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As a guest at a Pakistani wedding in Birmingham, England, I managed to take some photos that, hopefully, tell a story. There's 20 medium-sized colourful photos involving dancing in the garden, a horse and a Bentley or two (not all together!) as well as another link to the full set. They were taken in June 2009 and I've gained a lot more experience since then. I used a Canon 450D and Sigma 18-125mm DC OS HSM.


1. An anxious-looking groom



2. The "family" turban, which belonged to the groom's Grandfather, is about to be placed on the groom's head



3. Streamers!



4. Groom's brother and father dancing



5. Family and guests dance around the groom



6. Groom and uncle dancing



7. Drummer in Punjabi folk dress



8. The groom's horse awaits his arrival in the hotel car park



9. The groom arrives at the wedding venue



10. Musicians



11. Groom and his immediate family



12. Father dancing



13. The families meet outside the wedding venue



14. Entering the room



15. The bride's entrance



16. Bride and groom



17. A Rose on the wedding car (Bentley)



18. Cousin's having a laugh



19. An uncle tries on the family turban



20. My brother-in-law and his family at the Groom's reception, the next evening




The full set can be viewed at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tufal/sets ... 618778377/


Any comments are welcome.

Regards,
Asif

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Canon EOS 7D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Tokina 50-135mm f2.8, Sigma 18-125mm DC OS HSM, 2 x Speedlite 430EXII, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Radio Triggers and Panasonic DMC-TZ7.

very nice photos,

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Nice set, did you do any PP.

Cheers

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Most pictures (especially indoors) are too warm. And the direct on camera flash doesn't rly do great things either

i like the outdoor ones though (but they're slightly overexposed I think)

suggestions: try geling the flash with a CTO gel and switch to tungsten WB if you're indoors. And if possible, bounce the flash off a white surface at the side.

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i do agree that some indoor photos and even outdoors are too warm.... i guess its just the AWB that isnt working well enough.... and the lack of custom Kelvin on a 450D.... but a tungsten setting would work =D

love photo number 4, expression is really alive!

drop by and check out some of my wedding/pre-wedding photos... cheers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arydigipic ... 049251792/

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Thanks for the feedback. These photos were processed using the supplied Canon software (DPP). I did a tone curve adjustment, increased brightness and cropped the images. I think the "warmness" might have been caused by either the white balance setting outdoors (cloudy) or too high a saturation setting in-camera (+1).

Regards,
Asif

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Canon EOS 7D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Tokina 50-135mm f2.8, Sigma 18-125mm DC OS HSM, 2 x Speedlite 430EXII, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Radio Triggers and Panasonic DMC-TZ7.

I noticed most "overview" photo's arent really compelling. Remember that closer is often better (like the detail shot of the car, and the shot of the bride and groom)

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i do agree that some indoor photos and even outdoors are too warm......
Thanks for the nice post....