Bride & Groom First Dance
Would love reactions to this photo. I have shot a few wedding for friends and family, I want to know if I should branch out and take actual paying clients? Thanks for any input.
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Hi Rodney, I guess I'm the first to answer.
Your question is really impossible to answer based on the one photo you have posted. I really think anyone would need to see more before answering...
I also know that taking paying clients is about a lot more than just the photography and you need to make sure you've looked into those aspects fully too.
With regard to this photo, there's a lot to like about it - exposure, clarity, colour to name 3 things. However my experience (getting on for 300 weddings) is I probably wouldn't show that photo to the bride & groom, mainly because you can't really see the bride's face and the groom, looking at you (?) has an ambiguous expression at best. There's no connection between them that is obvious from your photo, and couple want to see that.
I've attached one of mine from last year. There's a lot about this I'm not happy with, but it's a keeper because of that connection and the fact you can see she loves him.