Photo of the week 1

I personally find it really hard to pick my favourite photos from a shoot so I thought this would be a good way for me to be critical and really evaluate the photos I take each week. I will post my favourite photo from the week and will explain, the best I can, why it is the best and what I like so much about it. To start this off, here is my favourite photo from this week.

Like I said, I find it really hard to pick the best photos, however this one really stood out to me. Its from Kay and Colin's wedding which I photographed last weekend. It was a beautiful day with a quirky and vintage feel to it. This was the cake, which was so unique and different that I thought it summed up the day pretty well. I love the warm tones of the photo and overall colour temperature.
The eye of the viewer is drawn to the cake by the use of colour, framing and depth of field. Overall, I think it is a really effective and interesting look which serves the intended purpose of the image.

The couple had asked for some colour pops in the photos, but this one looked a bit fake with a B/W background so I choose sepia. This was the first shoot I edited using Adobe Lightroom 3. I usually use Photoshop CS5 but I've been told by so many people to give Lightroom a try, so I did. It took a little while to get used to but Its quite easy once you get the hang of it. As well as the colour pop and sepia, I cloned out a few light reflections as they distracted from the cake. I am really pleased with the outcome of this photo, however i'm not sure if it is the best from the week or not. I will try to be more sure about my decision for next week. I'd love to know what you think of the photo and if you struggle with evaluating your work or not too.