Often B & W improves the feel of wood but in this case and IMO changing from colour to B&W adds nothing. I do like both but given a choice I would go for the colour and may crop the top and left a bit so there was more emphasis on the timber and less on the sea.

First I have never taken a formal portrait in my live but am happy to say what I like or not so here goes.
1/ find the 'blown' white on face and hand a step too far.
2/ Love it apart from the red shadow (easy to remove) in her nostril
3/ Like it even the shadow works for me.
4/ My favourite love the porcelain effect but would remove the hand and just leave the face.
5/ Don't understand what you were trying to achieve I can't see the girl and do not find the image appealing.

Think it is one of those occasions when it is not possible to catch the feeling of what was there, I want to wipe the window to get a better view. There is just a little too much of the mistiness for me covering what looks a great image.

I prefer the second shot as well, a wonderful record for your family.

Enjoy the first and last but not sure about the cottage or the car. Agree the rotating of the last is better, it seems to have more depth.

Congratulations.

I love them, more to the point I bet the couple did too.

It is difficult because good composition is far more than rules, in fact, I think rules get in the way. If you do not get the main subject dead centre then usually going with your own eye will produce an image that some will like and others do not. Main thing is that you should like it.

With the above images it is hard to get past the fact that both are soft throughout. With the first if you had taken a couple of steps to the right so the lines of the leaf ran diagonally across the image and made sure the snail shell was sharp you would have produced IMO a good image. The second does not work for me at all it seems a collection of objects bearing no relationship one to the other.

Would like to say I do not read others opinions before replying in order not to have my thoughts affected so if I have repeated I am sorry. Keep clicking and keep trying but do what you feel is right and what you like as it is difficult to be taught how to use your eye only practise will help with that.

Don't know what they are Kris, they are such a pretty colour. Think it an appealing shot with a good choice of DOF but would like to see the petals sharper, there seems to be more detail in the hair like structure behind the blooms but the blooms themselves are a bit on the soft side. There again that may be what you intended but because of the in focus 'hairs' I think perhaps not.

Well Jack over 100 views and not a single comment so I will add one, think the treatment has worked well on the bloom but I think I would have left the background out of the amendment and just darkened it.

Just my thoughts for what they are worth.

I like this and would be pleased to have taken it, think not only the shadow of the eyelashes on the eyeball but also on the face would be better removed but apart from that small PP I am impressed