wonderful shots! and as mentioned its a nice refreshment from what people normally post. I hope you will share all of your future session with us too, looking forward to them already
some comments on the photos (which btw are way way better than any portraits Ive done so take this with a grain of salt
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I like 1 the best because the posing looks very relaxed and natural and at the same time it works very well for the coposition.
in 2 its too bad u just missed the focus a bit so one eye is out cause its quite obvious in the otherwise really great picture. you know last time i was trying to shoot portrait that kept happening to me too! for some reason if the face was at an angle i was focusing on the eye closest to me but i only got the other eye in focus on 4 of 5 pictures.
the same focus thing happend on no 4 too but there its not that noticable so its not a big issue.
oh,regarding 4 im curious if u actually used a polarizer to be able to make the water so transparent?
These are natural light portraits right, altho no 2 kinda looks like at least a reflector was used.
I think to take these to the next level youre gonna need some more lighting, reflectors can do a lot. If you didnt use anything on these then yea most of them are great, but imo the last one is suffering from lack of extra light, the highlights on the treetops are too distracting,altho youd need a huge softbox to do something about it.
I think my summarizing conclusion is that you do a great job with natural light but when using natural light be carefull of the sun because if you are shooting with your subject in the shade and you get some sunpatches in the frame then they will distract. like in no 6 and also in no 3.
anyway, i think u did a superb job and i went to your smugsmug to see the rest of the series as well. nice to see people posting these kinds of shots here, keep them coming