craigjohn Offline Upload & Sell: On
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Cool city - but definitely agree with some image issues you can focus on to improve your image quality.
In a few images, you have the couple's heads in a fussy/busy background, and in one case (third from the bottom), you have a railing post popping out of the groom-to-be's head. That's a difficult composition to work with, but if you're going to go for it, put yourself and them in a better position to make the composition stronger. I think in this case, moving the couple further to right, so their upper bodies and heads are isolated in the blue water, rather than being muddled in a fussy railing would have made this much stronger. ...and I personally love off-centered subjects as it is.
Really pay attention to horizon lines, and try to get the couple's heads above or below it. If you go below it, try to not put their heads in an overly fussy mess of lines, or shoot at f/1.8 or f/1.4 to take the fussiness out of the equation. ...Image 6 from the bottom is a good example of this...
I like the image of the bride-to-be in the front of the boat - but I would have slid myself a bit to the left, to hide front of the boat behind her head, then you'd have a great use of leading/converging lines.
Image 4 from the bottom - she's standing in a shadow, and the city background is being pounded to sunlight. This is a tough one. You can either put her in direct sunlight - a little sliver of light sneaking through on that bridge would have been golden, or hit her with flash so you're not over exposing the details of the background. But...I do appreciate the soft pastel colors of this photo though. I think I would have crouched down a bit lower, to get her further above the horizon line, and take the boats out of play.
The vertical portrait with the bride-to-be and the camel - she's above the horizon line (excellent) - the top of the camel's head is in a total tangent. ...get lower. I would have had her stand further forward, to for-shorten the camel a bit further.
Image 8 from the top - love the composition and the soft pastel color.
...the first image, with the guy and the camera in the background. Be patient. Let him get his photo, and wait for him to move on. Or, ask him to move for a moment. ....Or... crop him out.
Get a good 85/1.8 or an 85/1.4 or a 50/1.8 - and don't be afraid to shoot wide open.
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