Ian and Shawna's Engagement

Some from today's shoot. Just looking for some general C&C, good and bad are equally welcome.

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I had completely forgotten about this post, as I received no alerts for replies! Just looking for some honest C&C, good and bad are both very much appreciated. This is my first real engagement shoot, and depending on how the wedding goes in November I may be trying to do more of these. Thanks!

-Tim

wow 1 week w/ no comments? tsk tsk

nice shots but the first 2 need some color balancing so they not soo yellow

i like shot 4 the best, nice background

nice set! i'm no expert but seeing from my monitor i think pic 1 and pic 2 is under exposed. the rest are fine don't forget to post their wedding day pics too

#1 is a little too yellow for my taste
#3- & 5 are my favs

If this was my work, I would be very pleased to present them to a client-nice work

Your images are average, have some technical problems (white bal), and don't engage me. I don't get a sense of who they are, or any sense of a connection between then. They could be models, friends, or strangers. I don't say this to be critical, I say this to give you an idea of the direction you need to take to improve. You need to show the connection between couples, how they feel about each other, the chemistry, and you have ten minutes to do it.

You need to make the couple more comfortable. Get to know them a little more, then get the h3ll out of the way while they're with each other. People need permission to express themselves around you, they're not used to photographers, cameras, or being themselves around anyone else. The key is realizing this, then getting experience doing it.

now thats what i called good advise!!

tim wrote in post #3805384
Your images are average, have some technical problems (white bal), and don't engage me. I don't get a sense of who they are, or any sense of a connection between then. They could be models, friends, or strangers. I don't say this to be critical, I say this to give you an idea of the direction you need to take to improve. You need to show the connection between couples, how they feel about each other, the chemistry, and you have ten minutes to do it.

You need to make the couple more comfortable. Get to know them a little more, then get the h3ll out of the way while they're with each other. People need permission to express themselves around you, they're not used to photographers, cameras, or being themselves around anyone else. The key is realizing this, then getting experience doing it.

there is no way i would be posing the above shot with strangers or even a friend..

they are not too bad.. i think they are quite nice, i guess there is not a full on loving shot but that could be how the couple are in real life

I really like number 3...wonderful shots though in general!

i'm no expert as well, but the shots looks pretty nice. i actually do agree with most, about the 3rd shot.

Thanks for all your comments, particularly Tim. I've been doing PP with freeware (Irfanview), but will soon be stepping up to CS3. Hopefully that will help improve the technical aspect of my shots.

To be honest, I felt like I had done a decent job allowing them to express themselves while on the shoot, and my peers who critiqued my work felt the same. Next time I'm hoping to work with a 70-200 2.8, I'm thinking that would create a healthier separation between the clients and myself, hopefully allowing them to feel more comfortable.

All of your advice is invaluable, thanks again.

-Tim

#3 and #5 are my favs. I believe #3 shows a great connection between the couple. Good job. My hmo... I think engagements present a challange that you don't encountered of course when doing..... say weddings. During a wedding, you don't have to create the emotions or stage the scene. One thing I will do on my next engagements is to get the couple to concentrate on each other so that their natural emotions come out and not look at the camera.

I would clone the person standing in the water on #4.

tonyr0584 wrote in post #3835084
I would clone the person standing in the water on #4.

Thanks, Tony. That's a good suggestion, I'll have to explore that when CS3 comes in.

-Tim