D and W...From last Saturday.

jeffreaux2

Just sharing a few of my favorites from last weekend's e-session. We cut our scheduled mid-morning shoot off short due to harsh light and a poor choice of locations (in that type of light). That evening, we met up downtown and skipped around to chance locations....finding quite a few for some nice variety.

I used flash on six of these, so at least half are existing light captures inspired by a thread earlier this week started by "WingsofLove".

1-Single 580EX (camera left) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.


2-Single 580EX (camera left) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.


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8-Single 580EX (camera right) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.


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10-Single 580EX (camera left) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.


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12-Single 580EX (camera left) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.


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14- (This one for HF!)Single 580EX (camera left) off camera shot through a 45 inch white umbrella via STE2.



15- ...and LASTLY....this one that I have shared already in a different conversion. I think I still have some work to do here, but I love the shot, and got a nice series of photos on this porch.

sweet caroline

2, 3, and 15 are my favorites.

Caroline

Llywellyn

Wonderful set, as always. Love 14 and 15 especially (prefer this conversion of 15 to the one in the other thread, though they're both very cool).

Qarik

I am going to use my post #1000 on this set.

#3 and #4

heatherfeather

Oooh yay- these are fun and inspiring!

Here is my blow by blow- and take all this with a grain of since you know I love your stuff. (Really I do!)

#1- love the tilt & pose
#2- What is going on with her left eye? Seems like she has extra thick eyeliner on it, or like a bad PS shadow recovery job or something. But she is super pretty and he compliments her well.
#3- love the location- that railing is stunning with the pillars! She has a fun expression.
#4-My favorite of the set- perfect comp. Love how it points to them again and again!
#5- Purdy!
#6- What is that? Mirror? Painting? Window? Whatever it is, it is pretty neat! Great pose to utilize the space!
#7-Too close to a maternity pose to suit me. I always attempt to avoid landing the hands anywhere near the abdomen area to prevent that look... But I love the conversion, location and his expression.
#8-Love the idea, but the tilt kind of kills it for me. The expressions you got grom them are really fun! (But I do have to add that I am, for some reason, on the edge of "tired of tilt". Preferences, preferences. We all have them, but mine are the only ones that count. JK, hahaha)
#9-I am wishing to see this one bigger so I can attempt to duplicate it. I tried to pose one similar at last nights e-session with the ring on a motercycle, but found difficulty in getting the ring to take up enough of the frame as well as the oof clients. In your photo, it worked really well to have them sitting. (Could you make this larger for me to see? I need to study it.)
#10- Close to my favorite of the set- lovely use of the bench and background. But the best part is that lovely OCF that you know I love!
#11- Nice, but I found myself attempting to figure out which hand was the left and which ring was the engagement ring... If it were me, I would have had them remove all watches, extra rings, etc. to put the focus on the engagement ring.
#12- Now that I have noticed the eye in #2, my attention is drawn immediately to it. I doubt the clients would notice, but it would drive me batty! Lovely colors and pose though.
#13- Sweet!
#14-:D
#15- Gorgeous! Pose, conversion, background, texture, everything... love it! One thing I would fix for her is where the wrinkle of her shirt gets tucked into her pants just a bit. Should be a fairly simple fix that will make her love this photo just that much more.

Just read back through my comments and realize I sound kind of pointed. I hope you know that I am EXTREMELY impressed by your work and constant desire to increase in knowledge and skills. (And are committed to dragging the rest of us along with you! ) Love this set! And I'm inspired by this set! I know how tricky all of this can get, so kudos to you! Thanks for sharing!

jeffreaux2

I bolded my replies here in bold.

heatherfeather wrote:

Oooh yay- these are fun and inspiring!

Here is my blow by blow- and take all this with a grain of since you know I love your stuff. (Really I do!)


#2- What is going on with her left eye? Seems like she has extra thick eyeliner on it, or like a bad PS shadow recovery job or something. But she is super pretty and he compliments her well.

It wasn't me or her left eye, but rather her right eye that seems to not open up as much as the left. Fought with that for the whole shoot.....she isn't my first client that has had this issue....and it's funny that I notice it as much as I do in people.


#3- love the location- that railing is stunning with the pillars! She has a fun expression.

Biggest Baptist church Ive ever seen. Those pillars are easily 8 feet diameter.....maybe more.


#5- Purdy! Under the roof between pillars and facade......thats one BIG softbox of natural light!


#6- What is that? Mirror? Painting? Window? Whatever it is, it is pretty neat! Great pose to utilize the space!

Its a window reflecting the old state capitol building across the street....that would be where the iron fence I often shoot against is located.
#7-Too close to a maternity pose to suit me. I always attempt to avoid landing the hands anywhere near the abdomen area to prevent that look... But I love the conversion, location and his expression.

Maybe if I did more maternity stuff I would have noticed that?

#8-Love the idea, but the tilt kind of kills it for me. The expressions you got grom them are really fun! (But I do have to add that I am, for some reason, on the edge of "tired of tilt". Preferences, preferences. We all have them, but mine are the only ones that count. JK, hahaha)

The tilt helped hide some distractions farther down the wall.

