My first Engagement photos - Dane & Karissa

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#1 - Nice expressions on their face. I feel like it could use a hair of brightness and I wish her arm was around him and not resting on that inside shoulder, it would feel more intimate.

#2 - Not digging the processing here, to be honest. And a tip on this pose.. Have people lay on one another's shoulders.. Laying flat on the ground is not terribly flattering, but if you put them on on the shoulders, it slims out their heads.

#3 - I appreciate the framing you were going for here.

#4 - I think it's okay but watch the top chops.

#5 - Nice macro. Pretty ring, too!

auroraskye wrote in post #15046932
#1 - Nice expressions on their face. I feel like it could use a hair of brightness and I wish her arm was around him and not resting on that inside shoulder, it would feel more intimate.

#2 - Not digging the processing here, to be honest. And a tip on this pose.. Have people lay on one another's shoulders.. Laying flat on the ground is not terribly flattering, but if you put them on on the shoulders, it slims out their heads.

#3 - I appreciate the framing you were going for here.

#4 - I think it's okay but watch the top chops.

#5 - Nice macro. Pretty ring, too!

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1-lovely. Improvement might have involved moving her hand + getting her to sweep her hair out of her left eye; but these don't detract too much.
2-not sold on the processing. it reads to me as a shot overexposed and 'saved' in post. It may not read like this to non-photographers (or even other photographers).
3-good framing obviously, but the moment seems unnatural, stiff. Sometimes it helps to shoot even after the moment breaks up a little and the couple is thinking less about the pose, and more about having fun.
4-cute; borderline corny--though clients have their own tastes, to be sure.
5-Good ring shot. I like the symbol nature of the fingers interlinking.

1) Okay but a bit snapshotty and he's in focus and she's out of focus.

2) I don't know that processing is the problem here, really it's a huge overexposure, and you probably couldn't have done anything to save the resulting file. Are you shooting in RAW or JPG?

3) The first thing I noticed was the guy looks awkward, her expression is fine, but he's so much higher than she is that it's sort of a weird pose. The next thing I noticed was her tummy - not a flattering angle for her and girls' eyes go to that kind of thing like laser-beams. The last thing I noticed was that you're trying to make the composition all about this sort of 'frame' by the surrounding brick, but then isn't tilted a bit as well - that's something I would correct if not for the other two issues which already kill the photo for me.

4) Again, sort of a weird pose for me, seems like you're trying too hard to do something creative and forgetting about what will feel natural. For example, why would he ever sit her on his knee like that, and if he did, why would he have his hand in his pocket and not around her? Her expression looks like she's thinking boy this is sort of awkward, and her right hand shows that she is worried that you might be seeing too far up her dress (or perhaps she just doesn't know what to do with that hand).

5) This is a personal preference here, but I think these up close hand shots are a bit outdated and old-school. It can work with some context, but just a super close-up of hands like this is weird to me not to mention the way they're holding hands looks unnatural from this angle at least.

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