paul_sokal_dallastx

February 25, 2005

Arup, knowing from the other pic how beautiful that tree is, I would include the whole tree and level the horizon. Assuming it is possible (obviously I can't see what's out of the frame), I think shooting this in landscape, increasing the space around the woman would increase the sense of lonliness.

February 25, 2005

Arup, a lovely image. There seems to be a lot of dust and other artifact on the image. Better have a look at your scanner. I wonder if the sense of solitude would increase if there were more space around the tree and the tree were off center? That's really more a critique of the title, I guess.

February 25, 2005

Well composed. I assume the color was with a filter? It creates a dramatic effect. Again, on my monitor this image looks washed out. How are you digitizing your images?

February 25, 2005

Arup,

Beautiful photo. Well composed and great use of reflection. The streak of cloud adds a good diagonal element to the image. It looks a little washed out on my monitor. How's the original?

Paul

February 22, 2005

I agree with the above. The only minus for me is that her hand looks so stiff, almost detached, like a manequin.

February 17, 2005

The architectural details dwarf the couple. Is this what you wanted?

February 17, 2005

I'd use fill light for her face (maybe a reflector from that window) and darker exposure of the window which is blown and overwhelms the image.

February 17, 2005

Crop out some of the foreground. It adds nothing IMO

February 17, 2005

Nice textures. I think it would be more intersting if the handle were not on center

February 16, 2005

I'm not sure this is the most floattering angle for this woman.

February 16, 2005

This is a lovely photo, but in my opinion, it's really a portrait and colorizing the flowers distracts from this beautiful woman. I'd go all color imo

February 16, 2005

Nice capture of the couples glee, in spite of the rain.

February 14, 2005

I like this image, the tonal range and contrast. I've never seen sand in a wedding. What does it signify? My only negative is I think the angling of shots is being over used in wedding photography and I'm not sure it adds anything in this case IMHO.

February 14, 2005

I agree with Nick, I like the roses and the ring, but shooting up a girl's nostrils is rarely her best angle.

February 14, 2005

Don't you love that 10.5. As this is photojournalistic style wedding coverage, the blue bag doesn't bother me. It was there, you were there.

February 11, 2005

I like this photo though to me it is more fashion than wedding. It's rather contrasty. I wish I could see more detail. Also, the way the couple is posed, they looked detached, as if they were models and not a new happy couple. If you were going for the fashion look, you succeeded IMO.