If I remember to bring something for the bride to sit on, I like this type of pose a lot.
I was seeing how strong the sun was...pretty strong. But then, the sun will be lower (not sure by how much) when I take pictures of the entire party, after the wedding. I loved this background, though.
I LOVE this little stairway, but not the window full of souveniers beside it. But I don't want to crop off her dress to lose the window. Hmm...
I like this background, again, but I think I need to get higher and get more of the dress.
Once again, just a different angle and I can get her chin up, get closer a little, and get more of the dress.
I had her pretend to hold a bouquet and I like this pose. I think I'll need to be higher, again.
Here she is pretending to hold out her dress and hold a bouquet. I think with a real dress there it will be pretty and elegant.
An easy, close-up with a nice background.
I like this, except I think I'll have the bride holding the bouquet, leaning her head back to follow the line of the tree. maybe?
This will be a good place for both bridal and bride/groom shot.
I liked this, but it came out fuzzy...so I used a trick of my friend and fellow photog and made it b/w. I will probably have to do this for several of the indoor shots.
A further-back of the previous pose. If the blue chairs weren't there, I'd like this a lot.
This is at the top of the stairs that the bride goes down. I will probably also do one from the bottom, looking up at her, since there's a really neat old bell that looks cool.
A front and mirror view. Again, I need to get above her more, especially to show the dress better.
Another mirror shot. It's fairly obvious that I needed to bring my stool so I could get UP...that seems to be my own biggest complaint...any other pointers? 
Thanks to Talia. I really enjoyed taking pictures of you. I'm glad you are a willing subject to give me practice in 'bossing'!
Another mirror shot. It's fairly obvious that I needed to bring my stool so I could get UP...that seems to be my own biggest complaint...any other pointers? 
Thanks to Talia. I really enjoyed taking pictures of you. I'm glad you are a willing subject to give me practice in 'bossing'!
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so with the one on the stairs where you weren't sure what to do because of the window, that would be a good one to have the ring bearer and flower girl or bride's maids holding the train of her dress up or just doing some kind of long photo a line up of something but still be able to get the stairs and her dress. just suggestions. I think they turned out really nice. I can't wait to see the final outcome!
Ok, here goes. The one where she is next to the mirror sitting: try having her sit parallel to the mirror, so her side is touching it, maybe one knee up. What I see is the bouquet in her lap, or just hanging in her hand. She could look either down at the flowers, or in the space between her and the mirror, so you actually get both sides of her face without looking at her straight on.
Stairs: For s fun shot, have her sit at the top of the stairs and drape the dress all over the stairs.
Leaning on the tree: my opinion is that it would look awkward if she followed the line of the tree, not natural, however, if she were in the same position but looking down at her ring or the flowers, and change it to b&w, it would me gorgeous. More of a candid shot.
I love the first shot! Do that, but then do another one with her bridesmaids in the same pose, maybe surrounding her.
They look great! Can't wait to see the real ones!
One comment--you keep cutting off your model's feet. In some pictures that's okay, and with a bride you won't see her feet anyway, but you will want to see the hem of her dress occasionally. I probably already told you to look at http://www.wpja.com/, especially their contest winners. I would highly suggest as long as you're practicing you try to replicate some of the images you are particularly struck by on other people's sites. You'll learn a lot from thinking about how to set up the shot you want.
Good luck, and I can't wait to see the real pictures!
One more suggestion--if your camera allows you to take multiple shots at once, I'd suggest taking something like three at once in your candid photography at least. I know it eats up a lot of space on your memory card, but you'll capture better faces that way. There's nothing more frustrating to me when photographing my daughter than capturing a grimace instead of a smile.
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