emily & matt: urban winter engagement

urbanaries · January 26, 2010

em & matt insisted on going out in January...the gods shined on us, er, clouded on us....but they didn't rain!

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2. ok, it's just impossible not to try to do SOMETHING like pat

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18. just for oddball fun!!! try to shoot without looking thru the viewfinder sometimes...

19. trying angie's flare in these next two...there was a little to begin with I just ran with it!

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Thanks for looking....been a while since I posted, feels like. Comments always welcome and appreciated.

Jeremy Winterberg · January 26, 2010

Post 800 - yay
3, 15, 18 are my favorites.

I would clone out the dark cloud in the first one, it takes my attention right away. I don't care for the lens flare in 19, but it works in 20 I think.

Otherwise, you have a great feel going on. I miss Indy :cry Me and my friends went there several times last semester when I was going to school in Marion, IN. Now I have to put up with the icky Wisconsin weather

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Gambrel · January 26, 2010

#3 is my favorite. Her eyes draw me right into the photo.

Great work all around.

Darren Troy C · January 26, 2010

Awesome set!

2, 3, 8, 9, & 11 are my most faves but geez....hard to choose!

Moogle Pepper · January 26, 2010

#7

I like the physical action going on!

though honestly I love them all, Lynne! (Saving to inspiration folder.

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sweet caroline · January 26, 2010

Gorgeousness!

FlyNavy · January 26, 2010

You really captured the magic of their love. Very nice!

Mishka · January 26, 2010

Awesome, awesome series. I'm loving #14 and #15. The whole set is brimming with creativity!

zoomer · January 26, 2010

16 I don't like. It looks like it was underexposed to accentuate the silhouette.
20 I don't like the flare in that one, 19 the flare is just ok for me.

The rest I really enjoyed. Lots of space and energy.
The ones in the street were really cool.

5 7 10 15 17 are my favorites.

The puddle flip shot worked really well. I liked the series of about 4 of them that appear to have been shot with a 1.4 or a 200mm...the background is just gone...very nice.

Great set the couple will be jazzed when they see them!!!

mmmatt · January 26, 2010

Wonderful series Lynn!!!!! 3 and 14 are my faves. 3 is just stunning... as has been said her gorgeous eyes just suck you right in. 14 is just wonderfully complex in the way it shows her hand up in the foreground and down in the reflection. Love it!!! 7 and 15 are also great. 7 for the simplicity and 15 for the wonderful textures you got out of the puddle, I'm going with Jeremy on the first one. I would get the blotch out of there and/or maybe throw a subtle vignette on it. Also agreeing with Z on 16. I think it looks underexposed and I would add a 1-2 stops more exposure to it if it were mine

thanks for posting Lynn!! It's always such a treat to see your work.

Matt
***edit*** Just to say how wonderful your comps are Lynn. You really, really compose well and the newbs out there should take special note of that in this series. There is so much good about these that it doesn't jump out like that at first look. the way you use the edge of the frames and balance/compliment your images with the negative space is truly masterful. People seem to take so much stock in posing and getting their clients to do this or that but that is a small, small part of what you have going on here. You can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing your posing is little more than inspiring natural interaction and the rest is your wonderfully artistic eye. These two are obvioulsy very comfortable with you and so are unhindered by your presence.

Agnieszka · January 26, 2010

Beauuutiful

The only one I'm not too crazy about is #12 (because of her expression) & agreeing with others about #16.

Really loving this set

heatherfeather · January 26, 2010

This whole set is delicious! I love the two reflections shots... and of course #3.

Amazing! Love your processing too! Are you using some new presets or is it actions? Or just your happy little mouse finger doing its job?

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

Jeremy Winterberg wrote:

3, 15, 18 are my favorites.

I would clone out the dark cloud in the first one, it takes my attention right away. I don't care for the lens flare in 19, but it works in 20 I think.

Otherwise, you have a great feel going on. I miss Indy :cry Me and my friends went there several times last semester when I was going to school in Marion, IN. Now I have to put up with the icky Wisconsin weather .

Thanks, Jeremy! Good catch on the first one...sloppy on my part. These two share my love for downtown so it was a fun time. Indy weather is not much better than wisconsin...it's icy and 16 degrees today.:D

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

Gambrel wrote:

#3 is my favorite. Her eyes draw me right into the photo. Great work all around.

Thank you

I must say, I knocked off a lot of my fellow Dgrinner's money shots, now that I think of it. That one is straight out of heatherfeather's book

the client really likes that one too, it's her new FB profile picture...the new era of compliments, I guess!

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

Darren Troy C wrote:

Awesome set!

2, 3, 8, 9, & 11 are my most faves but geez....hard to choose!

