Pfft.. I need a break, still got tons more to edit but here are some from yesterday's afternoon shoot. Had another shoot yesterday morning but i'll post that in a little.

C&C OMAR!

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I don't know much, but one thing that did stick out was the glares from the flash.

It seemed especially noticeable in number 3. Preferably don't ever get the glare, but if you must, at least editing it out later on. A quick job with the patch tool and a bit of air brushing would clean it up quite nicely.

I don't know how to use the patch tool But i'll give it a quick try! Thanks for the tip man!

These are some amazing photos.
Dont really like numba 14 photo cause of the shadow from the flash I am guessing?
That dude looks kinda old o.o his soon to be wife looks so young what is he rich?

This post was edited by xXDreamAlongXx on Aug 2 2011 10:45pm

im not Omar but i cc anyway^^

my favorite #5
#7 funny
#13 idea is lovely but the pic turned out bad, the background is bad, i think this would have worked better on that bridge. edit is horrible also and couple is blurred to me.
the girl looks awesome on #9

iso more of your works as always

Other than what was already pointed out (esp flash), there seems to be some very evident fluctuations in your WB. You need to be using your colorchecker passport ALOT more. There is also a lack of uniformity in your post-processing. We also have technical flaws within your images, and some akward clarity issues.

While including some effects is cool, when you make a set such as this, I've found it best to not show off every photoshop action / preset I have in my arsenal. I do 3 things: a steady color component (whether I use split tones,saturation tricks or not), black & white, and the OCCASIONAL sepia.

#1, in my eyes, is plain yuck, so 2011. I've found that the most successful photographers have a timeless style that transcends whatever is popular nowdays: in 2005, it was selective coloring. In 2009, it was strange textures/backgrounds. 2010/2011 is characterized by split tones and tilt shift lenses. Yet the best photographers in the world have hardly adopted any of these trends.

#8 - clarity softening is so 2008. Keep it sharp, keep it steady (either do it in all or don't do it at all), or repent in a few months.

I agree with kate, #5 is excellent. I find your b&W conversions boring though. Too grayscale for my taste.

#14 has so much more potential with color.

#11 - cut off hand - in all these pictures, you're forgetting standard portrait composition rules. Some are either too tight, or too open. Your subject is hardly near any valuable focal point.

All-in-all, the set doesn't tell me anything. It's just a bunch of pretty pictures piled up together. I failed in a similar way in my last e-session, but I had some very very bad obstacles there ( including the stiffest groom-to-be in the world).

#14 is all natural lights

The guy is like 3 or 4 yrs older then his fiancee.



#5 and 7 seems like the favorite for everyone

I know 13 is bad, maybe i had the flash pointed the other way instead of towards them lol. I was using my hand as a bounce card previously i think.

And also




The GG review!

The WB is all correct, but the post is what give it the colorcast. I did alot of cross processing :P.

#1- They showed me some images that they like and they like that type of processing.. whatever pleases them

#8- There wasn't any clarity softening actually. The floor is just abnormally clean.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/100-1.png

#5- ISO b+w tips, i need to buff up on post work.

#14- It was a salvaged image. The post made it acceptable lol.

Tips on focal point? I'm not understanding that part. Also, it was tough, the boyfriend doesn't like to be told what to do... everything was just me taking pics of whatever they were doing

Only help I can really give is kind of universal and so obvious that I almost smacked myself for not thinking of it, however, I have used it more often in black and white than anything.

Make global adjustments about the whole image, such as color correction, cropping, angle adjustment, etc, then by using masks edit the exposure of each individual part as you like or need.

If you already knew that, then sorry.

This post was edited by kratos on Aug 6 2011 07:37pm

Thanks, i probably should do that. :/ Right now i'm doing image by image. Batch processing would probably be better : /