Tidwell Wedding Photos  

Posted by Woodrow in , , ,

I received the opportunity to shoot my first wedding. At first when I was asked to do this wedding I said "NO! Absolutely not". Mal's sister Mindy wanted me to shoot her engagements, bridals, and her wedding! *GULP*!!!! After speaking to Mindy and her fiance Stephen I warmed up to the idea of photographing their wedding. I have always been a firm believer of having a professional shoot your wedding regardless of the circumstances. But I started to think, "How does a professional become a professional?" After much pondering and beating my head against the wall I came to the conclusion that the only way I was going to better my photography was through persistence and experience. So after much thought and a ton of research I decided that this was something that I could do. I figured that what I already knew, and what I learned through my research, that I could give them something that they would like and that I could be proud of.

These are some of the engagements and bridals that I took. The wedding is tomorrow, I will post some of those when I am done. These however turned out pretty good, I am pleased with the way they ended up and love most of them. The most important thing though is that Mindy & Stephen (and maybe more importantly Barb) love the photos.





































































I shot the engagements and the bridals in RAW+jpeg and I am so glad that I did. I learned that RAW is amazing and that you have the ability to fix,change, and better the photos that you took. I am still trying to decide if RAW is good for photography because I think that it gives some photographers the excuse of talking sub-par pictures and fixing them later. At the same time I think it gives the other photographer the chance to show the viewer the scene as they saw it, which often does not translate to what the camera takes.

3 comments

Dan Romney   says July 2, 2009 at 9:37 AM

I can see your hesitancy with RAW, but it all depends on you in my opinion. I think using RAW can make you want to take better pictures, as you can get better color, and provide the client with better images.
But it also gives you the change to make some images that may not have turned out the way you wanted into the shot you wanted. I think it is all around better.

Dan Romney   says July 2, 2009 at 9:37 AM

And by the way, Fantastic job!

Woodrow   says July 2, 2009 at 9:40 AM

I agree 100%!! The only problem I have is I think most photographers use it as a crutch, much the same as most of them use actions that they have purchased as an excuse not to learn. Dont get me wrong I think actions are great, but if you dont know how to do the same thing without using someone else's action, then you should learn! Because the more you learn the better off you are and the more it impacts your photography!

Thanks for the compliments!

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