Venice

[iamasaint]

I dont usually take travel photos when I am on overseas bridal assignment. However, I have made an exception here. I managed to find some time to capture these. Cheers

[iamasaint]

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[iamasaint]

and lastly Milano Centrale Station

[adamadam]

Wow, something quite different from what I usually see but still, your photographs are very nice, especially with the vibrant colours!
I really like the vanishing point in the last picture!
So nice

My father was in Venice a few days ago, now I want to go!

[icestrike]

beautiful pics!
Love the colours too
bright and vibrant

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by iamasaint

i like this one the most. it is the moment, and professionals only know it too well to capture these moments. beautiful leg, i must say.


i also like #1, but find the white rims at the tips of the boat too bright against a cool dawn/dusk.

but somehow compared to your wedding photographs (which i have always regarded one of the top that i aspired to be able to shoot like you although i'm not a wedding photographer), i thought this series might be not so carefully taken. some of the horizons are off (and does not seem deliberate), for example the boatman on the bottom of the tall buildings. and also some exposures are blown (like the girls eating their food, very good colors, can explore some blown rim exposure, but a bit too strong in your example) and further contrasted with an added vignette, for example the following,



as for the rest, the colors.... wow.... if only venice isn't so touristy and expensive to travel to, it will be perfect.

anyway hope you dun mind some comments from a less qualified person.

[littlejt]

love your black and white pics
haha yea i also i like the pic with the girl washing her legs.. excellent capture on that moment

[purpletulips]

great pictures!
love the colours

[nuts]

Like the BW treatment! Lovely!

[iamasaint]

Originally Posted by zoossh i like this one the most. it is the moment, and professionals only know it too well to capture these moments. beautiful leg, i must say. i also like #1, but find the white rims at the tips of the boat too bright against a cool dawn/dusk. but somehow compared to your wedding photographs (which i have always regarded one of the top that i aspired to be able to shoot like you although i'm not a wedding photographer), i thought this series might be not so carefully taken. some of the horizons are off (and does not seem deliberate), for example the boatman on the bottom of the tall buildings. and also some exposures are blown (like the girls eating their food, very good colors, can explore some blown rim exposure, but a bit too strong in your example) and further contrasted with an added vignette, for example the following, as for the rest, the colors.... wow.... if only venice isn't so touristy and expensive to travel to, it will be perfect. anyway hope you dun mind some comments from a less qualified person.

Darn...I thought the photos were brilliant. Guess I shouldnt quite quit my wedding photography jobs just yet ehs?

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by iamasaint Darn...I thought the photos were brilliant. Guess I shouldnt quite quit my wedding photography jobs just yet ehs?

no, no, please dun say that. it is just that i didn't dwell on the good points these pictures have, becos they are already so apparent. and of cos, if you do not agree with anything i say, or there are certain things deliberately done so and still perceived as such retrospectively, you can state it. no hard feelings. cheers.

p.s. do you mean brilliant as in brilliantly taken or brilliant as in bright? they are both brilliantly taken and very bright though.

by the way, you & joho's wedding shots have been my favorite for a long while.

[SilverSurfer66]

Originally Posted by zoossh i like this one the most. it is the moment, and professionals only know it too well to capture these moments. beautiful leg, i must say. i also like #1, but find the white rims at the tips of the boat too bright against a cool dawn/dusk.

I personally love this shot cos the timing was perfect to catch the tips of the Gondola's catching the last rays of sunlight as the sun set!
Iamasaint's Photo's have served as inspiration for this newbie! Wow!

[asterixsg]

Classic stuff

You've captured everyday scenes of Venice and made them special.
Such saturated colors and come to think of it - there's no photo of St Marks Square (except the St Mark's Campanile in the distance in one of the photos), yet this set looks complete :-)

Liked the photo of Milano Centrale Station (I have one of that place teeming with crowds).

Overall, a very nice series. Thanks for sharing.

I hope to go back to Venice one day.

[iamasaint]

Originally Posted by zoossh no, no, please dun say that. it is just that i didn't dwell on the good points these pictures have, becos they are already so apparent. and of cos, if you do not agree with anything i say, or there are certain things deliberately done so and still perceived as such retrospectively, you can state it. no hard feelings. cheers. p.s. do you mean brilliant as in brilliantly taken or brilliant as in bright? they are both brilliantly taken and very bright though. by the way, you & joho's wedding shots have been my favorite for a long while.

Hey...dun take it wrongly too...i was just pulling your leg and mine. Travel photography is cool but not quite what i really enjoy. These pics were taken while i was shooting my couple. No actually, in between the time when i was shooting them. =)

Cheers and thanks for taking the time to comment.

[wind30]

I agree with Zoosh. I came into this thread immediately seeing Iamasaint name but was slightly dissappointed.

Your wedding photos are really "different" and exceptional. The travel photos esp those of inanimate objects are rather bland.

did you post your wedding works in Venice? Those should be stunning

PS: My wife's sister told me my wedding photographer (one of the compass photographers) recommended YOU to her as one of the better wedding photographers in singapore.

[I'm The One]

Always like your wedding shots but i guess you're not too good with travel photography

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by I'm The One Always like your wedding shots but i guess you're not too good with travel photography

can't say that. there is some technical issues (esp for the tilted horizon in open serene landscape) but the overall pictures are still solid in terms of concept, composition, focus, exposure and colors. spontaneity is still there probably thanks to the sensitive acument a good wedding photographer should have, to pick up moments of emotions spot on. i tend to be picky when it comes to good photographers, some takes it very well, some takes it very badly. but when i say someone is good, it is never just patronising.

anyway wedding shots is his forte and should be his best. if his travel pictures surpassed the wedding shots, then maybe there is a consideration for greener pastures..... oops, maybe not, could travel photography yield a better income?

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by wind30 I agree with Zoosh. I came into this thread immediately seeing Iamasaint name but was slightly dissappointed. Your wedding photos are really "different" and exceptional. The travel photos esp those of inanimate objects are rather bland. did you post your wedding works in Venice? Those should be stunning PS: My wife's sister told me my wedding photographer (one of the compass photographers) recommended YOU to her as one of the better wedding photographers in singapore.

also saw one thread from william, i think in sydney...

somehow i suspect wedding photographers are a bit more liberal with high-key portraits and dynamic tilts (e.g. for low angle shots of couples dancing) and tend to bring over to travel..... could it be that?