The Bride

rhommel

Hello,

This will be my first post! Im surprised there's no "General Discussion" board here

Anyway, this photo was taken last Sunday.

krisbphoto

I recognize the first image from a post that I saw yesterday. I'm not sure if it was on here or FM.

You might try adjusting the white balance in the first photo to get rid of that green tint. The composition's not bad, and there's a nice catchlight in her eyes.

The second photo suffers from a messy background, but the color is much better. You might try a tighter crop (but unfortantely that would eliminate the flowers; maybe take away from the overall effect) to put more focus on the subject. It also looks kind of noisy in the shadowed area to the left. You might run some noise reduction in Photoshop (or whatever software you're using.

Regardless of any technical aspects, I'm sure that the bride is extremely pleased with the photos and will cherish them forever! Keep up the good work!

rhommel

krisbphoto wrote:

I recognize the first image from a post that I saw yesterday. I'm not sure if it was on here or FM.

You might try adjusting the white balance in the first photo to get rid of that green tint. The composition's not bad, and there's a nice catchlight in her eyes.

The second photo suffers from a messy background, but the color is much better. You might try a tighter crop (but unfortantely that would eliminate the flowers; maybe take away from the overall effect) to put more focus on the subject. It also looks kind of noisy in the shadowed area to the left. You might run some noise reduction in Photoshop (or whatever software you're using.

Regardless of any technical aspects, I'm sure that the bride is extremely pleased with the photos and will cherish them forever! Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the critique! What do you suggest I do about the background on the 2nd image? should I just take the background out? Or maybe just blur it more?

Scott_Quier

The first one is well exposed and nice composition. White balance is a bit warm and, like krisbphoto mentioned, might be touch green.

The second is under-exposed and white balance is way too cool. The under-exposure is probably the primary source of the noise mentioned by krisbphoto.

Finally, technical issues aside, these are good and I'm sure the bride will be thrilled.

krisbphoto

What do you suggest I do about the background on the 2nd image?

I would recommend a tight crop close to her face. You could try to blur out the background more, but I'm not sure how effective it will be due to the size and "busyness."