Okay you guys, this is kind of a big deal. I had my first “official” photo-shoot this past Sunday. And by “official” I mean lets-spend-a-couple-hours-on-a-shoot-to-help-me-practice-and-build-a-portfolio shoot. When my co-worker friend got engaged a couple months ago, I think I probably exclaimed, “Oh my goodness can I take engagement pictures?!” before I even asked to see her ring. Fortunately, she and her fiancee are self-proclaimed “non-picture people” so they didn’t want to pay for formal engagement pictures anyway. It was a match made in heaven! (And I mean this photo-shoot, not her and her man :-P… although they’re pretty great too)
So anyway, last Sunday we headed out to an adorable (large!) park nestled in the city to take some engagement pictures. I was both nervous and excited. Nervous, obviously, since this was my first “real” photo-shoot. But also excited since I didn’t feel too much pressure since this particular couple aren’t picture-crazy (like I am)… so if I royally messed up, they wouldn’t be heartbroken.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the shoot. I’m relying on you professional photographers and “I’ve been doing this for years” photographers to give me some feedback. This was my first shoot (have I said that already?) and I’d like to hear what you all think. Did I do alright? Or did I do horribly? Do I need to work on my posing of subjects? Do you think someone would pay for these pictures? Do I need to work on my editing? Or am I just a naturally gifted photographer who is going to skyrocket into stardom within the next 5 years with my incredible pictures? (Totally kidding on that last one :-P) But seriously… please give me some feedback on these shots, as I have some more shoots coming up and I’d really appreciate some advice on how to improve from those of you who have been doing this longer than me.
Somebody got the giggles:
Please leave me your thoughts!
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