Let me preface this blog by saying that even though I have strong opinions of what looks good and what looks like crap, I consider myself hired help. This means I let the bride choose what she wants and it’s my job to delivery. I still let her know what I think, mostly in tamer language (I consider this part of the job), but I still do it. Wedding photographers can’t afford self respect if you want to stay in business. Note: None of the brides I use for examples asked for the effects, they all had great taste, and were less filling.
First the bad
#1 Spot color
I cannot help but feel that this effect dates your pictures and albums like Nehru Jackets, afro’s, Bee Hive hair dew’s, and disco. It really takes no effort to do this effect but it can take a bad picture and make it look worse. But if you want it, I can do it (but you won’t be in my portfolio and Stacy did not request this effect, I am just using one of her pics for illustration)
#2 overuse of the flawless skin effect
If you want people to think you are plastic, this is the look for you.
#3 The photoshop way to spin your world.
This concludes this post. In the next one, I will show you my favorite photoshop enhancements.
Le Photographer
