Leah and Laird - An Engagement

[xmacvicar]

Had a shoot with Leah and Laird, a couple who's wedding I am shooting in August. Please check out these images - they were super fun and easy to work with - these are the only i've PP'd so far.

http://192.168.2.10/%7Edavidmacvicar/_MG_1650-1-Edit.jpghttp://192.168.2.10/%7Edavidmacvicar/_MG_1614-1-Edit.jpghttp://192.168.2.10/%7Edavidmacvicar/_MG_1667-Edit.jpg

[xmacvicar]

Wow, after 2 or 3 days, I finally got these up!

http://www.davidmacvicar.com/Online/_MG_1614-1-Edit.jpg
http://www.davidmacvicar.com/Online/_MG_1650-1-Edit.jpg
http://www.davidmacvicar.com/Online/_MG_1667-Edit.jpg

[xmacvicar]

Finally got these up! C&C Please

[suspectim]

Great shots / nice colour

[JustKat]

Nice shots, love the angles. In the second one that chimney bothers me though.

[HQP]

#3 is very nice

[verty]

the 1st & the 3rd are gorgeous.
i dont like her pose in the second tho.

:D

[Jim G]

Mmm, the third one really floats my boat... the second one looks more of a "comforting" stance than a loving one to me. I really like the third one.

[TeeJay]

Nice shots, just a couple of things...

#1, I think your stance is a little high, causing a confusing angle. Might have been better if you had been a little lower. The horizon not being straight also messes with the overall framing of the photo. Have you tried close cropping this one?

#2, Not sure about this, whether its the horizon again, which isn't helped by the post (which also leans the "wrong" way) exagerating the slope, or whether again, you need a tad tighter crop.

#3, Superb! Love the pose, crop & conversion. Not quite B&W, but maybe that was intentional. A touch soft, but again, that might also be intentional.

Thanks for sharing.

TJ

[jamesdean007]

Not sure I like the tilts, but I love the colors and the poses in the first 2. Well done.

[picturecrazy]

The colours are nice and the photos are sharp. Some nice work there!

1 could use some fill flash to illuminate her face to bring it into a closer range to his.
2 there is not too much in the sky to make it the majority of the frame. IF there were lots of fluffy clouds then that would be cool but there isn't. The ground with the tall grasses and little flowers is much more interesting so if the frame had much more of that and a HUGE DOF I think it would improve it. If you really wanted the blue shy to fill the frame then REALLY fill it. Put the grass at the VERY bottom of the frame so 95% of the frame is filled with the beautiful blue sky and the couple is no taller than half the frame. That tells a story about the sky. Filling the frame with the green tells a story about the field. Split the way it is now doesn't really say anything strong about either.

There is a building on the right and all you see is the roof. It could be used to contribute and balance with the couple but in this case it is competing. A slight change in angle or moving the couple over a few metres to the left would have fixed that.
3 is a nice moment. Do you have a closer crop of this one?

A general comment about all of them is that they are very centrally composed, almost like a studio shoot. Looks like you had a wonderful environment to shoot in so use it to tell a great story. For example, 1 looks like a gorgeous open green field on the coast. A shot that filled the frame with this beautiful landscape with the couple in the bottom-left 3rd intersection would have told a wonderful story about this landscape they are surrounded in and enjoying so much.

[xmacvicar]

Everyone...THANKS for the comments and critiques, your views only stregthen my photos!

Picturecrazy, thanks for taking the time to write out a detailed critique - that means alot to me. I will say that I have been admiring your work since i first joined POTN a while back - thanks for your praise and critique.

I have a habit of creating the 'tilt' in alot of my pics because I find straight up and down 'normal' shots to be soo static. But I see where there are times the tilt just does not work!

Dave