Engagement shoot with some friends

hey all,

I wanted to share a couple photo's from an engagement shoot that i had a ton of fun doing for a couple of friends. We shot at the Brooklyn Bontanic gardens which are beautiful in the spring. The conditions were pretty bright and i had a tough time finding even lighting. I chose not to use flash because the park had strict rules on no professional wedding or portrait photography without a permit ( I was told that permit was $250 ). We ended up doing a run and gun kinda shoot. There are a ton of things that i can think of doing differently in hindsight. Tell me what you think

Very Nice !
That seems to be a really cool place.
I really like # 4

Mike.

I love all of these! Fantastic job! 3, 4 and 7 are my favs!
I love the pinks... they feel so "dreamy"

Great set and very intresting pp..like to share what pp done on 3?

Great set. I probably wouldn't have noticed any lighting issues if you didn't mention it. You did a great job working in spotty light.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I was actually nervous that they wouldn't like the outcome but now i feel more confident that they will.

The PP on photo # 3 is all LR adjustments. The photo was originally on the hot side with the light comming through the cherry blossoms being blown out. here are most of the settings.

exposure -1.10
recovery 100
fill 20
black 10

Brightness/contrast +80/+50

Vibrance/saturation +40/-89

then i toyed with curves , some split tonning and then finally the camera calibration to make things pop to taste.

I love the set. You did a great job. The lighting actually looks fine to me. They will love them im sure.

Thumbs up ... great job.

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! This forum is great and super supportive