I photographed Shannon and Charles at about 4 in the afternoon. That's a bit too bright for great pictures unless you know how to work the image afterwards. It was shot at 28mm to capture the city behind them -plus of course, their reflection in the water. My f/stop was 2.8 at 1/3200 of a second (this way I get the background in focus) I considered the city to be partnered with the couple and a part of the image. If the background didn't matter, I could have shot them in any junkyard with a blurred-out background. My ISO was 250.
My Recipe: I increase the exposure +.60, increased the blacks slightly, and upped the contrast and clarity. I also manually went to the greens and increased them for a more spring-like look. Using the adjustment brush, I brought out the clarity of the clouds. I also made a slight manual correction by eye, of the lens calibration in LightRoom to keep the building straight.
Of course, Shannon and Charles provided the fireworks!
