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After waxing on about you in Tony’s thread it’s pretty cool to get to throw a few rocks now.
Just kidding.
I’m not sure why you would consider this portrait a failure unless you don’t feel it captures her essence and that was your intent. What I see is a beautiful woman (with amazing hair) in a candid, almost unaware “strength moment”. To me it’s got a kinda Joan of Arc sort of vibe… but not contrived. It seems simple, sincere, real. Like ronan, I do love the setup shot, her expression – and feel I know more of her through the addition of the image.
Technically, it’s gorgeous. The exposure, colors, play of (and fall off of) light are sublime. My three crits would be:
1) I sometimes disagree with your crops. I keep telling myself I need to learn from your handling but my inclination would be to cut the distance between the right most edge of her hair and the border by half.
2) The light barely cresting across her cheek brings out skin texture to an exaggerated degree. I’m perfectly comfortable smoothing that a bit in post because I don’t think that exaggeration (and I often get this because I like and use this sort of lighting) is a true representation of what the person generally looks like.
3) I would love to see this shot as one in a series with other expressions (such as the set up shot). My guess is this is one of her many sides and it makes me want to see the rest.
Blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours,
Chuck
Edit: Just saw the image you added. I really like it. Same crop critique but I love seeing more of her. You're a fortunate man.
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