Please read THIS before making any comments. Thank you.
As always, I welcome your comments whether they are critical, laudatory, or somewhere in between.... so long as they clearly pertain to the photography.
I shot this entire session using only ambient light and the 35, 85, and 135.
These are pretty class Evan. The light is great. I also love how you divide shots between the classics of pure posed and then have those neat moments like in 5 and 10.
I love backlight, and I'm totally jealous of the lovely orange and reds you have from fall up there!
1 - did you intentionally have that tree right behind their heads? I ask because I get so frustrated when I have something growing from people's heads or bodies, that it would bother me a lot, even if it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
2 - you are the master of making this pose look 100% natural.
3 - nice use of trees to bring out the backlight on the bride!
4 - nice moment between them both.
5 - Cute! I love the leading lines. I agree about the guy in the background being a distraction.
6 - Great use of the bridge for composition! I kind of wish I could see her hand.
7 - This shot is so awesome. First, you have that lovely sunset sidelight. Then you have the wind blowing in from just the right direction, then you have the composition and the buildings behind them. And their poses look great! Superb. I agree that I wish I could see more buildings, but since I dont' know what you cut off in this shot, you might have cut off more bridge.
8 - You did this really well. I love the framing of the shot, and I love the people in the background.
9 - Awesome moment. Very fun capture
10 - Cute, perfect for a B&W. You really know when to keep something color and when to make it B&W.
11 - Obligatory blue wall shot. I'm assuming you got more from this cool location, but I really like how these two are looking at each other.
12 - I really like this one. Great use of architecture and posing. I wish that car wasn't there, but we can't have everything, right?
I love #1, but you have a tree sticking up out of their heads. Rookie mistake. You need to pay attention to both the foreground subjects and the background.
**cut**
I was going to go on through the set and make obliviously obvious jokes about photography rules and ludicrously paint Evan as an amateur. But after that first image (and my first sentence is true) I realized it would be hopeless.
There's nothing to nitpick here. Evan is accomplished and exerting his skills.
I probably like #9 the best, because it's a moment within a baines portrait. #2 is my guess for the reception display.
I like the setup in #12, but not the lighting choice, looks too strong and unnatural, like you made the sun go out again.
Thank you all for your comments and critiques! I implemented many of your suggestions in the final "blog post" version, although I've left the originals here alone for the sake of discussion.
The reasoning behind the crop in #7 was:
1. I was unable to get the *whole* skyline in that shot without using a dramatically different lens and position.
2. I felt that too much of the skyline started to compete with the couple for my attention. My hope was that cutting off the building still suggests a skyline without overwhelming the couple.
It may or may not work, but that's why I chose that particular crop