#9-I am wishing to see this one bigger so I can attempt to duplicate it. I tried to pose one similar at last nights e-session with the ring on a motercycle, but found difficulty in getting the ring to take up enough of the frame as well as the oof clients. In your photo, it worked really well to have them sitting. (Could you make this larger for me to see? I need to study it.)

Sure thing

#10- Close to my favorite of the set- lovely use of the bench and background. But the best part is that lovely OCF that you know I love!

I should have absolutely used a CTB gel on the flash but skipped it. I could kick myself.

#14-:D Pointed critics seem to like this pose....dunno why


#15- Gorgeous! Pose, conversion, background, texture, everything... love it! One thing I would fix for her is where the wrinkle of her shirt gets tucked into her pants just a bit. Should be a fairly simple fix that will make her love this photo just that much more.

Its unfinished....Ill include your suggestion.

Just read back through my comments and realize I sound kind of pointed. I hope you know that I am EXTREMELY impressed by your work and constant desire to increase in knowledge and skills. (And are committed to dragging the rest of us along with you! ) Love this set! And I'm inspired by this set! I know how tricky all of this can get, so kudos to you! Thanks for sharing!

Sure. Whatever you say....

Thanks for the blow by blow

jeffreaux2

This is uncropped Heather. In an 8x10 I think the ceiling fan would disappear and bring the ring to 1/3 ish from bottom. It isnt perfect...and I really wished I had hung on to my macro lens for shots like this.

GemGem

These are great! my favorites are the last three. The conversion is great!

rwells

Hey Jeff,

Nice set for sure

Stand-outs for me:

2) good pose & comp

3) The comp & colors grab your eye to the subjects

6) very symmetrical

12) just realized this is the same shot as #2

14) I don't normally like centered subjects, but it seems to work here

15) I keep trying to like this image, but I'm just not completely sure

I do appreciate you posting any "strobist" info about the pics. I think others will enjoy that also

Thanks for posting.

Agnieszka

Great set, Jeff! Good for you that you guys decided to continue the shoot later that evening ... I wish I could have done that at my last wedding

Love all the pics you posted!

jeffreaux2

Agnieszka wrote:

Great set, Jeff! Good for you that you guys decided to continue the shoot later that evening ... I wish I could have done that at my last wedding

Love all the pics you posted!

I hear ya....


I got super lucky at my last wedding with a well timed cloud that lasted the 15 minutes of the ceremony.

D is a photography buff herself, and easily understood all of my concerns about the conditions. I happened to catch this shot of her at my last wedding...I had already spoken with her about doing her wedding, but this was our first face to face meeting.





...and of course this is her fiance...

Agnieszka

jeffreaux2 wrote:

I hear ya....


I got super lucky at my last wedding with a well timed cloud that lasted the 15 minutes of the ceremony.

D is a photography buff herself, and easily understood all of my concerns about the conditions. I happened to catch this shot of her at my last wedding...I had already spoken with her about doing her wedding, but this was our first face to face meeting.

Good for you! So jealous! The sun during my last wedding killed me. Ugh. I need to have a serious word with the guys that is responsible of the weather (+ expecting rain this Sat). Ugh. No luck these days.

A big yay for understanding brides, we need more of them

Btw. The last shot is one of the best shots I've seen in a while. HILARIOUS!

divamum

Your usual beautiful work (what is it about you and brick walls?! You give me WAY too many ideas.... although of course now I need some cute couples to shoot to try it out )

Especially like 4, 15 and 15. Yummy!

jeffreaux2

rwells wrote:

Hey Jeff,

Nice set for sure

Stand-outs for me:

2) good pose & comp

3) The comp & colors grab your eye to the subjects

6) very symmetrical

12) just realized this is the same shot as #2

14) I don't normally like centered subjects, but it seems to work here

15) I keep trying to like this image, but I'm just not completely sure

I do appreciate you posting any "strobist" info about the pics. I think others will enjoy that also

Thanks for posting.

Thanks Randy,

I often don't consider adding the stobist info, though I can see where it might help some folks.

jeffreaux2

divamum wrote:

Your usual beautiful work (what is it about you and brick walls?! You give me WAY too many ideas.... although of course now I need some cute couples to shoot to try it out )

Especially like 4, 15 and 15. Yummy!

Brick walls= monotonous, non-distracting, usually warm texture.

jeffreaux2

GemGem, Caroline, Kerry, and Quarik(congrats on 1k!),

Thanks for your kind comments. Much appreciated.:D

rmwphoto

I really like #6 and #15 very cool!!

picturegirl

Jeff, these are amazing!!! You do such a wonderful job with lighting and posing your couples, they look so comfortable. Of coarse I had a few favorites, but that does not mean the others weren't amazing.
LOVE, LOVE #4, 9, 10 and 13

Shima

3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13 are my favorites, phew, that was hard, so many great shots!

I always love your work

WingsOfLovePhoto

Haha Jeff mentioned me in his post!!! +1 for existing light,(I am totally becoming a fan) but I love them all! I wish that I had some close by cool places to do shots like this! Doing an e-session at Vassar College in 2 weeks. Hope they come out half as good as yours Jeff!