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The professional wedding photographer intentionally rotated the pictures ~30 degrees. Is that typical?
My sister's professional wedding photographer took most of the photos rotated about 30 degrees from the horizon line. I've seen that done for effect in pictures that would otherwise be too blah, but is it typically done at weddings? About 90% of the photos were done that way. In some cases it looks good, but it doesn't seem like EVERY picture should be done that way. Anyone with a similar experience? We can "fix" some by rotating with Photoshop, but you lose some of the info to cropping when you do that.
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- Ara57Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Tilt is trendy at the moment, think of it as selective coloring for today. Did Sister see the photog's portfolio before hiring? If it wasn't heavily weighted toward tilted images, perhaps she should have a talk. Many wedding photographers do a few, but 90%? In a typical wedding, I will shoot a few, usually less than 10 tilted images out of 250 - 400. To me, 90% indicated either a very quirky style, or the attempt of a less than great photographer to hide the mediocrity.
*EDIT*
Chris, no offense taken! I will stand by the work "trendy", although it has actually been around a while. Not sure when I started to see lots of tilt in wedding photography, not more than 5 years ago. If you look back 10 years no one was doing it (intentionally, at least) And the best photographers, while they may embrace the technique, won't do it for many shots. But if you look enough you will find websites where the photographer employs tilt a lot. Personally I think these photographers who do a lot of it will look back in twenty years and say "Duh! What was I thinking?!"
- DaysofSweetLightLv 41 decade ago
I hate to so strongly disagree with Ara but stating that "tilting" is trendy at the moment is a bit of an exaggeration. The photo world goes through trends over and over much like fashion but "tilting" is one that has passed me by. If I am shooting the reception I do a lot of shutter drag and motion and in those occasions but rarely do I tilt during ceremony photos unless I am trying to portray some motion or movement. If I understand the question ask er it seems as though the shooter actually tilted all the photos including the post ceremony shots of groups and such? If this is the case there is some serious issues the shooter needs to look into concerning what is parallel and what is not. I'd love to see a site of the photos so we can see how many are actually tilted. Ara, I meant no offense, just trying to get my point across.
Chris
www.flickr.com/photos/sweetlight/sets
- 1 decade ago
No, that isn't typical.
On a select few for emphasis, tilt can be a good thing, but as in most things, it should be used with MUCH moderation.
If you're truly unhappy with this, contact your photographer, who should have the original digital files. Have them give you a new batch that aren't tilted.
Unless the portfolio that you were shown had tilted images like this, you shouldn't have expected it, therefore, it shouldn't have been done without your input first. As a wedding photographer, it's important to me that my images jive well with my clients. You should always discuss the shooting style beforehand.
Source(s): http://www.brentpennington.com/ - 1 decade ago
It is typical for some...but most is a bit excessive. If the photographer's website does not show that many you should be able to get him/her to fix them for you and photoshop in some extra grass or wall to make up for some of what gets lost.
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