Nice set bruh, I've been itchin' to shoot in Carmel/Monterey for awhile. #1 and 2 FTW. Those shots are unreal, portfolio steezy. 7 is cool. 12 nice and moody, I likes. 15 is sauce. I like it.
Nits...
5...would have been better if they were farther out from the fence a little cool too.
6...her face looks a little oversharpened or something.
10b...a little soft (motion blur maybe)?
11...the green spot on the bottom left is bugging the crap out of me, how did nobody else mention this?
Alright... I'm finally back home... and the images are still ridiculously good. I showed them to my friends while on the road trip, and they all immediately said how much my work sucks compared to yours. 1 & 12 are DEF. the money shots man. I'm loving the warm tone on 1, that could be a postcard for any nice beach anywhere. The PP on 12 works very well. It has classic Hassass all over it, super cool. Really digging the posing on 2, 6, 13, and 15. The Man/Women bathroom shot (9) is great as well.
A few quick critics if I may... #8, the halo around him is a bit distracting to me. I'm not sure if you brought up the exposure or darkened the bg, but I think that halo can be easily fixed. #9 is great, but I think could use a hint of brightness to bring it up a bit. It just doesn't seem as bright as the rest in the set (however, it looked fine on my phone ). #11, great shot... I just wish he was looking towards her though. It kind of seems as if he's trying to listen to her head I really like #14, but the light up top and the spot light reflections on the car draws my attention away from the couple. Lighting inside is brilliant though. #16... Racooooon eyes dude... come on. Clooney shouldn't have to wear sunglasses at night
Great work as always man. I'm amazed at how you always seem to improve with every shoot, even when I think it's not possible. Can't wait to see your stuff in 09. The thing that absolutely sucks though... I did a E-session last month (haven't posted it yet), and I have very similar poses to 4, 6, and 10a... and now everyone's gonna think I stole them off of you I didn't even see these back then, yet you beat me to the punch. Just not fair.