I'd venture a guess that they used a warmer than normal white balance, with low saturation and low vibrance. At least something along those lines... mess with the colours in the red/yellow spectrum?

Definitely looks like some cross processing.

Id be gutted to hear this style is purely fabricated in photoshop as our photographers for our wedding next year have a very similar style.
I was sort of hopeful that it was just very good use of light, very nice lenses and a high level of skill.

www.craigevasanders.com/ is their website-the last wedding on their blog is my friends that i was at in the summer-we only realised the week before that we had the same photographer!

Yup crossed processing done mostly via Photoshop/LR actions and commercial/custom plugins as well.

www.gettotallyrad.com/radlab/visual-browsing/

If they are shooting digital short of using a custom Picture Control/Picture Style Control profile (which has its own settings for color saturation, sharpness and contrast etc.) it is more likely post-processed.

Nobody in their right mind would shoot a wedding and overexpose it purposely and downgrade the saturation and contrast. It is far too risky and much easier to do everything in post. Although this are being done by people who knows what they are doing aka knowing what a real high key lighting is vs just overexposed shots.

I would not focus on the fact that these are done via post-production but rather if they fulfill and exceed your expectations. One baker from another using the same recipe would never produce identical bread.

The newest look involves a lot of post. Not all photographers like this and I've heard some here say they do very little. This adds a lot of time to wedding work flow. I also do a lot in post. I try and limit what I do and mine tends to be on the more vivid darker side... not the light yellowy side.

Meh, fair enough-i suppose it will prob go down as a style or fad but that's the good thing about photography and why so many different people can make a living out of it-each couple have different tastes. I hope its not very dated in 30yrs but don't really care if it is

It's not as much work as you think...probably a preset or action by a company like VSCO, Rad or ReadLeaf. What stands out the most about those shots are the fade (easily accomplished by playing with your tone curve) and some desaturation. Like peeps above stated, vintage has been hip for a few years now and won't help you standout...however, you can always use presets or actions from the ones mentioned above and use it as a reference point for a look that is yours, that reflects your style.

"... I hope its not very dated in 30yrs..."

With the way fads come and go - it will probably be very dated in just 5 to 10 years - or even sooner!

Selective coloring is a prime example of a fad that started and died suddenly in only about 5 or 6 years.

Just like the light blue tuxes of the 80's look so out of place now - this processing fad will look out of style in a few years. The couple who's wedding images are all done in this style will be laughed at by their children and grand children whenever those generations look at their wedding images.

I agree with Russ. Sadly, I bet it will look cheesy in a decade or so.

could get there in photoshop if you REALLY want the look

I think they used ektar 100 pushed to 400. Lol!

I agree, probably cross process...

I just took a photo and put "Cross Process" preset in Lightroom, tweaked a little and got a very similar look and it took about 20 seconds...
i would just send a message to the photographer as they would more than likely be willing to talk to you...

Maybe it will look cheesy or dated in 5-10 yrs but if that's what the client wants then surely part of being a professional providing a service is to give the customer what they want.

Just because you hope its a style that will go out of fashion, doesn't make it poor photography surely?

"...Just because you hope its a style that will go out of fashion, doesn't make it poor photography surely?"

Nobody is hoping that this style will go out of fashion. We are just stating facts based on the history of other fads that have come and gone.

Also - no one is making any judgements on whether or not the above examples are "poor" photography.

Which lightroom? I hace LR 3 and i cant find cross processing anywhere?

Im sorry Russ i must have been misled by your tone

*Siena*:

Just google "lightroom 3 cross processing." I'm sure there are a million tutorials out there!

I don't know... don't get "period style" confused with "clichéd fad" .... faces in Champagne Glasses or Partial coloration. The poses of 1915 pictures are much different than today but I think they are just part of what makes that period cool.

I never saw any Jump shots from 1950 weddings but they are still hanging in. Today styles and fads get posted and copied all over the world... they last a few years until everyone has seen and gotten tired of them.. similar to hearing the "Cha Cha slide" Most photographers here wince when they hear it..... for the 100th time!

mrbrent62:

Didn't Philippe Halsman did this first in the 40-50's?

www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/arts/design/24halsman.html

I haven't seen any jumping wedding shots from then..... Although Salvador Dali wedding photography...hmm

I think since HDR is being built into new cameras... maybe bad HDR will be the new partial coloration.

Oh boy that would look like a SKITTLES explosion in a candy store with day glo paint.

Actually I like it, you don't really see this kind of look at weddings so being different is a good thing.
And if they don't like it in the future then they could always hire a retoucher and make it black and white problem solved.

Looks to me like the "Vintage Collection" free filter sample - www.color-shop.co/products-page/free-stuff-for-you/free-v...

By different you mean pretty much every wedding magazine?

When I see this... I always want to dial up the black on the histogram. I like sharper contrast personally. Maybe because I also shoot a lot of Black and White.

Prime lenses, couple look like Tilt & Shift (or edited as such).
The dusty vintage peach colour is achieved by incorporating PS actions into the image.

Play around with curves, over saturate some colours, under saturate others. Once you get what you like save it as a preset and make it your personal "look" and use it again and again to establish your personal "look". Be influenced by others for sure, but don't be lazy and buy a preset, work on your own one.

Its definitely use of actions in photoshop or presets in LightRoom. If you have some knowledge at photoshop you can create it by yourself or there are many photographers (mostly creating the textured works) who offer to buy a big variety of those actions. If to speak about me Im using it a lot and very different ones - both in PS and LR.
Im not creating the actions and presets on my own, Im buying or sometimes possible to find free downloads in internet.
My last wedding photosession has been in Mauritius and the weather against our expectation has been gloomy and without sun. So the best find to get a lovely warm feel and the same style for the whole wedding, I was using only one action, which really help me to win! The bride and groom been really happy to see the result.
Here is example:

I agree that things are going to come and go. When I look back at some photos I took simply 5 years ago, I think the processing looks silly. I try to give my clients a variety of images. Some are going to be processed with the current trends and some will just be normal color or black and white. The same goes with goofy posses and everything else. I'll do some but then just get some straight forward portraits. Hopefully this will keep them happy 10 years from now.

Bryan Striegler
www.strieglerphoto.com

Funny what you can do with snapseed, although not for batch processing. Even in Aperture you can get that look and batch process. Outdated in 20 years??? of course every decade will have its look. The trick is keeping up with the market demands/trends to keep the bread on the table.

Luis Alicea Caldas
www.aliceacaldas.com

I used florabella actions on this wedding I shot to acheive that "vintage" look

most vintage looks involve darkening the whites, lightening the blacks, overexposing slightly, and then fooling around just a little bit with the colors mostly split toning and giving the shadows a bluish or magenta touch and a little general desaturation.

That would be a good starting point to play around

I'd wager $100 that's a slightly tweaked setting in VSCO.

Haha, Cha Cha Slide and Macarena! lol. At least most people get up and have a dance when they are on :)