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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 263064" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p><a href="http://nirvanaphotostudio.com/blog/2012/5/30/headless-wedding-portraits-the-boutonnieres.html" target="_blank">Headless Wedding Portraits: The Boutonnieres — Nirvana Photography Studios</a></p><p></p><p>look at these pics. the first, if cropped a quarter from the bottom and a quarter from the top could be a fantastic image. emphasizing the warmth and togetherness. I like how the bride is by his side. that could be a fantastic image when composed tighter. from her shoulder (bust line of the dress) to the bottom of her bouquet would be perfect.</p><p></p><p>the 2nd also could be a fantastic image if it too had been composed tighter like the above. take the heads out because its neither here nor there. and WTF did they cut the hands being held? its the most romantic thing about it. dumb asses. they should have shot with his left hand in the front, blurred out and their hands together in the picture. giving it foreground (his hand) middle (their bodies) and background (their hands) it could have been a killer image. </p><p></p><p> the 3rd is stuff I do but the body language going out the left is crap. composition is S***. it bothers the eye. too much empty space on the right. trying to make it artsy with the exaggerated composition but its not working. I crop it tighter and usually do it BW. the flair is distracting and low contrast kills it. if she would have turned them a bit to the camera then she would have had side lighting, emphasizing the dept and textures of the fabric.</p><p></p><p>4th picture is also nice but her hand at the edge is annoying. I would have used your 85 and shot with her head leaning on his shoulder, shallow DOF with the arms only in focus. but the face should be in the pic. his head can be cut. </p><p></p><p>5th pic..garbage. needs a much tighter crop for me to see something interesting. too open. my eyes are everywhere and my mind is saying WTF are their heads?</p><p></p><p>Another thing I hate lately is these crappy instagram filter they use. the low contrast BW filters. just crap in every way. I think people look to add drama to their pictures but imo its because the picture was not good to begin with. trying to save an image that wasnt special from the beginning and compensating by adding crazy coloring to it to make it stand out and be unique. to me, BW is the hardest to shoot. its challenging to make your BW stand out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 263064, member: 14443"] [url=http://nirvanaphotostudio.com/blog/2012/5/30/headless-wedding-portraits-the-boutonnieres.html]Headless Wedding Portraits: The Boutonnieres — Nirvana Photography Studios[/url] look at these pics. the first, if cropped a quarter from the bottom and a quarter from the top could be a fantastic image. emphasizing the warmth and togetherness. I like how the bride is by his side. that could be a fantastic image when composed tighter. from her shoulder (bust line of the dress) to the bottom of her bouquet would be perfect. the 2nd also could be a fantastic image if it too had been composed tighter like the above. take the heads out because its neither here nor there. and WTF did they cut the hands being held? its the most romantic thing about it. dumb asses. they should have shot with his left hand in the front, blurred out and their hands together in the picture. giving it foreground (his hand) middle (their bodies) and background (their hands) it could have been a killer image. the 3rd is stuff I do but the body language going out the left is crap. composition is S***. it bothers the eye. too much empty space on the right. trying to make it artsy with the exaggerated composition but its not working. I crop it tighter and usually do it BW. the flair is distracting and low contrast kills it. if she would have turned them a bit to the camera then she would have had side lighting, emphasizing the dept and textures of the fabric. 4th picture is also nice but her hand at the edge is annoying. I would have used your 85 and shot with her head leaning on his shoulder, shallow DOF with the arms only in focus. but the face should be in the pic. his head can be cut. 5th pic..garbage. needs a much tighter crop for me to see something interesting. too open. my eyes are everywhere and my mind is saying WTF are their heads? Another thing I hate lately is these crappy instagram filter they use. the low contrast BW filters. just crap in every way. I think people look to add drama to their pictures but imo its because the picture was not good to begin with. trying to save an image that wasnt special from the beginning and compensating by adding crazy coloring to it to make it stand out and be unique. to me, BW is the hardest to shoot. its challenging to make your BW stand out. [/QUOTE]
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