What a fantstic Saturday I had.. I spent the first half of the morning on a boudoir shoot for a Philly Bride (although I wasn't too happy with the outcome, so I'm not voluntarily posting it here, unless I'm begged)... And the second half of the day I did a fashion-bridal shoot with Natalya & some classic cars... a '56 Chevy, a '66 Corvette, and another lil' hot thang tucked back in the garage.

I love my Natalya! (We worked together previously, but she's returned to me to shoot her wedding in May). LOVE this girl.. I didn't have to tell her how or when to do a THING... she got in that dress (which is not her real wedding dress, by the way, it's actually mine)... and she just took hold of it and off she went! I think she did an awesome job... input welcome:)

http://www.amysphotographix.com/slideshows...lyabridalshoot/

wow. 20 views and no responses.

how nice.

i'll remember that:)

I'm not much into cars nor girls (shut up tim co. ) but that shoot looks fun!

Love the shoes!

eh 20 views and no replies isnt' that bad. I was one of the 20 and didn't want to respond because I tend to not post critiques when they aren't asked for.

The dress is nice *same one I wore for my wedding*

I went through and really liked #s 1, 25, 29, 36, & 39 but... honestly, I have seen you post better things. I love the concept but I feel like this could have been better executed. A lot of the pix look like they need more fill flash.

I think the tilts are overused. THe ones where she has her feet propped up look a little awkward and not very flattering.

I would have liked to seen more smiles and less of weird feet-spread-apart poses. I don't know if you were going for a more edgy look, but your bride should ALWAYS look classy. That just doesn't translate through in these pix.

These are just my honest opinions and are in no way meant to hurt your feelings and everyone else on the forum may jump in and say I am DEAD WRONG.

Cool idea with the cars!

And I agree with KK -- love the shoes!

Amy, Nice shots! I really like that idea, and the shoes work well. I liked that one of the model reflected in the chrome headlight.
I have a hard time getting brides to be fun like this, I am trying to convince my spring brides to do the bridals after the wedding,so they arrent so freaked out about getting the dress dirty.

I think it's a great concept - i love old cars, and i definitely have an appreciation for beautiful women, but i'm in the school of thinking that less fill flash, more natural light, and a higher exposure would do some good. it *seems* like you used flash, and the ones i like were a little closer up and more saturated or contrasty. they are really cute poses tho, and if you feel great about them, then you should remain excited, and if she is a return client, then obviously, she likes your work/style. altho - i have to say, this is just a tad different from your other posts!
<3 kristy

thanx for the cc.
glad to know my style still remains unique, and still very excited about it:D

Maybe pick out your favorite 10-15?? I'd drop the blurry ones, the unflattering angles, the ones where the background is distracting, pull back on so many tilts, pick your favorite of the repetitive shots, and just show the really, really great ones!

My only critique is with a set up like that(great car great model) go somewhere unique or a bit more edgy.Im not sure where you live, if thats available or if you had strict stipulations with the car, but in that situation I would have "lived it " a little and took her some very Gritty/urban places. Just my .02 (which usually doesnt count for much).
Also I thought it was neat to see the progression of the start of the shoot to the end. You went from "pretty safe" to down and dirty(edgy) which I thought was great. As far as your brides always having to look "classy", I completely disagree.
IMHO (I just learned what that meant).

As far as 20 views and no responses, there are over 1500 people on this forum. Sometimes Ill post something and dont get a response for two days. Be patient. Maybe you should be a bit more appreciative that people are viewing your work and that your images are possibly giving food for though(good or bad). People here offer CC and praise on their time,not yours.

