Some wine tasting and some engaging: Jeremy and Genevieve

Moogle Pepper

My college pal and fiancee entertained my idea at shooting at Amalthea winery in Atco, NJ. During the break from the crazy torrential rain storm.

The wine tasting was awesome, four courses with 8 vintages per.. I mean the esession was awesome.

Some images:
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Zanotti

4,7,9,12 big winners!

Could you do a little skin smoothing on #12 - its a nice shot?

Did it rain enough on Saturday? I am surprised you even ventured outside!

Z

Moogle Pepper

We went on Sunday morning when there was a good long pause in the rain.

Thanks for checking it out!

marikris

Great series! I absolutely love 1B and 2A. 1A isn't doing it for me because they look kind of awkward in the composition. With the dramatic lighting and the position of their heads and hands, it kind of looks like he's forcing his attentions on her. (Here comes my emoticons) huh

She reminds me of Claire Danes, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bridget Fonda, btw. I kept thinking, she looks so familiar.

jeffreaux2

Guess Im going against popular opinion, but other than #3.....none of them really do anything special for me.

Moogle Pepper

marikris wrote:

Great series! I absolutely love 1B and 2A. 1A isn't doing it for me because they look kind of awkward in the composition. With the dramatic lighting and the position of their heads and hands, it kind of looks like he's forcing his attentions on her. (Here comes my emoticons) huh

She reminds me of Claire Danes, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bridget Fonda, btw. I kept thinking, she looks so familiar.

Hmm... good point.

Thanks for the comments, Marikris & Jeff.

heatherfeather

Well my favs are 8 & 9.
8, because of all those beautiful textures, and abstract feel and 9 cause of the the fun framing, even though it is a bit centered.
Looks like you had fun, wine or no wine!

Tay

I just love 1, 2, and 7 what a beautiful setting and theme, I adore it!

3 is cute, but her hand looks very weird to me, almost deformed or something. I assume it's just the placing of her fingers?

Moogle Pepper

heatherfeather wrote:

Well my favs are 8 & 9.
8, because of all those beautiful textures, and abstract feel and 9 cause of the the fun framing, even though it is a bit centered.
Looks like you had fun, wine or no wine!

Yeah it is a bit centered, but there was so much clutter on the sides that I had to make do.

Oh we had wine.

@Tay, yeah it is the placing of her fingers. I was turning about to look at my camera to see how much room I had left when I saw that.

Agnieszka

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Guess Im going against popular opinion, but other than #3.....none of them really do anything special for me.

I think you "saw the light" and did some fun stuff with it. I really like how 1 & 2 came out (though the shadows are a *bit* harsh for my taste). I also like #4, ... the winery might be interested in that shot also ... looks pretty cool to me.

I don't care for #6. Her laying on the floor is somewhat wrong to me & I'm sure she'd appreciate some skin processing.

8, 9 & 10 are really fun, composition wise. I like the look

Now, the only "problem" I have is actually mostly a style thing, so it's nothing you do wrong, it's just not the way I'd do it. For some reason it looks like you're adding a lot of green to your photos & you darken them also. I don't really know why the green ... green, makes the skin look gray > "dead" (sorry, sounds harsher than I want it to be).

But I'd experiment with the color processing a bit more .... as much as it's a style thing, I think especially for engagement & wedding photos you'd want to have something "happier" ... my 2 cents.

Moogle Pepper

Agnieszka wrote:

I think you "saw the light" and did some fun stuff with it. I really like how 1 & 2 came out (though the shadows are a *bit* harsh for my taste). I also like #4, ... the winery might be interested in that shot also ... looks pretty cool to me.

I don't care for #6. Her laying on the floor is somewhat wrong to me & I'm sure she'd appreciate some skin processing.

8, 9 & 10 are really fun, composition wise. I like the look

Now, the only "problem" I have is actually mostly a style thing, so it's nothing you do wrong, it's just not the way I'd do it. For some reason it looks like you're adding a lot of green to your photos & you darken them also. I don't really know why the green ... green, makes the skin look gray > "dead" (sorry, sounds harsher than I want it to be).

But I'd experiment with the color processing a bit more .... as much as it's a style thing, I think especially for engagement & wedding photos you'd want to have something "happier" ... my 2 cents.

Hmm... some good points, which I appreciate a lot! I'll do some tinkering, though they are stoked with them anyway. It will still be fun to experiment some more with them.

Agnieszka

Moogle Pepper wrote:

Hmm... some good points, which I appreciate a lot! I'll do some tinkering, though they are stoked with them anyway. It will still be fun to experiment some more with them.

Hope you didn't take it the wring way .... again, this is just a style thing ....

Moogle Pepper

Agnieszka wrote:

Hope you didn't take it the wring way .... again, this is just a style thing ....

no no no! It'd be good for me to try it out anyway. Get like two versions and see how I can synthesize it!

Agnieszka

Moogle Pepper wrote:

no no no! It'd be good for me to try it out anyway. Get like two versions and see how I can synthesize it!