Recent engagement shoot

[lizzmc4]

Doing this over my phone so I hope it works. . .

 

[lizzmc4]

I want to add this is my first paid shoot ever so feel free to comment and critique! I know some of the photos are not as sharp as I'd like, saving up for better lenses right now!

 

[tirediron]

A few thoughts: Almost all of these need leveling/straightening and/or perspective correction.Watch your position and composition (and for future reference, numbering the images makes providing critique much easier) such as in #3 where you have the couple bunched up aagainst other vertical elements while leaving a large, bright area image right which draws the eye away. I have to fight to see the couple in this shot.

In #4, the couple is lost in all the competeing horizontal and vertical elements; the eye is pulled right past them to the bright background between the columns. While I like some of the thought that's gone into the location, what's missing is a single close-shot where we can see their faces. Overall, it's not a bad set at all, but there are some basic technical and compositional issues which really drag the collection down.

Remember the eye is naturally attracted to bright over dark, so light the subjects so that they're brighter than the background, and be very cognizant of background elements; the setting in #4 is interesting, but totally inappropriate for the shot you've captured there; having people which are generally a tall, narrow element competing with a host of other tall, narrow elements means that they're just part of the background and NOT the main subject as they should be.

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

 

[Derrel]

I liked the shot of them with the dog. GOOD, low camera vantage point. In the third shot, she is leaning against the lamppost and has excellent foot placement and posing that makes her legs look good, and he is posed well in relation to her; that would have made an AWESOME closer-in shot with an 85mm telephoto, as a tall shot. The hanging lamp up near their heads is a bit distracting, and all the open space off to the right...not 100% sure I like that part of the shot, but the people and their posing is nice.

Overall these have a kind of far-away look to them in most of the shots, but on one hand, that's kind of a good thing to have. I think maybe a few more close-up shots would also round things out, and you probably have those too but simply did not post those. Your processing has a very 2000's feel--light,modern,slightly warm, kind of "this decade".

 

[Braineack]

I like the shots, but I'm not a fan of the processing. it feels forced just so it's trendy.

I also agree that I'd love to see #3 done vertically.

 

[lizzmc4]

Thanks for the feedback!! In total there were 60 final photos I gave her these were just some randoms. Looking up them now i wish a few were much brighter!!! Ugh coulda woulda shoulda

 

[lizzmc4]

Sorry for the typos! Hate typing on my phone.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Thanks for the feedback!! In total there were 60 final photos I gave her these were just some randoms. Looking up them now i wish a few were much brighter!!! Ugh coulda woulda shoulda

Always check your exposures throughly for paid shoots. You want to test how the look in print. You clipped his finger in #2 and #5 would have been better had you centered the framing on the stage, your off to the left when you needed to line up dead center.

 

[runnah]

The one in the pavilion and on the boardwalk would be great places to user the Brenizer method.