Amy - I thought quite a few of the car shots looked pretty cool. I also checked out your website and I think it is pretty good. Keep up the great work. - Mark

lol ok, i'm starting to see a lot of people take things way too literally on here.
i didn't mean to pee in anyone's cereal about the comment issue.

next time i'll just keep my mouth shut.


i'm shocked to see the majority of comments were on the negative side, although i do appreciate your input (because i did ask for it).

i've never done anything in a traditional manner, be it photography, hairstyles, music, tattoos, etc. but this, i appreciate about myself - it continues to keep me in the different spot of the usual spectrum. i personally can't stand anything "traditional"or "normal", depending on majority views, and yet it's always worked for me. if i have the same picture as everyone else, then why would anyone want to choose me? what, if anything, different, would i have to offer?
the "tilt" issue is about to make me puke, "IMHO", everyone needs to get over it. i've been "tilting" since i started shooting professionally over 8 years ago. it's just my style of composition for a lot of shots. granted, it's not for everyone, but i'm not trying to be everyone's photographer.

also, for goodness sake, please don't think i'm hurt by any comments. i asked for it, i got it. but there is a way to go about contructive critisism without being 99% negative about it.

speaking of which, i've begun to see lately that a lot of other people's posts here and general curious questions have gotten smashed into the ground by overly-opinionated photogs. why can't people help each other out in a positive way instead of snubbing people's ideas & requests for help? it's like this isn't the same OSP i witnessed a few months ago, but rather has turned into the similar experience of being at a bridal show with snobby photogs.

ok.
that was just MY .02, i'm getting off my soapbox now.

Ok,

Firstly, no one here thinks you were being a turd. Its just that some people get offended if no one posts, but they don't realize the volume of new members There are over 3000 people registered on OSP PLUS all the visitors.

Secondly, no one told you the photos sucked. They did however give honest opinions. Just because someone has a different opinion doesn't make it wrong.... MINE OR YOURS. I don't dig tilts. You do. Just because I don't shouldn't make you mad and make you lash out at everyone. And I wore 24" bell bottom jeans 8 years ago too.....that doesn't mean I still should.

Lastly, This is a forum for niiiiiiiiiiiiice people, as DJ says, but that doesn't mean that we should sit around and pet each other all day. NOT ONE SINGLE person on here was rude, mean-spirited, or told you that you were wrong, untalented, or bad. I said from the VERY beginning that there were some that I liked very much and that your idea was great but not necessarily as good quality as some of your other work.

Your style and your technique are 2 VERY different things. Your style is what you envision and create, your technique is the way you created it. I think your technique is what people are critiquing here.

You can keep getting mad and learn nothing or you can take it all with a grain of salt. Keep what you feel is helpful, forget what you don't agree with. You also have to take into account that emails & written text get misinterpreted ALL THE TIME. It is easy to assume that a short response is meant to be curt or rude.

You obviously are hurt/irritated/offended/whatever by these remarks or you would not have responded in such a brash way. We aren't here to cause problems and be mean. We are all here to learn and become inspired.

I like the shots of her between the two cars and I disagree with brides needing to always look classy, just look at my blog! Some want to look really sexy! BTW, I'm totally stealing the big rig concept for a bridal I have coming up

Amy, I think that you are taking the CC a bit too seriously here. By my count there are 8 people who responded, 5 were all positive and the other 3 offered some pretty good advice. I think that too often people on OSP are afraid to voice their opinion about others work and too often people are offended when someone does. Then again I went to Brooks where our work was torn apart every day...
On that note, here is my input; I agree with CL, a more urban area would have fit the shoot a bit better and might have provided some less cluttered backgrounds. I really like the brides energy, you guys obviously work well together.

Hey, for your information I just found out yesterday what "IMHO" meant so Im allowed to use it for a couple more weeks.
Lighten up sister.

Amy, you know that you and I have talked about this in private already. OSP is a wonderful place. I would hate to see you no longer posting on this board because of one bad experience. I know Jessica was a little harsh with her critique but it's only because she cares and wants us all to grow as photographers and people. Jessica is a super sweet girl if you could hear her voice and see her facial expressions as she was saying these things to you, you would have taken it totally differentally.

I think some of the advice you have been given here has been productive. I've known you for a year now, and seen your work gorw and mature over that time. Good CC is only gonna make it better.

Amy, I am sorry if I sounded like a bitch. I did not mean to be.

My point was that I have looked at your site so many times and seen so many awesome pix. I just didn't see the same sparkle in these as the ones on your site. The "work it girl" gallery shows much different quality of work.

I don't know what else to say? I hope you understand where I was coming from.