Family Shoot - Beautiful Light

BuddyLee

I did a family shoot this past weekend for my sister. One area I really struggle with is posing. Here are a few of the shots. Looking for C&C...

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Brewster

#1 - the tree in the center of the frame divides the shot in half. Not sure about the tilt........
I like the back-lit couple, but there are 2 spots of lens flare around her boots.

Brewster

briandelion

I like the attitudes of the poses and the subjects all seem relaxed and to be enjoying themselves. I think you posed your subjects nicely unto themselves. To me, the problem is how they are arranged withinin the picture space and at times, distracting surroundings.

#1 the couple appear to be sliding off the bottom right edge. The lens flare has already been mentioned.
#2 this would be my favorite if it wasn't for the piece of fence pointing into the young man's head. Ouch!
#3 is very nice but I would have moved in closer to avoid having to square up all the not-so-squared-up horizontals of the building. #4 Cool! I think opening up the shadows on the couple and possibly cropping off a little sky would help to focus attention more on your subjects.
#5 Nice expression on your subject's face. Possibly the top most piece of siding could be cropped off. It is darker than the rest and draws attention to the upper reght corner of the picture.

reyvee61

Some comments made above reflect my thoughts as well....
I really like number four if you could just bump the exposure or adjust the blacks on the couple only it would greatly improve this portrait.....
Nice work over all......

BuddyLee

thank you...
Thanks everyone for your comments. I agree with the flare comments, I actually don't like flare at all, but thought I'd post for some thoughts. Here's a version I like better. The angle is a little funky, it was done to remove objects in the background, like a parking lot with cars. I will also look at making some of the suggested changes to the other photos before printing. Thanks much for the suggestions!