A Promise of a Future

Yesterday my brother-in-law and his new fiancee allowed me to use them as guinea pigs in honing not only my photography skills but my people-direction skills as well. I spent the late evening directing them through both posed and "candids", trying to give them a nice variety of close-ups and tight portraits. Some of the photos at the beginning of the shoot really show my nervousness and theirs but as we relaxed, the photos got better and I was very pleased.

This was one of the "candid" photos I shot where I asked him to kiss her hand--the ultimate romantic gesture of a gentleman to a gentlelady. The look on her face shows that she certainly appreciates the gesture and I have to admit to feeling warmed to see such a loving look in my brother-in-law's face. Processing on this was simply applying the Lightroom preset (my second favorite) Aged Photo to give a soft look to the colors.

Ah and just one side note--yes I know that she's out of focus and I'd actually chosen to shoot it that way, focusing on him primarily in the foreground while she's slightly out of focus. I wanted to be able to help keep the focus on his sweet gesture.