Wedding Photography & Edit using Adobe Lightroom

If I tell you this picture was captured with a mobile phone would you honestly believe? Some may doubt because of the details in the picture. Just give it a second look and compare that one portrait picture in your house. Looks it it right? There are several ways to capture wedding photos with your mobile phone when when there's an acting photographer.

Most photographers don't deliver pictures for posting on social media that same day. It takes 2-3 days before completing the work, editing and the whole stuff. You can be opportune to be on the spotlight by using your mobile phone when ordering of photographs are taken and then post it on social media where you have contact of the couple. The couple would definitely want to use your pictures to signify that day the ceremony is still hot.

Do you just take randomly? Let me tell you what I do. I take random but detailed shots. You place your hand in a relaxed position and endure your phone isn't slant or bending to the ground as some have the custom. Take note of the following.

• Keep your phone straight, probably by your chest level
• Never keep your phone up high above your head or below your knee to take down pictures
• It's not a concept or your personal picture. It's professional. Give it that signature
• Don't bend your phone while capturing
• Take multiple shots as your shutter speed allows and ensure your focus is on the couple.
• If it's single pictures, the use of portrait would be necessary
• If it's a group picture, use of portrait may not be necessary as it may blur others
• Lastly, take note of air resistance when using portrait as you may not get the picture.

Though I wasn't the main photographer, I used my Redmi phone to put myself in the spotlight. My Redmi phone was used to capture the picture you're seeing there.

There are two types of camera in Redmi phones. The normal camera and the Gcam. The Gcam automatically gets into your phone after updating the software and doing certain configurations. You get the exact model for your phone as it differs. I took this picture with my Redmi camera and this was the output.

As photographers, we love making what we capture look unique, that's where photo editing comes to play. I used lightroom since it was a professional photo and I needed to post it on social media. It's not as if the first output is bad. It's very much ohkay but I wanted class.

Whenever I edit a picture, I don't make it obvious the way others do. They'll use saturation to kill the picture especially iPhone users who edit. This is the before and after of this particular picture. How did I achieve this using lightroom?

Before	After

You may be frantically surprised that the Before photo also looks pretty much sharp. Yes it does. It just needed a little enhancement or touch. This is how I created the magic using Adobe Lightroom. I made use of;

These are the 6 major features I used in adding light to the photo. I started with Cropping the photo to attain a portrait sized photo. These are all the features of this lightroom app. Using the crop icon was to my advantage. Didn't do much. I just had to drag the top down to cover that space. This is the before and after crop.

After Cropping the photo, I moved to the edit part proper and did some wild touches because from the photo, the dark and yellow background isn't too friendly coupled with the clarity. So I did mild touches..... These are the pictorial tutorials of what I did I there.

I started playing with auto tone which automatically changed the dark theme of the picture to a brighter theme, balancing saturation levels on the face. If you notice, her face was toned after applying the tone.

After this, I played with my colour palette. I tapped on the colour grading, choose the third icon and dragged it upward, slightly. I did same for the colour palette. I used the orange colour second line forward to tone the face a big and increase brightness on it. I also used the yellow colour second line backwards to modify the yellow background as it was just too prominent. I finally used the red colour first line backwards to add blush on the skin. After said and done, I made for the Effect icon.

On the effect icon, I practically used the texture line backwards to remove spots and pimples on the face and body if any. It's used to remove impurities on the skin. I then added a big of clarity to the right and got an accommodating wedding portrait. Lastly, I made use of sharpening which gave clarity and enhanced the visibility of the picture. That's how I edited this wedding portrait.

Most times it's not necessary to edit a photograph but when your mobile phone isn't giving you canon camera vibes, you can make use of Lightroom to increase the exposure. My next post will provide a tutorial on how to capture a family portrait. Do you stand to capture a family that's sitting down on a low chair or you bend? What do you think about this @solominer?

This is my final Product. Photography with my Redmi Note 13 pro and editing with Lightroom. Any suggestions on improvement.