Nadine Ohara - SF Bay Area/CA 
, Oct 28, 2009; 11:08 a.m.
This week's image was taken by Corri Lenaghen.
This is Part 2 of Wedding Photo of the Week. You can see all submissions in the thread with that title.
In your critiques - include what you would do to improve the shot or why the shot is perfect as it is. Remember that this is not a contest. Sometimes an image will be a winning image and sometimes an image that needs some help. Try not to just say "great shot" but explain why it works. Or - "Doesn't do it for me" without explaining why.
The photographer up for critique for this week should remember that the comments expressed each week are simply "opinions" and the effort and focus of these threads are to learn and to take images to another level. There will be times where the critique is simply members pointing out why the shot works which is also a way for others to learn about what aspects contribute to a good wedding photo. In reading all critiques -- you may agree or disagree with some points of view - but remember that there are varying approaches and often no right or wrong answer.
Sarah Whitworth , Oct 28, 2009; 12:21 p.m.
I love this photo! I don't really have much critique, except that I think I would have liked to see a version of the same photo, but on an actual street/road. Even if it were a dirt road. I really love the use of a lot of blue sky!
David Haas 
, Oct 28, 2009; 12:31 p.m.
Love the concept and the colors - I would like a lot less sky though...
Dave
Corri Michelle , Oct 28, 2009; 12:42 p.m.
I am very excited to have had my photo chosen. The plate was changed strictly by the owners request. He asked me to blur it out, but went a way that I thought was more fun. There definitly is alot of sky! It does make it nice for use as business cards though haha. Also, it had rained literally for days before the wedding, so the mere fact we had blue skies was something to remember. I have the original raw unedited file if anyone wants me to post it.
John Deerfield 
, Oct 28, 2009; 01:59 p.m.
I don't mind the blue sky in part because if I had taken this image I would have taken a whole series: vertical, landscape, tight, and so on. For this one image, the vertical works for me. There is some serious vignetting going on. I don't know if the was added in PS? It doesn't look like a GND. The top two corners especially and then down the right side. Seems strange to me in a vertical orientation... that would mean either the left or right side on a landscape orientation. Could probably be a side effect of a UV filter.... those always throw me off. Otherwise exposure and framing look good to me. I would have been happy to capture it.
David Schilling - Chicago, Illinois 
, Oct 28, 2009; 02:40 p.m.
So what do you do with a couple, in bright sun to get good light on faces without the squinty eyes?.............have them kiss and close their eyes :-)
Nicely done, love the expanse of blue sky, the exposure, and the ground-side view perspective. Perhaps the front bumper and front of car could be sharper/more focus or maybe more DOF. Really like the date on the licsense plate, cute idea!
Corri Michelle , Oct 28, 2009; 04:49 p.m.
Here is the information on the photo. David, funny what you said about closing the eyes and kissing. The first shot was taken dead on, so I yelled from the ground "kiss her!" and it was much better.
1/320 shutter
Manual Mode
F-stop 10.0
aperature 2.8
iso 100
focal length 24.0
Camera Rebel XTI with EF 24-70 2.8 lens
no flash fired
Pete S. , Oct 28, 2009; 08:11 p.m.
Great image Corri!
I see what you where trying to do in post but I don't think you get there 100%. Most of the image says bright happy day so when you make it moody it kind of sends two messages. The rich saturated look also is in conflict with the subject matter, which is half car and that cars says "vintage". Of course it might be inline with the rest of the wedding, I wouldn't know but as a standalone I can see a brighter, happier look and maybe more "vintage".
Not much you can do about the clouds and I can see why you shot it that way but I would prefer a little less horisontal image so I compressed the clouds a bit. I don't think they care:-) I also cloned out the red sun thingy on the grooms side and some of the rocks beside the car. Small things like that is possible to catch during shooting but quite easy to miss unless one is actually searching for them. Other than that good job!
Pete S. , Oct 28, 2009; 08:15 p.m.
Argh, managed to attach a tiff but here is the jpeg version...
Bob Bernardo - LA area. , Oct 28, 2009; 08:25 p.m.
Looks great as it is. I can't see anything that needs to be changed. It's a great fun shot!
