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Think I should do this stuff for money? Like, cash with which I could actually pay for things?
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Your colours are flat and boring, and you didn't get a single good shot of the bride's face, at least not in these. Try messing with the photos in a good photo editor, even Photoshop or Gimp could help. The white sky makes for flat pictures. That is easy to adjust and will significantly improve the pics.
Compositionally, they read more like pics you'd find in a newspaper than the significant, gorgeous, somewhat artistic pictures that clients will expect out of wedding photogs. Try for some more artistic compositions, but don't forget the rules that you a) never tilt the camera diagonally or some crap, that is NOT artistic, it's just bad photography; b) don't chop off small portions of people's bodies - if you have most of the body in a shot, you should have the whole thing in the shot; and c) black and white can make for cool effects but some photos are not meant for it - turning a photo bw doesn't necessarily make it more artistic.
I think that if you can learn to be a little less photo-journalist as for composition, and learn to work with colours and learn about your skies, and never be afraid to say "STOP RIGHT THERE I need to get this shot!" you could definitely get some $$$ for wedding photography.
Sorry to be so negative! Habit from crits I guess! On the positive side, the compositions are alright (though like I said, a little newspaper-ish), and I think if you boost the colours a bit and fix the sky (not saying it should be blue; you can make them into some really cool shots by bringing out the contrast in the stormy sky, it just doesn't need to be white - this can be done with lenses as well as with Photoshop, I'd suggest doing both)... Maybe even play with some filters - just don't overdo it! Just enough to kind of enhance the subjects, and not making it all about the effects... Anyway, play with them some... Then you'll have some pretty decent pics, as you already have something decent to work with.
Just don't charge a lot at first. Gotta be established, and clients are usually going to want to see a portfolio. Divide it into your portraits, your photojournalism stuff, and your, I guess, more artsy stuff - as these 3 categories generally all use a different sort of technique.
Here's one of my favourite event photographers, might give you some idea as to what I'm talking about especially when I say the light use of filters can really make a photo awesome. I must note however that sometimes her photos are a bit blown out - not enough shading in her whites so light-coloured things (like babies and wedding dresses) end up looking flat. But for the most part she has some pretty incredible work.
http://www.heatherphoto.ca/connecting/index.htm
Sources - lots of classes, independent research, and my own experience as being a wedding/other event photographer!
Good luck Jake! Throw me a message sometime.
By the way, that was me - I forgot my google account was set to a weird name for a couple of my old art projects, and even though I changed my name back for some reason it decided it wouldn't change it on the comment I left. Blargh.
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