This would be a fun shoot, and you did a nice job with it. I wouldn't have wanted her to wear a white shirt, as the dynamic range of a dslr sensor just is not good enough for this imo. That first image, you have the whites probably close to being clipped, but I'd want the blacks to be completely black and this is more of a grayscale. I'd take it in PS and and really work the blacks.
Great images, beautiful model, Jeff. It's hard to disagree with Ron's assessment.
Nits: cropped her left elbow and the right side of her hair in No. 4; the traffic cone does nothing for me. No. 2 makes a great b/w also.
beavens wrote:
I got to take some pics a lovely young woman with *awesome* hair recently and it was a lot of fun!
I've still very new to shooting people, so please feel free to offer feedback, tips and suggestions.
Thanks for looking!
Jeff
Jeff, yes, gotta love the hair.
We all have our reasons to do a shoot but I’ll give you my 1st 3 rules!!!
NO blue jeans, NO T-shirts, NO sneakers! Sure on any given shoot maybe that’s the intended look.
For me a model can’t show up like she’s been working in her garden unless the shoot is about gardening.
I either supply an outfit or they do and I see it before they arrive.
Also, I realize maybe this was about her hair and she is new to posing but for most models, straight- on is their least curvy or flattering angle.
I use their booty’s to give them curves.
She is quite attractive and has lots of potential. I wish all my models had that HAIR!!! LoL
Nice job and a fun shoot opportunity!
John
friscoron wrote:
This would be a fun shoot, and you did a nice job with it. I wouldn't have wanted her to wear a white shirt, as the dynamic range of a dslr sensor just is not good enough for this imo. That first image, you have the whites probably close to being clipped, but I'd want the blacks to be completely black and this is more of a grayscale. I'd take it in PS and and really work the blacks.
Thanks Ron! So in all honesty, these outdoors shots were 'extra' that we did after some much tighter shots inside practicing studio work (swing and a miss IMO), so her top was almost never an issue. When it came to going outside we just had her street clothes that she wore.
Very good point about the opposing white/black points and limitations of the sensors - I'm going to go back and check #1 and see if some boosted blacks will give the shot some more oomph.
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Wmccree wrote:
Wow that hair is awesome. That would of been a fun shoot!
As a bald dude, my level of envy was through the roof!
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GoodEgg wrote:
Great images, beautiful model, Jeff. It's hard to disagree with Ron's assessment.
Nits: cropped her left elbow and the right side of her hair in No. 4; the traffic cone does nothing for me. No. 2 makes a great b/w also.
Thanks for the feedback, GE! Thanks for the nits - one of my issues is definitely not making sure EVERYTHING is good before pressing the shutter. Detail is king with this style, so I will try to be more cognizant! I am pretty sure that I've got a similar shot that has all the elbow, but I didn't think that it was a big comp/crop no-no. So much to learn!
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JohnSil wrote:
Jeff, yes, gotta love the hair.
We all have our reasons to do a shoot but I’ll give you my 1st 3 rules!!!
NO blue jeans, NO T-shirts, NO sneakers! Sure on any given shoot maybe that’s the intended look.
For me a model can’t show up like she’s been working in her garden unless the shoot is about gardening.
I either supply an outfit or they do and I see it before they arrive.
Also, I realize maybe this was about her hair and she is new to posing but for most models, straight- on is their least curvy or flattering angle.
I use their booty’s to give them curves.
She is quite attractive and has lots of potential. I wish all my models had that HAIR!!! LoL
Nice job and a fun shoot opportunity!
John ...Show more →
Thanks for the suggestions, John! The next time I link up with someone I'll make sure everything is planned for. These were more 'off the cuff' after some other shoot, so we just ran with it. You're spot-on, though - there is no 'goal' or 'direction' here.
And boy, *I* need to learn posing! I'm overall quite awful at it, even with a flattering body in play. But the good news is that I'm definitely aware of this fact and I've been watching some really solid instructional videos that should help going forward. Now if I just had the time to watch them all and practice!
One more suggestion. For me, No. 1 is the killer shot. But I would have shot it at f/8 or f/11, something like that. It's her hair that makes the shot so fascinating for me, so I want her extensions to all be in focus. Looking at the shot as it is, her hair on our left (her right) is mottled there on the ends. I just think if it were all in focus it would have really added to the image.
friscoron wrote:
One more suggestion. For me, No. 1 is the killer shot. But I would have shot it at f/8 or f/11, something like that. It's her hair that makes the shot so fascinating for me, so I want her extensions to all be in focus. Looking at the shot as it is, her hair on our left (her right) is mottled there on the ends. I just think if it were all in focus it would have really added to the image.
You know, at the time I was thinking that the softer hair on the outside would help frame the face more and provide more pop. But I think you're right about more DOF - the hair is just as much as a star here (if not even more commanding).
I've got more from the set that I can put up, if anyone is curious. She DOES have a gorgeous smile, so I think I'll have to put some of those.
I enjoyed the entire set and found 2 and 3 to be my favorites. In general, I would suggest watching out for very bright areas located near or on edges. The white of the shirt in #1, for example. I think you did a good job of holding the hightlights in her white shirt in a couple of shots and lost them in a couple of others. I was actually more aware of the whites in her sneakers, maybe because they were more toward the edge. I like #2 a lot but a bit darker exposure or selective darkening to add highlight detail to her sneakers. Maybe some vignetting.
Brev00 wrote:
I enjoyed the entire set and found 2 and 3 to be my favorites. In general, I would suggest watching out for very bright areas located near or on edges. The white of the shirt in #1, for example. I think you did a good job of holding the hightlights in her white shirt in a couple of shots and lost them in a couple of others. I was actually more aware of the whites in her sneakers, maybe because they were more toward the edge. I like #2 a lot but a bit darker exposure or selective darkening to add highlight detail to her sneakers. Maybe some vignetting. ...Show more →
Thanks for both the feedback and the suggestions! There are so many things that you need to make sure are in order before pressing the shutter and it's a battle that I constantly struggle with.
Jeff
.edit Attached a smiling photo! How awkward is that semi-waistline cropping? Thanks all!
Veedotcom wrote:
All the images are awesome..but not a fan of black & white for portraits! Its mutes the beautiful flavors of different skin tones. Nice work tho!
Thanks for the comments and feedback!! Don't worry - I've got plenty that aren't bw showing off her killer skin. Let's face it - this girl could be purple and she'd still be gorgeous.
