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not too bad for your first time...
Lighting and exposure and everything is all great, but the poses are a little bland. Especially in #1 where she looks like she's going to kill you if you actually push that button....lol. As said above though....not bad for your first ones.
Nice exposure, nice sharpness, but as others have said, the poses need to be worked on. His expression is not too bad, very corporate. Hers is a mugshot picture.
Watch the backgrounds as well, behind her, there is a sign for something leaning on the wall.
In addition to everything mentioned, portraiture requires a lot of postprocessing until you become more aware of how to minimize some of the problems during shooting.
In the first one, the skin needs work to smooth it out and improve the colour a little without going too far and making it look unnatural. Her hair needs more light and detail as well. The eyes also should be brightened a little particularly the darker one on the right.
With the fellow, the double chin is not flattering. The usual approach when shooting is to have them jut their chin out a little and tighten their neck and muscles for a few seconds before shooting. The angle of posing and shooting can also reduce it as well. In post you can de-emphasize it through dodging and selective softening of focus. Some minor warping if done carefully also works. His red skin is natural of course, but I would experiment with reducing it just a little to see if it improves the overall image.
Needless to say in post, you need a fine touch, not too much, but enough to improve the overall image and make it more flattering for your clients.
Good thing you watermarked these, cause I was gonna take 'em!!!
You trolling the 'net looking for pictures of my brother and sister in law?
Save the brick walls for bands, like was suggested above, shoot in their workplace, in their environment, where they are comfortable, and you can use the environment for context. Or at least use a setting where the background is more organic.
The lighting looks fine, as long as it's even, nobody really cares anyway, it's not like it's rocket science.
Just stay away from the brick walls, and if you're going to use it, make sure it's round or organic, or it's really out of focus, or so dark to where it's not really recognizable, or at least where it's obviously not important.
Another thing about formals, I HIGHLY suggest the use of prime lenses. They offer consistency, better DOF control, smaller and less intimidating for the subject, and are generally sharper. Not to mention, generally cheap for your wallet too.
I was considering doing a light airbrush pass on the woman, but wasn't sure if she would be offended. I let them know I could do it if they so desired..
If you do a great job in post, no woman will be offended, because she will not even notice the work. That is my experience.
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