The best part overall is that you were able to show some genuine spark between them. That is half the battle.
When shooting people in poses (even casual) little things count. In the shots where she is kind of looking over his shoulder (several of them), it would be better to actually have her lean out and come around just a little more. His face obscures hers just a little too much. Basically you are tying to put the faces on about the same plane. It also helps for relative sizes of the faces. A little more like this: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/kuresa_0050a.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Steele/steele_0391.htm The third shot - what I call the near/far shot seems a little disjointed - basically two people showing no interest in each other. I would usually have the far one look at the near one in some kind of loving gaze like this: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Latham/latham_0314.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Bullock/bullock_0127.htm Remember that there is no single way to do things. These are just some suggestions. I think it is a great idea you had to be able to get some practice without expectations being too high. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 4:12:34 AM, you wrote: J> Firstly, thanks to all who responded to my initial posting (Photo Shoot J> #1) concerning the wedding I got to shoot a few weeks ago. Since then I J> was so starved for another opportunity to shoot people again that I posted J> an ad on craigslist for a free photo shoot. I got tons of responses but J> unfortunately somehow ended up with a couple that was way younger than I J> anticipated. J> In any event, here's a few highlights from the outting: J> http://www.exposedfilm.net/mandi/ J> Comments and criticism welcomed. You guys were great with the advice last J> time around. J> All the best, J> Jerome J> PS... the website is under (re) construction, so please excuse the flash J> components if they are still a bit clunky. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
