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Lola & Dayo engagement photography
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KE_DP
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This one is good! -
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- Karen
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This one is not. It doesn't even look like the same photographer. It's sort of a snapshot really, yes? Crumpled couch, messed up blinds, dirty wall, bad pose, leg sticking out, crumpled clothes, half eye closed with a not so good expression.
OK.... shoes. Why? Its not getting ready for a wedding - and you've cropped off parts of them.
Had potential - if she had only looked up - and didn't have 3 arms.
Another one that had potential. Except for - her shadow on his face while her face is shadowy, messed up curtains, one open window, wires or something behind the curtain, blown out light fixture. The setting had lots of potential - hope you took more with different angles, poses and lighting!
Sorry to sound so harsh. There's some potential, but to start with, you need to pay more attention to details before you even pick up the camera. I almost get the feeling you were hanging around taking photos at another photographer's shoot. Everything just seems off.
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tedolf
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These are all fine, some very nice except for the one on the couch!
It's horrible with the Venetian blinds in the background and you made her feet and legs look gigantic!
She is a pretty girl, but that couch photo!
Man, it would make me think twice about getting married.
Tedolph
It's horrible with the Venetian blinds in the background and you made her feet and legs look gigantic!
She is a pretty girl, but that couch photo!
Man, it would make me think twice about getting married.
Tedolph
Oddly enough the couch photo got the most likes on IG. I don’t really like it myself but the bride did so I thought it was okay to post. I appreciate your critique.
MinAZ
Veteran Member
Okay well this first picture has some nice features, dramatic lighting, nice expression, nice lighting pattern. The white chamois strap on her shoulder is *super* distracting in a low key image such as this, and since you are already past the shooting stage, just edit it out. I also think that your logo is really too small, like I can barely see it. You need a much larger logo so that people will really take notice of it. (/sarcasm off - I understand that you want to tell people who you are, but this is the other side of ridiculous as far as logo size - I'd either omit or make far smaller, esp.. since we are here on a forum asking for critique and thus do not need to know your marketing information).
This photo does not flatter the subject, has poor composition and lighting, expression is deadpan, cropped weird, etc... So the opposite of the first photo. Nice big logo though, just needs to be a little bigger - not everyone has 20/20 vision anymore in their old age.
Cropping is a bit off, and lighting not the best. You need to adjust shooting angle and composition a bit IMHO. Also, I'd add more info to your logo - where's your Twitter, Skype, Paypal, and Snapchat handles? You could also add a text box underneath with a mini-resume, always useful for the marketing directors who view your photos. Alright I'll stop with the logo suggestions here - I think maybe you get the point.
This photo could have been nice, looks a bit like a magazine cover, but you've lighted her forehead and there is a hidden person behind your subject - kind of strange.
The next image looks like it had potential. The shooting angle is quite nice and the couple's garments are very interesting. Again I think your composition is just off - this looks like it is near the moment but is not quite the moment, the light on the top takes all the focus away from the subject, and the lighting is strange on the faces of the subjects.
Your photos are actually hard to give a blanket critique or review because they are so different, and its hard for me to say what one thing or few things you should do to improve. What it looks like to me is that you have gotten a few good lucky shots and are talented enough to realize what they are and did some processing to fix any issues you found, but you were not quite in control of the situation during the shoot and therefore there are various peculiar things happening in terms of cropping, posing, and lighting. I think just practicing more is a good step here and during the next shoot, try to take control of the situation more to get the picture that you want.
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tedolf
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Exactly.
You really have to be careful with this kind of shot and especially with women where perfect proportions are desirable.
To do this right you have to stand way back and crop, or use a longer lens.
It would also help to move her body more forward on the couch and have her legs more towards the back.
Also, if space was tight and you couldn't move the couch for a better background, I would have re-arranged her so her head was in front of the blinds and her legs moving off to the right.
TEdolph
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