Yesterday I went out to shoot a wedding party, and though it was full of surprises, nothing was more surprising than when the entire party lined up against a wall to be shot.
Really, they were a lot of wonderful people! I wish I was better with names, and could have remembered everybody’s. That is a skill I will have to work on. But going back to the group living up to be shot, I was really surprised at how easy it was to get the whole group to do one thing or another. I simply suggested at one point a semi circle behind a flower planter, and they all did just exactly that with no trouble at all. They were all very easy to work with, and I am glad I was able to do it!
I have reviewed all of the images, and I think just about every one of them will be workable in one way or another. Today I am opening files in Photoshop and correcting colour casts, and clearing up some softness that I despise one of my lenses for. What was I thinking buying a Tamron lens when I bought into this system because of the reputation of Nikon lenses? I definitely must buy into the more expensive, but worthwhile Nikon lenses.
I tried yesterday to fight against my habit of cropping too tightly. That is why I kept hold of the Tamron 10-24 mm lens. But even so, there were a couple of times I did crop it in my traditional manner, and of course, those shots are very satisfying, even with the imperfections that I pour over that nobody else may ever notice.
For increased personal satisfaction, I am working backwards in the sense that I have rated the focus on each picture, and any that are unreasonably soft are the ones I am working on first. That way when I do the bulk of them, the work on each will be lighter, and easier. I am also a lot more patient on the first images I work on than I am on the last. That’s important because after all, it is not the Devil that’s in the details, I am.