Barnsley Gardens

Barnsley Gardens is a very fine resort in North Georgia well know for weddings held in historic manor house ruins. We used it for engagement pictures of Beth and Kevin.

I just posted the whole set (22 pictures) on our blog:
http://www.sarah-slavik.com/blog/2011/b​arnsley-gardens/

Below are 8 favorites. Your honest CC is welcome, as always. Thanks!

#1:

wow..what lens did you use? they're nice !!!

LOVE!!!! Gorgeous photos!! Love all of them! Did I say gorgeous?))

The guy looks like the actor from the Riches!

he's luckyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

The warmth in your photos are astonishing. you create an amazing mood in each photograph. Well done.

Great set. I would clone out the leaves in above their heads in photo #13, it distracted my eyes. my favorite shot is #22 AWESOME

Beautiful photos!

Very great lighting indeed! All were natural lighting? Those were really good

PS: The subject's poses are excellent too!

Fantastic set, and like others have said, great PP!

The only critique I have is that I feel on some shots the dark/black vignette is a bit heavy, for example shots #13 and #21.

But, really good job!

These are so pretty, and the vignette works for me.

Gawd you guys are talented! How the heck do you get people to laugh so naturally? Sucks being an introvert photographer lol.

PhuongMy704 wrote in post #13842335
wow..what lens did you use? they're nice !!!

I would love to know what lens/lenses were used as well.

21 looks beautiful

very nice set! nice, warm tones in all of them. i'm sure they will love them!

Thanks for your compliments, folks!
Used lenses: mostly 70-200 IS f2.8 IS L, both the old and the new version, some shots with 24-70.
Natural expressions: It took us couple years to get to there - the subjects must be totally sure that you know what you are doing and they will look good/awesome in the pictures.Then, they can relax and enjoy each other. We both (my wife and I) are introverts as well...
Lighting: mostly natural light (put subjects between the camera and sun) a few with an off-camera flash Quantum. None with an on-camera flash. Video light used on the last one (#22), but only to help the camera with auto-focus in this low light situation.