Bridal portrait practice

A type of awesomeness is developing and growing. This form of awesomeness is what I'm currently seeking.

I had a really fun time yesterday taking beautiful pictures of my beautiful friend looking beautiful. Life can be beautiful, you know?!

My plea for practice was answered, and what's better, I got to practice bridal shots!!

Yay!! Is there a better subject matter out there? (Ok, well flowers, but...) ;)

I learned quite a bit more about shooting portraits now with the 50mm lens that I am so in luuurve with. I've already got a pretty good handle of nature photos with it...but portraits are something I don't practice every day. --> why it was, and is, so important that I finally get to try it out for the sole purpose of portrait photograhy. 

I made a mental note or two about posing and direction ("look happy", lol). 

I also learned technical things about metering, focusing with the 50mm, and aperture. 

I loved that we were doing bridal shots because I knew the white dress would pose some challenges as far as over-exposure and blowing out. 

...and I learned a thing or two about upgrading to edit in Lightroom 4. (♥)

I would appreciate some constructive feedback regarding my photos if any springs to mind. 

Be honest (but in a nice way, please!). Remember, I'm learning ;)

Another thing I would like feedback for, and I've been meaning to ask for this for a while, is do my pictures look blue or off color in any other way on your computer? 

This is a problem my sister has mentioned, and it's annoying because my photos look spot on on my laptop...and I edit according to the histograms... so any info on colors being off would be helpful so I can figure out how to solve it!!

Another first I've done for this post, is resize my images for web use. 

Does it look different?

Thanks so much for stopping by, especially if you took the time for critique!!

And many many many thanks to my wonderful model!!!! You were awesome and helpful! :)

Hope you're having a weekend of awesomeness, no matter the form it comes in! :)