Wife's Maternity Photos

Hi All,
New to the group! Would love to get better and looking forward to critique :) Thanks!

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blackzeddie avatar

Great location and a beautiful wife!

Some things to consider:

-- I'd stop it with fake flares. It just makes the images look cheesy. Don't rely on gimmicky stuff. Work on good clean images.

-- Consistency. The three images have very different exposures. Since they are obviously part of a series with the same outfit in the same location, try to get them to look pretty much the same (exposure, white balance, color toning). The second image is about 1.5 stops underexposed. Third image is almost 1 stop underexposed. Even just by looking at the inline images on this post, you can already tell they are off.

-- Don't overly rely on poses where they are looking down with eyes closed. That gets boring real quick. This set would have been stronger if 2 of the 3 images she's looking towards the camera.

-- Lastly, you should have shot the first image first that way the dress isn't wet at the bottom. :)

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Needs Work!

I see these comments on many photos - BTW - those who are putting comments like "Needs Work" should elaborate to say what is needed according to them.