Well, I shot my first engagement session (as a second shooter) the other weekend. They only wanted pictures at their house, no locations, so of course, that's what we did!

Looking back at them, I already see some things I would of liked to have done differently (aka move them away from the tree some, a few more "full body" shots).....if anybody else has some suggestions for improvements so that I can do better next time, I'd love to hear it!

(I'm finding this place is already sucking time away from the non-existant sleep schedule I already had )

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They all that bad?

(*Letting thread die now*)

comments can sometimes be pretty tough to come by, don't be discouraged.

Like you said you have some things to work on, but over all they're pretty good. Keep at it - it's all practice!

One I've seen plenty of times since you had a tree handy is one of them on each side like in a game of tag almost peeking at each other. Maybe kissing or almost kissing.

I like #1 and #3 because they seem to be more into each other than aware of the camera. The rest seem as though they were told to do something (or not told to do anything and just didn't know what else to do other than look at the camera or in some odd direction).

Engagement sessions can be difficult - mine either go fabulous or they go horrible. And it really depends on how fun the couple is and how relaxed I am with them.

Brent: I'll keep that in mind, I know there's lots going on here! Thanks for looking

Jeff: Thanks for the tip about the tree, I will definitely keep that in mind for future sessions.

Karen: I know what you mean -- I would of liked more with them "just being natural", but it just didn't seem to happen on this day. Thanks for the feedback!

I really like #4. Can't really explain why. I just do

With couples like these where they have a hard time just letting go and being themselves is to use one of my longer lenses(my 70-200 mostly) and not be so close. If your farther away I think they'd be more comfortable being "cute" around eachother.

Great job though on your first engagement shoot! I picked out a million things wrong and things I'd do differently when I did my first engagement. The 2nd engagement shoot went extremely well because I learned from my mistakes.

I'll try some more longer shots next time to see if that helps some, thanks for the feedback!!

(And #4 was actually my favorite too)