p.1 #1 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
I usually ask the clients to not to pick red/yellow as they may not stand out during the fall colors, but this turned out great. Appreciate some feedback!
p.1 #2 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
Stunning set, for sure... A couple of notes:
(1) I don't think yellow on yellow works for me - too much competition for color. See how the red "pops"?
(2) for the life of me, I don't understand why you would chop off lower extremities and allow for *so* much headroom. Whenever I see a shot like this, the only thing I can think of is that the camera panned up at the last second before the image was taken.
Otherwise, sublime set - they will cherish these for a lifetime and beyond!
p.1 #3 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
I don’t do people photography so my comments are as a viewer. The fist thing that came to my mind as I am viewing you set is exactly what what Greg said, “ I don't understand why you would chop off lower extremities and allow for *so* much headroom. ”
Nice crisp and sharp images. Thanks
p.1 #4 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
gheller wrote:
(1) I don't think yellow on yellow works for me - too much competition for color. See how the red "pops"?
(2) for the life of me, I don't understand why you would chop off lower extremities and allow for *so* much headroom. Whenever I see a shot like this, the only thing I can think of is that the camera panned up at the last second before the image was taken.
Otherwise, sublime set - they will cherish these for a lifetime and beyond!
+1
Some bits of the "lens blur" seem over manufactured in post to me. Tell me I'm wrong!
Still nice though consider crops on some of these to put the emphasis on the people vs the BG.
p.1 #6 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
Appreciate the comments, guys! I was trying to get more of the trees and colors and hence I had to cut off that way. However, I do take different compositions too at the same time.
p.1 #7 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
You are not wrong. I added little bit of blur to the picture, and removed the blur on the subject. I also leave little bit of blur around the subject to give a bit of dreamy effect.
KE_Photo wrote:
+1
Some bits of the "lens blur" seem over manufactured in post to me. Tell me I'm wrong!
Still nice though consider crops on some of these to put the emphasis on the people vs the BG.
p.1 #8 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
I'll +1 Greg's comments. The colors don't really work for me. Paying attention to color harmonies can be very rewarding. Also some of the photos seem more about the environment than the subject itself. The blur also bothers me. Seems very overcooked.
p.1 #10 · Fall Color Maternity Shoot - Gorgeous mom!
Just like pretty much everyone else, I completely agree with Greg on the composition. You shared more pics in your response to him, so I don't think you've really bought into the suggestions that you crop differently. Your problem is that the tree colors were well above her, so you just included more in the composition so the tree colors (which are truly amazing) could be included.
But the problem is not your composition, but how you shot the shot. Look at No. 4 with the red leaves. I wish I could give you a class on this. If you have cropped at about the fourth horizontal branch above her, even tho at that level the red leaves were sparse, it would have somewhat worked. But the problem is that she's too close to the tree. Walk away from the tree about 200-300 feet, whatever you can, then you keep going, sit down on the ground and shoot them at 200mm and now that tree becomes your background directly behind the couple. You don't need all this space above her. You're just too close to the tree.
Sometimes what i do is if there is a picnic table there, I'll have them stand on the picnic table and I still get away from them and shoot at 200mm, or I shoot wide, whatever the scene calls for. The scene that I like tells me what length to shoot at. I don't just automatically shoot at 200mm, but it would work nicely with these trees as you can create a sweet blur and the compression at 200mm flattens and enlarges the background setting compared to a shorter lens.
But aside from the composition, my real suggestion is to not blow out the face. Women tend to want to see their real skin tones/color. This woman, I am certain, has a much darker skin tone that what is seen in these pictures. That very first one, her face and upper chest are completely blown out. Your off-camera lighting, like on No. 2, again blows out her face. Look at her left shoulder in No. 2, and compare that to her upper chest in No. 3. You can see her skin tones on her left shoulder in No. 2, but your flash blows out her upper chest in No. 3 (as well as the right side and face in No. 2).
