April & Cory - E session

Jeff_Milo

I posted a couple of pics from their e-session in my other thread but the meaning behind that thread was not really about them so I thought I would give them their just due and post a few of the other pictures here. We had such a great time roaming around NYC.

Thanks for taking the time to look C&C is always welcome & appreciated!

I have been to that city hundreds of times in my life but had never been to the top of the Empire State building (just a bit afraid of heights am I) so going up there with them was a real treat here are a few from up there:

1 - Biggest problem is getting enough room to shoot - it is crowded up there, even for a Monday evening


2. Liking what he see's


3. All about the bling

4. Sunset


Something else I have always wanted to do was shoot in Times Square. It was too funny, we started to draw a crowd as people stopped to see who these peeps where that were having their pictures taken. Quite a few people even snapped their own pics of April & Cory maybe thinking they were some Celeb they would look up when they got home.

5. Table for Two in Times Square


6. Near Kiss


7. I should have had him dip her in this one


8. In the HEART of Times Square


I wont re-post the pics from Central Park but you can check them out here if you have not already.

Again, thanks for taking the time to look!

trevorb

Really like your ring shot!

mpaulie

I like the ring shot too and the time square shots are nice, in the 1st and 2nd I'd like to see them more up close. Just feels a little distant. Processing seems kind of high on the contrast/clarity for me in 5 and 8.

Agnieszka

1 - nice ... but I guess anybody could have taken this shot, looks very touristy ...
2 - cute, but needs some cropping (a bit on the left + a bit on the right). I can see two "floating" elbows (?)
3 - nice
4 - VERY nice light
5 - Oh noooo > chopped of feet :cry
6 - not feeling it ... skin tones? light / flash?
7 - My favorite on the bunch
8 - Nice, ... but prefer #7

Jeff_Milo

Thank you all very much for the feedback. I very much appreciate you taking the time to comment as I am always looking to grow & improve.

I completely agree about #1, I threw it up here more to show how crowded it was up there. Spent a long time cloning heads, elbows, and other random body parts out of a bunch of pictures. Excellent catch on #2, I will have to go back and crop that one tighter.

She loved the ring shot, said it makes her ring look so much bigger than it actually is, which of course got him into trouble - lol

Wish I could take credit for #4 out of the camera but its actually 2 pictures combined. They wanted a sunset picture, but there were so many people trying to take sunset pictures on that side of the building that we could not get any room. So I took a shot of the sunset and created this pic for them.

First words out of my mouth when I saw the times square pics at the table were "you idiot you cut off their feet" and I did it on nearly all the shots I took there.

Thank you again for the feedback!!!

Flowerman

Hi again: #4 is the best for me because the color is so natural. If something can be done with the other color shots to make them more natural IMO it would be great. I also would like to see all of the B&W shots before conversion. IMO this is not an occassion which requires timelehess. Dated shot are a o.k in my book.
There is no greater fun than to watch my kids and grandkids look at our wedding photos of 38 years ago - the comments are preciouse to say the least.

Jeff_Milo

Not in total agreement about this not being a timeless occasion plus I am a huge fan of b&w. While they are not the same exact shots this is what 3 & 7 would look like in color.



These are the original pictures that comprise #4

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Moogle Pepper

I think 1 would have been much better with a slow shutter speed so that everyone other than the couple look like they are zipping.

5 could be cooler if it wasn't centered.

I agree with 7 being awesome!!

Flowerman

After looking again, and again, at the shots what you did for #4 is my favorite. IMO #1 is a prime canidate for some of your great photoshop work. Your other color shots have something out of wack but I am unable to say what.

mmmatt

Jeff these are really nice. Your clients seemed comfortable with all the people around and that is 1/2 the battle in cases like this. I love what you did with 4... that is a spectacular image when all is said and done. maybe a little less blur around the top of his head but probably nothing the average person would ever notice. Overall impression of this set is a good one though I agree with Angie's comments almost verbatim. I'm sure your clients are quite happy!

Matt

kyeezie

What a fun set! I'm no pro so I will tell you what I like, nothing technical. I just like pictures. Sometimes it is not about if you cut off their feet, or if the picture was actually 2 pictures put together. We would have never known, and we still like it! I know this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I really like 2. It is fun, unique and shows their fun personalities. It just makes me smile.

mmmatt

kyeezie wrote: »

What a fun set! I'm no pro so I will tell you what I like, nothing technical. I just like pictures. Sometimes it is not about if you cut off their feet, or if the picture was actually 2 pictures put together. We would have never known, and we still like it! I know this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I really like 2. It is fun, unique and shows their fun personalities. It just makes me smile.

At the end of the day you are right, but should we not strive to produce both good emotional photography and good technical photography as long as neither are sacrificed? Have you ever eaten a meal and thought hmmm... that was good but something was missing. Have you ever eaten a meal and then just savored every morsel for reasons you can't put your finger on? There are things our senses respond to that are beyond what our conscious mind records. I think of proper composition as one of those things. Certainly there are times when proper composition or anything else is irrelevant and maybe even impossible, but not in most cases.

Matt

kyeezie

mmmatt wrote: »

At the end of the day you are right, but should we not strive to produce both good emotional photography and good technical photography as long as neither are sacrificed? Have you ever eaten a meal and thought hmmm... that was good but something was missing. Have you ever eaten a meal and then just savored every morsel for reasons you can't put your finger on? There are things our senses respond to that are beyond what our conscious mind records. I think of proper composition as one of those things. Certainly there are times when proper composition or anything else is irrelevant and maybe even impossible, but not in most cases.

Matt

Oh, I totally agree with you! In this case though, you guys hit the technical stuff for me. I just wanted you all to know which one I liked :-) And I liked it not for composition or lighting or anything like that. I just liked it and I liked it because it made me smile and I went back to it a few times because of that. BUT!....now I'm hungry.:eat