Wedding Photography
Recently I was lucky enough to be presented with the opportunity to edit some wedding pictures. While the wedding photographer did a great job, I have some skills of my own that I can bring to the table. As far as computer-aided design, photo manipulation is one of my first loves, and so I was excited to take on this project for them.The bride and groom were somewhat disappointed with some of their pictures. Before the edit, this sunset picture did not have any clouds in the sky and the bride and groom were a bit too underexposed. So, I corrected the lighting and color, and painted in a beautiful sunset behind them. This is an example of some of the more "subtle" effects I can add to photographs.
This picture is an example that took a bit more complex editing skills. It consists of 3 photographs. One of the bride and groom, one of the outside seating area where the couple got married, and another of the bride's extended train. I composited the photos together, took out unneeded chairs, color corrected and added lighting and clouds to the sky. Also, the further away from the happy couple, the less color there is in this photograph. This image is a bit more symbolic, surreal and styelized, and is more indicative of my speciality.
The third and last example is a surreal and fantasy art representation of the bride and her flower girl. I attempted to make this look as much like a surrealist painting as possible. While not every client wants something this close to fantasy art, many are interested in seeing something extra special and custom that came from their wedding, made to order just for them. It was incredibly fun (as well as time consuming) to produce something like this, but it was well worth it. The client absolutely loves the images, and may even print a large version of this image on canvas.
I'm looking forward to more projects like this, as it is definitely more along the lines of what I am interested in doing with photography. I'm hoping for more commissions and requests for this type of work, and may eventually set up a separate art gallery site to support it.
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