C&C - Beach Maternity Session

MOREGONE · Aug 20, 2014

Hello,

Here are a couple photos from a recent maternity session at 1000 Stairs beach in Laguna Beach, CA

CC welcome

frommrstomommy · Aug 20, 2014

The framing in the first doesn't seem quite right to me.. and the Corbin one something is not quite right with for me either though I really want to like it! Love the others! I am sure they will be thrilled with them.

Austin Greene · Aug 21, 2014

I wish those footprints weren't there in the first, they're a tad distracting. I know some clients aren't comfy being closer to the water, but having her in a place where the edge of the tide cleaned the sand for you would have been great. That said, I think she'd do better a bit more to the lower-left of the frame.

The CORBIN shot just...I don't know, something just isn't right. I think it's maybe the flare. I like the use of the sign, and I typically hate that stuff, but the sun just overpowers the shot. I do really like the others, though I wish she wasn't dead center on that second to last one.

As said before me, I'm sure they'll be happy with them, this is just me being picky

MOREGONE · Aug 21, 2014

Thanks for the replies

Yeah the beach does pose some problems I didn't think of. Aside from dealing with people everywhere it is hard to frame sometimes when the beach is slanted and you have a horizon, sometimes it just makes one or the other look wrong.

I also didn't expect my lens to get so much mist on it. I was having a hard time focusing and getting glowing softness, took me awhile to realize how misted my lens was. And a lens pen was not enough. Fortunately I had a filter on it.

The mom get her pants wet as you can see so she was doing all she could to stay away from the water after that. Too bad it was a little late.

Here are a couple more

TreeofLifeStairs · Aug 23, 2014

That new Corbin one is much better. The sunset one I think is understandably difficult due to quickly changing light, but I think your flash is just too strong to make it look like she's naturally lit. You can even see the shadow behind her on the sun side.