Thank you so much, appreciate your comments!

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

Moogle Pepper wrote:

#7

I like the physical action going on!

though honestly I love them all, Lynne! (Saving to inspiration folder. )

Woot! a high compliment coming from someone like you!

And #7 is my fave too....still think the conversion is a bit dark but it was hard with that truck to make her clothes separate. But I love the muscles in her legs, the looking out for cars, I've shot a LOT of photos at this intersection and its my new fave

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

sweet caroline wrote:

Gorgeousness!

thankfulness!!!

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

Mishka wrote:

Awesome, awesome series. I'm loving #14 and #15. The whole set is brimming with creativity!

wow, what a great compliment! Thank you! It's funny, I felt like I was kind of going thru the motions on ideas, didn't feel very original although I'm happy with how the set turned out overall.

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

FlyNavy wrote:

You really captured the magic of their love. Very nice!

You know, that's the goal when all is said and done, right? Very flattered by your kind comment.

urbanaries · January 27, 2010

mmmatt wrote:

Wonderful series Lynn!!!!! 3 and 14 are my faves. 3 is just stunning... as has been said her gorgeous eyes just suck you right in. 14 is just wonderfully complex in the way it shows her hand up in the foreground and down in the reflection. Love it!!! 7 and 15 are also great. 7 for the simplicity and 15 for the wonderful textures you got out of the puddle, I'm going with Jeremy on the first one. I would get the blotch out of there and/or maybe throw a subtle vignette on it. Also agreeing with Z on 16. I think it looks underexposed and I would add a 1-2 stops more exposure to it if it were mine

thanks for posting Lynn!! It's always such a treat to see your work.

Matt
***edit*** Just to say how wonderful your comps are Lynn. You really, really compose well and the newbs out there should take special note of that in this series. There is so much good about these that it doesn't jump out like that at first look. the way you use the edge of the frames and balance/compliment your images with the negative space is truly masterful. People seem to take so much stock in posing and getting their clients to do this or that but that is a small, small part of what you have going on here. You can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing your posing is little more than inspiring natural interaction and the rest is your wonderfully artistic eye. These two are obvioulsy very comfortable with you and so are unhindered by your presence.

Wow, Matt....not sure I'm deserving of all this praise! 3 is an unabashed copy of a heatherfeather photo (maybe we should go head to head....original vs. copy? it would be fun!!!) 14 is kind of bleh for me, mostly because I've done it before and so have many others, but I liked their expressions. But thanks for helping me see it in a different way, I didn't notice her arm(s) before!

on to your edit....I am very flattered by your thoughtful critique. I know I don't have the sharpest, cleanest photos, my lighting and posing are sloppy, but it's nice to know I have some innate sense of composition. I do want to push the envelope in that regard more this year....especially with negative space. You are right, this couple was SO comfortable in front of the camera...I'd just find a background or patch of light I liked and they'd just "assume the position." I very rarely made hand suggestions or "make her laugh" etc. It happens rarely but when it does, it allows me to totally step back and see one scene in many different angles/etc because they could give a HOOT what I'm doing or how long it takes!

Although, most of my couples forget about me by the end of a session...that's my goal anyway!

One thing that really stuck out in my mind and helped my composition skills was BDColen's people forum challenge where you take a bunch of different photos without either of you moving your feet. A very eye-opening exercise that has stood out in my mind. So don't be afraid to leave a client where they are if some chemistry/light/magic is working....switch lenses, shoot from 360 degrees, get on the floor, stand on a chair.

mmmatt · January 27, 2010

urbanaries wrote:

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on to your edit....I am very flattered by your thoughtful critique. I know I don't have the sharpest, cleanest photos, my lighting and posing are sloppy, but it's nice to know I have some innate sense of composition. I do want to push the envelope in that regard more this year....especially with negative space.

*snip*

Well that proper photography stuff doesn't always matter now does it! I'll take a photo that shows real emotion, or tells a story, or makes me want to look hard to soak up the details any day over technically perfect! Sometimes imperfection is what makes a photo REAL and thus... perfect!

Matt

trevorb · September 1, 2010

#3 is stunning! I am thinking these are the deep blacks you are talking about.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
#5 Really like the intimacy captured in this one.<o:p></o:p>
#7 is epic! I love candid shots the urban environment. <o:p></o:p>
#14 and #15 Love your eye, I wish I could catch reflections like that.

Shima · September 5, 2010

Beautiful work as always!

urbanaries · September 7, 2010

Shima wrote: »

Beautiful work as always!

Why thank you guys for resurrecting this

I'm shooting their wedding Oct 9 so can't wait to share those with you as well! Wish me luck! (I'm a bit rusty!)