First pre-wedding photoshoot

did a friend a favor for his friend. It suppose to e-session but turn out to be a pre-wedding group shoot I should say. In a learning process and much more to learn

advise and comment are all welcome and needed, thanks in advance!!

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Absolutely beautiful set. Love the use of natural light. Those first two group shots are awesome!

The first 6 are good, but the last 3 are the ones I feel are the weakest

7. It looks a bit dark to me (but I like bright images). It looks like just a snap while walking, and doesnt really do much for me

8. I dont feel any connection here. The photo of her can be a strong one, but he looks like he is bored in the bg and playing with balloons. It shows mixed emotions, and I just dont really feel it

9. Dark again. I like using really bright images though, so I dont think it is technically underexposed, but I feel it could be stronger a stop or so brighter.

Great pics. My only suggestion would be for a Graduated Neutral Density filter for those first pics, shooting into the sun.

Nice work You should work on fill light to bring out the dark shadows around the eyes.

They look like a very fashionable couple. Great work

lindsaytblum wrote in post #11713339
Absolutely beautiful set. Love the use of natural light. Those first two group shots are awesome!

Thank you thank you, but i think there is more room to improve...hope that next time I will have more time to prepare

alan

Red Tie Photography wrote in post #11713376
The first 6 are good, but the last 3 are the ones I feel are the weakest

7. It looks a bit dark to me (but I like bright images). It looks like just a snap while walking, and doesnt really do much for me

8. I dont feel any connection here. The photo of her can be a strong one, but he looks like he is bored in the bg and playing with balloons. It shows mixed emotions, and I just dont really feel it

9. Dark again. I like using really bright images though, so I dont think it is technically underexposed, but I feel it could be stronger a stop or so brighter.

thanks for the advice first, really need it to improve. on #7 + #9, I did intended to make it look like that. I was trying to create that sunset back-lit but not to the point where pitch black. I guess it didn't work out that well, it good that a post and see how is the review on it.

#8, haha...It might be the pose problems. I was trying to make it like...the bride looking hot and the groom patiently waiting thing.

kjonnnn wrote in post #11713393
Great pics. My only suggestion would be for a Graduated Neutral Density filter for those first pics, shooting into the sun.

um...don't have that. plus it was a very last minute confirm shoot, I didn't pack in the right gear.

alan

drdiesel1 wrote in post #11713890
Nice work You should work on fill light to bring out the dark shadows around the eyes.

thanks, and yes...I need more practice on the fill light. it was never my strong part mainly due to the love on natural lighting.

alan

jffuerte wrote in post #11714287
They look like a very fashionable couple. Great work

thank you...it was under a lot of pressure

alan

I like the natural lighting but some of them look a little blown out. Maybe back down your apature and use some fill lights. But overall they're great. Good poses and it looks like they were having fun

did I read that correctly? they did a dry run with wedding attire? Nah....I must have read that wrong? did they really do that?

HarleyHuffman wrote in post #11717731
I like the natural lighting but some of them look a little blown out. Maybe back down your apature and use some fill lights. But overall they're great. Good poses and it looks like they were having fun

Will sure try that next time. I think I used a higher aperture so they wont come out soft in group picture

Alan

suecassidy wrote in post #11717752
did I read that correctly? they did a dry run with wedding attire? Nah....I must have read that wrong? did they really do that?

They did and most of the Asian do that. Not sure if that tradition came from the British or not. The culture is different, so the way we(Asian) do wedding is and will be different. Either in traditional Chinese wedding or in gown and tux.

Chinese somehow don't really do e-session like we do here, unless you ABC (america born Chinese) or more Americanized. We usually do a shoot with tux and gown(most of the time is rental). or those type of shoot is our e-session, haha...i'm the Americanized one, not completely Chinese

I had a set for my self too, shot it a year before my big day.

alan