al natural instantanea bien lograda

Merhaba
Percet composition. Very nice smiley.
Good work. Well done.
TFS

Kerem

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3366 W: 284 N: 6425] (23856)
  • [2008-06-25 5:07]
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This is such a sweet capture! Great timing on your part!
Superb composition, wonderful details
TFS
silke

Hiya Richard

A beautful shot here, excellent DOF and really nice and natural, love this style for weddings and I am sure most brides and grooms prefer to look at these images and see what "really" went on behind the scenes. Your little lass is a darling she looks adorale here I hope you were very proud

TFS regards Helen

Hi Richard,
Your first para reminds me of my friend who was an unofficial photographer (not even a back-up)on a wedding. Surprisingly, a week after the weeding, his shots were occupying almost 80% of the wedding album - he made a lot better shots than what the official did. May I say, yours here nailed the quality of a wedding professional photographers' works.

The enchanting appearance, mood and expression of the bridesmaid and your lovely Hannah are making an impact to this great composition, hence produced a very pleasing result. Colors, details, clarity, dof... I believe you never failed on these.

Regards,
Ramdan

Very nice work. You know what you're doing. Everything here is as it should be.
Rew

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  • scot Silver Star Critiquer [C: 34 W: 9 N: 4] (299)
  • [2008-06-26 5:20]

Hi Richard.
God this is so sharp, it has a 3D look to it as well. Nice one Richard well done.
John.

Hi Richard, excellent thirds rule look and nice angle. I think I would have verticalized the window frame in pp, however, as the sole point of improvement here. Good lighting, excellent subject. TFS

Hi Richard,

what a beautiful shot! I like the joyful mood, I like the pose of both women *s* It shows kind of tenderness. Beautiful colours creating very consistent set. I like the composition - especially the use of a chair which balances well the frame. tfs

Marek

Love your processing here Richard! There is a setting on my Raw converter called "Faithful" and it's perfect for wedding shots. This looks like you did that! Really nice tones, adorable pose, very natural, which is best IMHO.
Wonderful work!
B-)
Linda
still friends??

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1197 W: 38 N: 2052] (11802)
  • [2008-06-27 5:23]

Oh man!!! you have captured so great moment, what a happiness is lovely to see it, very good job:)
Tom:)
PT later

Hi Richard
What a lovely moment well captured and artistically presented. the crop and the composition are very nice, the details are sharp particularly in the bouquet. Colors are perfect. Congratulations to the models and to the photographer.
Nicely done.
Serge

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2518 W: 48 N: 2993] (14124)
  • [2008-06-27 13:17]

Wonderful family portrait.Marvelous picture with beautiful colors. Perfectly. Very good work.
Best regards.
Jnausz

Hi Richard..beautiful shot...perfect sharpness...great details and tones..wonderful.

Roger

hello richard
wonderful mood captured here, happy moments.
lovely composition.
Sir how did you achieve this soft skin tone, a velvety touch?
nice offcenter placement.
smiling colours,
thanks for sharing
regards
Manuj Mehta

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  • Koala Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 355 W: 21 N: 71] (2274)
  • [2008-06-28 5:50]

Beautiful shot, so clear and great colors.
Also beautiful models!

I wish you a beautiful day!

Alexandra

Hi Richard,
The image quality of this photo is fantastic ... very good skin tones, sharpness, and natural colors. Lovely candid shot showing a delightful emotions of your subjects. Well captured and composed ... excellent work! Tfs
Cheers,
Renier

hi Richard

Very lovely capture of such joyful expression of 2 people's interaction, very powerful portrait. I like the skin tone of both, the ambient light control and your composition. Well done. One of your best post, Richard.

tfs, bill
later

Raaaaahh Lovely !

Once again , perfect timing to capture her tender expression. Got to add it to one of my favorite themes.
The Workshop is also great. The cropped is wise too. nevertheless the actual composition is interesting too.

Great work !
Robert

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  • timtim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 942 W: 73 N: 393] (7171)
  • [2008-07-06 17:15]

great capture of this moment
poss tighter crop would help comp
TFS

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  • pdp Gold Star Critiquer [C: 116 W: 39 N: 123] (538)
  • [2008-07-07 13:22]
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Hi Richard,

It's a lovely moment between Hannah and the Bridesmaid - both have very warm expressions. I read through the critques and I have to agree with Hans, I think you should have got in closer to capture that moment. I understand that some context is good but you know it's a wedding because you were there. If you took the subjects out of the frame the background alone wouldn't suggest a wedding. Hope that makes sense, that's how I think.

If you had come in close then I would suggest a bit of careful cloning to get the fronds of the bouquet away from the Bridesmaids smile.

All the other technical aspects, exposure, contrast etc look great.

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  • yasin Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 24 W: 4 N: 21] (99)
  • [2008-07-09 0:29]

Beautiful family composition, Richard.
The lights are wonderful and so smooth.
Good exposure and lovely moment, too.
Best wishes,
Bima

Hi Richard,
Just beautiful, the picture, and both models. So lucky Hannah didn't hold the bouqet any higher.
A magic moment, well timed, well done.
Pete.

Hi Richard,
Highly effective BG.A moment of happiness...
Beautiful models and tecnically high quality.
My compliments...
TFS
Selahattin E

hello Richard,

even you said just a snap.. i love it.. this is good.. i seen profession shot like this too.. you are just in time to capture this lovely expression of the bridesmaid and of course your wee lassie give her peck. so beautiful.. excellent composition and sharpnes.. well done.

regards, terry

Hermosa fotografia, bien capturada, hermosas modelos, good sharpness, felicidades! TFS :)

Extremely well posed but on the other hand very natural.
Very sharp photo fro a very lucky man!
jan

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