1st try of happy couple

[LINNOLA]

Hi there

this is my son and his fiance.....its my first attempt, we are using this pic for their invites. any tips on how this one could have been better??

Linn

[Miss.Abel]

Your son looks a bit stiff in the shot, maybe a more natural pose might be better?

[swilliams61]

I think your son is too much in the background...maybe if she had her back to him and he was hugging her from behind.

[Sibrinaq]

Your son and his finance look very nice, however I will give you my amateur take.
I would suggest either cropping the picture to cut out some of her bust line and the part of his hand. This is going to be more complimentary since his arm is drawing attention to her bust. if you choose not to crop, maybe try the earlier suggestion of have her back slightly toward him and another good pose is where she is behind him with her arms loosely around his shoulder/neck. This also make for a less formal pose but still conveys the love and closeness. ;-)

[sarahgirl777]

I would say it needs a little more contrast and clarity, if re-doing the shot isn't in the works. I'll play with it a bit and re-post my example when I get a chance.

[windrider86]

Knowing your exif information could also play a huge part in offering you alternate camera settings for a better shot

[daddyoproductions]

She is quite busty so try poses to minimize that if you can...45 degree angle I read somewhere is best for women. The background is distracting, so move them further away from it and blur it with larger aperture or by standing back and zooming in. It's not sharp so try continuous shooting to get at least one sharp one. Good luck!
~C

[irishmuth]

Originally Posted by daddyoproductions

The background is distracting, so move them further away from it and blur it with larger aperture or by standing back and zooming in.
~C

Couldn't agree more. More distance from the background and larger aperture would help immensely so the focus is on them and not the backdrop.

[Katie_Belmont]

There are several things that I would change about it,in post or in camera with a reshoot. The focus isn't too sharp and the background is distracting. One thing that I think helps both those problems is blurring the background a bit in post. It seems to make them more sharp looking by comparison and isn't as distracting. (Of course if you wanted to fix those problems in camera you'd pull them farther from the background, use an aperture that gets you plenty of DOF to get both of them clear and blur the background more and increase the shutter speed to get a crisper focus. I did a quick edit where I did the above mentioned, plus a contrast boost and sharpness boost to just the subjects.

[Benji]

ALWAYS pose females who are one ounce or more overweight behind the male in any and all portraits. This will help hide that extra ounce or two and most men could care less if they look a few pounds (or tons) heavier. (Some even brag about their beer gut.)

Flat lighting will make virtually anyone look heavier.

People or objects placed closer to the lens will make them or it look larger. This is great if the fish is a minnow and you want it to look like a whale, but usually not so good on people because if they are already a little bit on the large side it will make then look larger.

Good job on his eyeglass glare, there isn't any!!!

Benji