Mike and Elise eSession

[sidx001]

Here is a shoot I did over last weekend...CC always welcome!!

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[sidx001]

couple more...

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Last ones...
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[ogre1231]

good stuff. last one maybe with the ring hand instead.

[gateruner]

My thoughts are they need to have a little fill light added. Would have been better to do it at the shoot but it can be added in post. They are a little flat looking and some fill and contrast would probably make huge difference. Also, it could be my uncalibrated monitor here but they look a little red faced. I like 3 the best but it can be so much better with a just a few adjustments. Contrast and Saturation.

[EL Photo]

My biggest suggestion would be try to stay out of the mid day sun (Which looks to be from the shots) The lighting is very harsh and hard to overcome. There is a lot of blown spots, and the lighting is left harsh and flat. Shady areas really help in harsh lighting. A couple of shots seem to have a weird color cast on my calibrated monitor.

You can probably help these quite a bit in post...

[abid786]

Harsh sun in 1, 4, and 5. :(

[ofdphoto]

#1 watch your background (even blurred to smitherines, I can still see that they're cars)
#2 posing and composition is weak
#3 not bad, but a bit too central
#4 why?
#5 they don't look comfortable
#6 get rid of the graffiti and play with a less central crop

As others have said, shade is your friend in ugly light like this. Even so, you could produce a lot more pop out of these with some PP love. My pick is #3.

All round, not bad ... it's hard to compose and expose well, and bring out the love between the couple too.

[BenJammin]

i agree with linarms.