My first engagement photos

We started yesterday afternoon and went well into the night shooting. The lighting yesterday was just horrible, it was so dark and dreary and nothing was coming out like I wanted it to. They could be fixed in photoshop, but I haven't started sifting through the outdoor shots yet. We stopped at a 50s diner and took pictures outside as well as inside. Afterwards we went to a carnival and took quite a few photos there. I haven't done much with these either, just reworked one before I got too tired last night and went to bed. This morning we got up and went down to the beach at 7:00 to catch the sunrise and get some better photos. Today was much nicer! It turned out to be very sunny but we worked around it. I still have hundreds of photos to go through but I wanted to see what everyone thought of what I have so far. These were my first engagement photos, so don't be too harsh (just kidding - say what you want!)

#1

Love the bright vivid colors. The sunrise on the beach with the names in the sand has to be my favorite.

#7 is cool, he looks like his name should be Rocky! I think they will love them

Very nice images.. especially for a first engagement session. You really captured the fun spirit of the day

On the flip side- The images seem a bit "warm"

They will be very happy with them

i think my favourite has to be image #8... very nice and clear, and without knowing the couple themselves, the image presents characters that appear to suit them individually... a great collection for your first engagement shoot...

I really like 3,7, and 8.

Great job. I really like the ones outside. They are a little orange but then again the sun does do that. I would try to brighten the last one.

LOVE 3 6 and 7!

good for your first engagement shoot. I feel like they could have been more creative with both locations.

nice. i feel some of the crops are a little tight for my liking

Great set of images!

I think in #3 the couple looks a little stiff, perhaps they could have been a little more relaxed...Excellent shot nonetheless and really love the creativity...i could use some of that!

I like 3, 4, and 5. Great light! I hope you got a close-up head shot of #3.

Excellent first e-session. I love the vivid colour from the first two pictures, and I love the ambient light from the rest of the set. really love the ring shot. Great job!

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#5 - I plan to fix her hair when I have time.

I don't think changing the hair is necessary, and anything with hair takes me AGES in photoshop. Nice images

Thank you SO much for all of the feedback! I appreciate it so much. This was my first time really shooting in manual (I used to mostly shoot in Tv or Av) and my first time using this lens (f/2.8 24-70mm) and I was happy with how things turned out. I did get a close up of #3, but I liked the full body shot. Rocky says his "budunkadunk" (AKA butt) looks big though, so he doesn't like it ... so I will have to show him the close up of it because he will probably like that better.