First Engagements

ren

1.

I finally figured out how to add more than one pic to a post. [Thanks Mike] So I'm going to add some more from this shoot.

2.


3. This was taken with the idea of the words of the announcement to the side of the couple.



4. This was the last of our shoot. A little too sunny.



5. And this is how much fun they were!!


6. Colorful freckles:

sherijohnson

very nice! welcome to dgrin!

zoomer

Hi Jessica,
Cute couple, I like the treatment and angle on this one.
Great background, using the railroad tracks like that.

If it were me, and because I know you are looking for constructive critique, I would have burned(darkened) his face just a smidge, his face looks a bit brighter than hers.

Nice photo!

ren

Thanks Sheri.

ren

Thanks Mike. [you gave me away!] Are you referring to his cheek or his whole face? Sometimes when I burn, it comes out yellowish or the wrong color. Will it prevent that by bringing the exposure down?



Hi Jessica,
Cute couple, I like the treatment and angle on this one.
Great background, using the railroad tracks like that.

If it were me, and because I know you are looking for constructive critique, I would have burned(darkened) his face just a smidge, his face looks a bit brighter than hers.

Nice photo!

zoomer

Sometimes burning will change the color, especially in a photo with an effect such as this, in that case then you can select the entire face and darken it just a smidge.

ren wrote:

Thanks Mike. [you gave me away!] Are you referring to his cheek or his whole face? Sometimes when I burn, it comes out yellowish or the wrong color. Will it prevent that by bringing the exposure down?



Hi Jessica,
Cute couple, I like the treatment and angle on this one.
Great background, using the railroad tracks like that.

If it were me, and because I know you are looking for constructive critique, I would have burned(darkened) his face just a smidge, his face looks a bit brighter than hers.

Nice photo!

Agnieszka

Aw, and look at those freckles, how cute!!! Very nice pic!

sweet caroline

Genuine smiles, sparkly eyes, good focus. I love it.

WingsOfLovePhoto

Welcome to Dgrin! Love the lighting, clarity, pose and smiles are natural! Good Job! My only nit pick is the processing with the freckles. I think changing to black and white/sepia make them stand out much more. I think for me I would like color better. just my opinion though.....

Shima

These are all very well done, and they look very happy. Great job!

joshhuntnm

nice set.

#2 is a little flashy to my taste.

Terrence

Veeeeery nice work. I love #1, #4, and #6. So sharp. I agreed on #2. It looks a little flashed. They'll be really happy.

ren

flashy
Is there anything now, that I can do with PS to counter-act the 'flashiness?'

Thanks for your comments!

zoomer

Change it to black and white and add some contrast,
or darken it a bit and take some contrast out.
Try a soft focus, or glow effect to take some of the sharpness out and make it more of a moody shot, darken a smidge.
Main problem is the on camera flash which flattens out their features.
With flash off camera adding some depth to their features you can get away with a bit of overflashiness.
Now that you know it looks a tad overflashed just get in there and play around with it until you like the look of it.

ren wrote:

Is there anything now, that I can do with PS to counter-act the 'flashiness?'

Thanks for your comments!

FedererPhoto

Good work... a titch too much flash on that one, imho (would have been great off-camera)... but otherwise, fantastic stuff, posing, processing, etc.

When I do e-sessions, I always forget to think about the fact they are likely going to be used for the STD. Good work incorporating that as well.