Wedding: Isolation

When the groom reached the bride's house, I could not remember what the 'sisters' said to the 'brothers', ended up everyone of them stepped backward, isolating the groom.

"Bro, you are on your own man!"

I thought it would be a nice composition just to focus on the groom, so I fired up my flash and push the shutter.

Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter: 1/50 sec
ISO: 1600
Focal length: 18mm

I checked on the photo later on and realized that I did not manage to capture what I visualized... First, the aperture I selected was not wide enough (should have used f2.8). This may help to create a stand out groom since f2.8 will help to blur everything behind the groom.

Second, I noticed that the groom are little bit too 'bright', especially the white coat that he was wearing reflected the flash. I figured that the focal length I used was 18mm, which meant I was standing too near to the groom. I should have stepped back further and use perhaps 30mm or 50mm to take the shot.

Hmm... Wonder how it would turn out with f2.8 and 50mm setting...

I still like the way the groom was being isolated. So I tried using photoshop to blur out the background (change the colors, filter it, blur it etc), just to make the groom stands out.