Would love some outside opinions on these. It was done at an engagement session this weekend. The couple was great, very affectionate and I think I got more hand butt shots then non hand butt.
I'll come back with information on how it was shot if the masses like it.
i love the first one-i don't think the sky is necessary in this one, though (i might just crop it out)-love the composition and IR look-was the IR done in camera or in post?
not a fan of #2-i prefer all color or all b&w for an image-their faces are also a bit OOF
And I'll tell you why. In 2, his expression just kills it. Their outfits don't work at all here either. If he was in a sport coat and jeans and a old world hat then maybe. The scene calls for magic all around and the fact that they are in street clothes kills it. Fish out of water. In 1, their outfits/expressions are less noticeable and that's why it works.
I say do this shot again and get outfits that work better with the scene.
radioblurs wrote:
i love the first one-i don't think the sky is necessary in this one, though (i might just crop it out)-love the composition and IR look-was the IR done in camera or in post?
not a fan of #2-i prefer all color or all b&w for an image-their faces are also a bit OOF
As I said above, this was taken with a converted Nikon D70s with an 18-70 3.5-4.5 kit lens. It's a color infrared camera and by swapping the blue & red channels you can get blue sky back in.
For both of the shots I converted to black and white then masked the sky back in (which is where the tops of the trees got come coloration back). My biggest concern was that it felt "gimmicky" but as there aren't a whole lot of folks currently doing this for weddings, I thought it may be good to start experimenting a bit and see how I liked it.
It definitely leaves something to be desired on the skin tones. Converting to B&W helps but they can still appear a bit sickly if you don't process it correctly.
Again, thanks for the input! Looks like its close enough to 50/50 of the vote that I'll offer it up to the couple (after reprocessing it a bit).
