Shelley + Steven

[wilorichie]

Hey guys

I met up with a couple named Shelley and Steven - Awesome couple. Engaged. Their picked out/favourite photos:

[K1W1]

Is that lens flare, some sort of watermark or just an artistic flare in the images?

[Lost]

IMO my opinion the good photos have been totally spoilt by the flare; but i am a bit old fashioned I guess if they like them.

[Mikey054]

The gateway to a persons soul is through their eyes. I would have them take the sunglasses off. In all photos of people I do, any sunglasses must be removed ( unless they are worn for medical reasons).
Mike

[wilorichie]

Lens flare - artistic reasons. There are non-flare versions but they loved the ones with the flare, and I also preferred with flare. I was glad they picked the ones with flare.

Sunglasses - If my clients want to wear them, I let them. It's their photos

[wilorichie]

Haha fear not guys, they received plenty with no sunnies on!

My biggest issue which came out on the RAWs, is the bloody dust that must of been sitting on the lens. I didn't realise it at the time. I removed quite a bit of dust but I still see plenty. Sun hitting the lens really shows how much dust was on there. I clean them often, but I need to get into the habbit of cleaning them JUST before shooting.


A more traditional older style photo