15 yrs in the photo biz …

WOW!

Not sure about the 15 years in the biz part, but maybe. If they spent as much time perfecting their craft instead of wasting money on those gimmicky backdrops and feature packs, they might be a little better, maybe.

Dare I suggest that it maybe a cultural thing? I did some prints last year for a member of an ethnic minority (in the UK). They were her wedding pictures and she AND her groom had been photoshopped to death, and then their plastic corpses had been run through every auto skin smoother you could imagine. In some of them, they didn’t seem to have any facial features. I tried to tactfully gauge her opinion of them, but it was obvious that SHE LOVED THEM!

Here’s what I see.
I see a basic understanding of light, exposure, and all the more technical aspects. I see consistency. Yes, the effects are atrocious, and some just outright funny, but to me that’s all a matter of taste. Not my taste, but I see nothing to contradict the 15 years in business or a decent knowledge of photography. A fauxtographer would not be able to achieve pictures like this, but only think their pictures were better because they didn’t add cheesy effects and embellishments.
I do believe it IS a cultural thing, (this would sell like hot cakes where I live) and her/his clients are more than thrilled. And I also think this photographer, if their demographics were to change, and they saw the need to change their “style” to more subdued, they’d be able to do so effectively.  God awful stuff.  I don’t think I’ll ever be the same after looking.  Thanks for sharing it