Engagement photos (park & beach)

Agnieszka · May 12, 2008

Alrighty, here we go .... I was fighting with those photos for SUCH a long time. I had my F stop set at the wrong point, so most of them were just FAR to grainy. :cry Some of them I could safe, some of them are on the soft side now .... I guess it had to happen at some point ... :dunno

I tried a more vintage look on some of them ... enjoy ... and feel free to critique ... :toni

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ShepsMom · May 12, 2008

Very interesting! I love them all, im wondering what kind of processing you did on all of them? They are very "bright" and "colorful"

Agnieszka · May 12, 2008

ShepsMom wrote:

Very interesting! I love them all, im wondering what kind of processing you did on all of them? They are very "bright" and "colorful"

Thanks

I bought an action from Nichole a while back. Now I am addicted

... can't live without it anymore ...

jeffreaux2 · May 12, 2008

WOW!!!
1,2,3,and 4 are beautiful shots.

5- I love the processing and composition, but am not sure about her looking at the ring as he kisses her. Maybe if her eyes were simply closed?

7 and 10 again gorgeous....dappled light is tough, but you pulled it off.

9 His face appears a tad dark, but I am on an uncalibrated laptop. Another postcard shot!!

11 My eyes get distracted by out of focus foreground features. Some folks like it...some don't...guess I am of the latter crowd.

12 Ive seen this before from you. I like it, your good at it, top notch

I am really liking the beach scenes, and wish #1 were sharper...but to choose a favorite I would have to say without a doubt...#4. It is just a very romantic location, pose, composition. Very nice.

Thanks for sharing...

...who's jealous now?:D

joshhuntnm · May 13, 2008

love the shots. love the post. I love to be a bug on the wall and watch you do your ps magic. Or is that lightroom?

evoryware · May 13, 2008

3, 4, 9, and 12 are my favorites.

Nice work again in those lighting conditions!

urbanaries · May 13, 2008

All hail #4! Love everything about that one! I also like the desaturated look in #3. Your processing and choices in expressions are so fresh. That's the word that keeps coming to mind when I look at your images! I love the jumping ones....the exposures as well as the fact that you included the whole shadow...now that's cool!

If I could make one small suggestion to discourage the extreme "pucker" and direct them to the "almost kiss" instead, I think it would be a bit more flattering to their facial features....but that is a very minor crit in a very beautiful, exuberant series.

Well done and thanks for sharing!

Agnieszka · May 13, 2008

Thanks for the detailed comments!

I always love to hear what you have to say!!

I agree about #5 (Jeff) ... could have been better, it's one of those shots, that I have in mind .... and I keep trying with all my couples but I can't ever get it .... but this time is didn't turn out quite as bad as the other few times, haha

I did enjoy working with the vintage look. I think I'll need to do more shots like that. I guess it's a nice break from all the crazy-saturation I usually do

As I said ... not too happy with most of them as I got the f-point wrong. I am still not done fixing the graininess in PS - so Josh, you definitely don't want to be a big on my wall these days ... haha ...

I also agree on #9, where his face looks to dark. I tried to fix it, but couldn't get it right without looking fake :cry

Have some more engagement photos this weekend (hopefully it won't rain) ... but will definitely check my camera settings like 10 times before I start

Thanks for all the comments!!

RubyRed · May 13, 2008

Which action
Just wondering which action you bought she has a lot to choose from.

Thanks for the link!

Agnieszka wrote:

Thanks I bought an action from Nichole a while back. Now I am addicted ... can't live without it anymore ...

Agnieszka · May 13, 2008

RubyRed wrote:

Just wondering which action you bought she has a lot to choose from.

Thanks for the link!

Sure ... I think it's called "essential color pop"? It's great!!!

Swartzy · May 14, 2008

How cool...how fun! I really like them. A bit different than the "A" typical engagement shoot. I think #8 would serve better with less landscape type saturation (as that action seems to be a blend of the Gorman action with increased saturation)....JMHO.

I'll bet they (the clients) are like...whoa..way cool! Nice job.

Engagement photos (park & beach)

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