Engagement shoot for a friend

[mmaria]

these are great! :thumbup:

nitpicks, you can just read and ignore but since I've noticed them I'll say...if those were mine I would:

- #4 clone out that power line, that red thing behind them and that line above their heads, and that stick leaned on the "wall"
- #5 crop out the right part of the wall and adjust crop accordingly, to achieve a complete symmetry

 

[paigew]

Love #2!!! You captured a really great moment.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice set. I usually don't comment on these type of shots but I really like the first one.

 

[e.rose]

Great job! Looks like they had a good location right where the lived anyway, haha. :sillysmi:

 

[Scoody]

The first one with the horse is the money shot for me!

 

[rexbobcat]

these are great! :thumbup:

nitpicks, you can just read and ignore but since I've noticed them I'll say...if those were mine I would:

- #4 clone out that power line, that red thing behind them and that line above their heads, and that stick leaned on the "wall"
- #5 crop out the right part of the wall and adjust crop accordingly, to achieve a complete symmetry

Thanks for the feedback! I'll probably crop #5 more. I just wasn't sure if cropping that side would through them too far out of the middle but I'll try. Maybe I can just content-aware>fill it heh.

 

[rexbobcat]

Great job! Looks like they had a good location right where the lived anyway, haha. :sillysmi:

Thank you! Yeah, the location could have been A LOT worse. They had corn fields all around their house which made a nice backdrop. I was just glad it wasn't a barren mud pit of a ranch like a lot of the places are after it rains.

I'm hoping we can go that other location later, though. I don't know many places around here like what they described, so I'd like to check it out.

 

[rexbobcat]

Nice set. I usually don't comment on these type of shots but I really like the first one.

Thank you!

 

[mmaria]

Thanks for the feedback! I'll probably crop #5 more. I just wasn't sure if cropping that side would through them too far out of the middle but I'll try. Maybe I can just content-aware>fill it heh.

content aware fill probably wouldn't work because the area is touching the frame (there is a way of fixing that too but considering the straight lines of bricks, it's too much work and it isn't worthy).You could crop a bit from every side to keep them in center... anyway... that was only my observation, others didn't even notice, so you can just leave it the way it is

 

[rexbobcat]

Very good set here.

I have my first engagement session in a couple of weeks, I hope mine turn out this lovely.

Well thank you. What I've found out is that a lot of it is just about the moment and the energy of the shoot. The couple will forgive a few technical quibbles here and there if they had a good time and you captured really good moments (I'm GODAWFUL at posing so Pinterest is very useful in that regard).

I'm not saying the technical stuff should be blown off, but the couple probably won't care that the catchlights aren't right if you really captured their relationship well. They'll be much more focused on how they look in the photo. The technical part helps with it but you can change an image from good to great (in the client's mind) just by having a good time during the shoot.

It also helps if they already kinda know what's up with positioning and whatnot. Some couples will be like "What do I do with my hands this is awkward," and others will just pose nearly perfectly when you ask them to get together for a photo.

This couple was the latter thankfully. Like in the second photo. I didn't ask them much more than "Ok now let's have some romance" just kind of joking and to see what they were going to do. He removed his hat and dip-kissed her, and I was just standing there like "Wow that was....That was really good."

I rarely get to photograph people who are naturally unafraid of the camera and I usually screw it up lol. I got lucky.

 

[TWright33]

Very good set here.

I have my first engagement session in a couple of weeks, I hope mine turn out this lovely.

Well thank you. What I've found out is that a lot of it is just about the moment and the energy of the shoot. The couple will forgive a few technical quibbles here and there if they had a good time and you captured really good moments (I'm GODAWFUL at posing so Pinterest is very useful in that regard).

I'm not saying the technical stuff should be blown off, but the couple probably won't care that the catchlights aren't right if you really captured their relationship well. They'll be much more focused on how they look in the photo. The technical part helps with it but you can change an image from good to great (in the client's mind) just by having a good time during the shoot.

It also helps if they already kinda know what's up with positioning and whatnot. Some couples will be like "What do I do with my hands this is awkward," and others will just pose nearly perfectly when you ask them to get together for a photo.

This couple was the latter thankfully. Like in the second photo. I didn't ask them much more than "Ok now let's have some romance" just kind of joking and to see what they were going to do. He removed his hat and dip-kissed her, and I was just standing there like "Wow that was....That was really good."

I rarely get to photograph people who are naturally unafraid of the camera and I usually screw it up lol. I got lucky.

I get what your saying. I just did a couple maternity shoot the other day.

I didn't know how to pose, and we literally pulled up pinterest and my mind finally started ticking.

It was my first time setting up an actual shoot with people. I hope my next one gives off the same vibes as these.


Also, I checked out your site. Didn't see a single image I didn't like. I like your style. :mrgreen:

 

[vintagesnaps]

I agree with Maria I would have framed #5 so it didn't have the edge of the doorway to the right. Might have walked around a little to see what reflection looked best in the windows. The bottom I guess was your vantage point over a concrete wall? railing? that got too light along the bottom left, and I'd rather see them without the feet cropped.

With #4 I might have adjusted the vantage point too, a step or two might have gotten that red cooler out of sight and either gotten the telephone pole more part of the composition or also out of sight. And this is really getting nitpicky but in #2 it might have looked nicer to have the hair (hers of course) so there weren't strands that straggled a little to the left.

You did get some really lovely photos, I particularly like the first one, it's framed beautifully and I like how you can see the tail was moving (without any blur) which gives a feeling of being there (I agree with John's comment on the sky). Even though it may not be exactly part of the engagement shoot I like the one of him in the stalls, you seem to have captured a reflective mood in that one - nicely done.