First Engagements

ren · January 21, 2009

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 · January 22, 2009

very nice! welcome to dgrin!

zoomer · January 22, 2009

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 · January 22, 2009

Thanks Sheri.

ren · January 22, 2009

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 · January 22, 2009

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 · January 23, 2009

Aw, and look at those freckles, how cute!!!

Very nice pic!

sweet caroline · January 23, 2009

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

WingsOfLovePhoto · January 23, 2009

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 · January 26, 2009

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

joshhuntnm · January 26, 2009

nice set.

#2 is a little flashy to my taste.

Terrence · January 27, 2009

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 · January 28, 2009

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

Thanks for your comments!

zoomer · January 29, 2009

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 · January 30, 2009

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.

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