Cody & Megan Engagement Session

[mdphotography]

Ok so this is only my second time to post here & i'm still learning so CC is welcome! I'm ready to learn from some of the best here! Hope you like them

[BeccaJ]

They look like fun folks...I can tell they're having a good time (which is important!), but here's a few thoughts:

#1 - it looks like they're holding hands. show that, or have them interact differently if you're going to photograph them that close... (her head on his shoulder or something).

#2 - the finger shadows are distracting. try this shot in the shade, or turn a few steps in one direction or the other to see how the light falls.

#3 - there's clearly shaded spots all around them. this shot would've been much better had you gotten them out of the hot-spot and positioned them further back, and in the shade. you could use a more shallow depth of field and get a sort of tunnel effect where the tracks go between the trees.

#4 - ah, i do love the warmth of the light. however, there's a couple of different ways you could have framed this, so that their heads were not in the direct path of the beam. if you like them closer to the bridge, you could scoot them over to the right so that they are framed by the angle of the two beams intersecting. or, you could move them further away from the bridge, and use a more shallow depth of field. would've been nice with the grass.

[JustAnotherGinger]

1 & 3 seem out of focus. I like the last one :)

[hdctx]

Focus

[DiskoJoe]

1 - OOF
2 - Cute
3 - OOF and over exposed. Also cliche with the railroad tracks (sorry that's a personal thing)
4 - not liking this angle and white balance is off. I would have went and ripped down some of the grass that was in the way of them. Just those stray pieces here and there.

Lose the watermark.

[Chianti]

You have exposure and focus issues. The ideas of your shots are good, but technically none of these should be keepers.

[Killeenguy]

you did great with connecting with the customer.... by that I mean you captured them having a good time "smiling"!

advice: focusing on the eyes is extremely important, and if you have trouble focusing with help of the auto focus, switch to manual focus with a not so shallow field of view.