Just finalized this session....Feedback always welcome

[Robin_Usagani]

Here is my edit.. not saying you should edit it like I do, I am just saying you should make it more unique. If it is simply only WB fix, your photos will look like any other Canon shooter.

Before-After

maybe i did a little orange.. late night .. but you got the idea.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

maybe i did a little orange.. late night .. but you got the idea.

 

[kathyt]

Here is my edit.. not saying you should edit it like I do, I am just saying you should make it more unique. If it is simply only WB fix, your photos will look like any other Canon shooter.

Before-After

Thank you Robin, Yes, I definitely see your point. I think my biggest fear with editing, I used to edit more dramatically, but I could never keep my consistency the same. So I went more main stream with my editing and stuck with a "clean edit." I am usually 99% LR and will hop into PS for more complex tasks but for the most part I don't want to spend alot of time in front of the computer editing. I loathe editing. My workflow is fast, consistant, and predictable now. I could not say that a year ago when I would spend hours upon hours editing.
Now from a business stand point, right now I am as busy as I could possible be, this past year has been my ideal year. My competition is S&B's in which every other image has a different action ran on it and everyday a different "special" on their website and FB page. So, basically I am my own competition. I have never advertised and all of my business has been from referrals. I am completely booked for weddings through June of 2013.
Now, to get to my point. When I first started this photography journey I thought I had to be a master of all things, and spend hours editing to make sure every image was 100% even if they weren't even going to buy it, and get all my images to look like so and so's to be succesful, I then had a HUGE lightbulb moment. After some mentoring and some workflow revisions, I came to the conclusion that I was gaining popularity because of my style and because of the experience. Once I started producing clean, consistant images, that is when my phone started to ring. So, in conclusion, I feel my style of editing was developed by my need for a clean look and also by MY market. Would I survive in a saturated market? Probably not, but hell if it's not broke don't fix it right? Food for thought.

 

[kathyt]

Very well done, you're talented, that's for sure.
I think the colors are OK...on my screen anyway.

The one thing that stood out to me, for C&C, is the cropping in the last one. It just doesn't seem to work, especially with the angle (shooting down) of that shot.

b.t.w. for future reference, it really helps is you number your images (and leave a space between them) when you post a bunch of them at once. Also, you'll tend to get more in-depth and specific C&C if you post one or two at a time and give us more info about how AND WHY you shot them the way you did.

Thank you Mike. I will limit and number next time.