I like #2 the best. Excellent lighting. Perfect light/dark shading of her face. So often I see similar portraits where the photographer does not play very close attention to the hands and can let them get too bright. Perfect tonality here. Light but still subdued compared to her face. I prefer the head tilted into the frame pose of #2 to the head askew to the right in #3. A better compostion overall to my eye with space below her crossed arms giving her room to breathe within the frame. Chair, itself, is a nice element. I am not feeling the first. Crop seems off with her slim, vertical body off to the right in a square frame. The back of the hand to the camera is not my favorite position.
Dan, I see only Brev has given you any feed back, I’ll give some for #1.
First, these are Lovely shots of a lovely model/subject which anyone should feel proud to have either created or received! So in the spirit of perfecting our already elevated craft, here’s what I see.
This model as you have shot her Has strikingly beautiful thinness that give us lot to work with but work we must!
She has a very nice face with nice hair but it’s up to us to improve what she doesn’t have.
She’s engaging the camera well and her small smile endears us to her. She could sell us anything! LoL
In my own portraits here’s what I try to bring out or mitigate.
Since we’re trying to impact the viewer with her beauty, she needs to be the main attraction. On location we have the environment to weave in. We’re definitely not going to impress anyone with our use of a paper background. She’s very friendly but you’ve put her in the right third of the frame with some darkness behind her. In my eye you’ve set up a bit of tension. Remember that our eye goes to the lightest part first then to the darkest. You’ve setup a situation where we’re sneaking glances to the light area then the dark, like there’s supposed to be something there? Then we want to look hard at the black shirt.
We should rivet onto her and never let go. I cropped it in my phone just below her thumb and tightened the crop and it’s all about her!
Next you’ve got some halo above her head. maybe you needed a hair light or maybe she was underexposed? Erase that halo.
Her lower hand is a bit awkward, hence my crop. I tell my models their hands are like snowflakes and when they rest them on their bodies they must land with snowflake lightness, almost not touching at all.
I would have tried two other things as well. When I shoot thin models, I need to create what they lack which are curves. I would try to add curviness to her booty by switching the leg positions. That would give her booty a rounder, sexier curve. Then before I shoot I tell them to “suck it in”. That adds curves and a smaller waist makes their chest appear bigger. Clone out those 2 little clothes ripples just below her chest, they are competing with what little she has.
Lastly, Maybe this is just me, I never shoot jeans. I have that worked out long before they arrive. If the don’t own anything else, I provide it!!
Her black shirt is too black, or underexposed. There should always be some fabric visible regardless of the color or type of fabric. The hallmark of good portraits is detail everywhere.
It’s an excellent shot of a beautiful model, it’s why it’s my fave of the 3 but also the most challenging of the three! Nice work!
John
JohnSil wrote:
Dan, I see only Brev has given you any feed back, I’ll give some for #1.
First, these are Lovely shots of a lovely model/subject which anyone should feel proud to have either created or received! So in the spirit of perfecting our already elevated craft, here’s what I see.
This model as you have shot her Has strikingly beautiful thinness that give us lot to work with but work we must!
She has a very nice face with nice hair but it’s up to us to improve what she doesn’t have.
She’s engaging the camera well and her small smile endears us to her. She could sell us anything! LoL
In my own portraits here’s what I try to bring out or mitigate.
Since we’re trying to impact the viewer with her beauty, she needs to be the main attraction. On location we have the environment to weave in. We’re definitely not going to impress anyone with our use of a paper background. She’s very friendly but you’ve put her in the right third of the frame with some darkness behind her. In my eye you’ve set up a bit of tension. Remember that our eye goes to the lightest part first then to the darkest. You’ve setup a situation where we’re sneaking glances to the light area then the dark, like there’s supposed to be something there? Then we want to look hard at the black shirt.
We should rivet onto her and never let go. I cropped it in my phone just below her thumb and tightened the crop and it’s all about her!
Next you’ve got some halo above her head. maybe you needed a hair light or maybe she was underexposed? Erase that halo.
Her lower hand is a bit awkward, hence my crop. I tell my models their hands are like snowflakes and when they rest them on their bodies they must land with snowflake lightness, almost not touching at all.
I would have tried two other things as well. When I shoot thin models, I need to create what they lack which are curves. I would try to add curviness to her booty by switching the leg positions. That would give her booty a rounder, sexier curve. Then before I shoot I tell them to “suck it in”. That adds curves and a smaller waist makes their chest appear bigger. Clone out those 2 little clothes ripples just below her chest, they are competing with what little she has.
Lastly, Maybe this is just me, I never shoot jeans. I have that worked out long before they arrive. If the don’t own anything else, I provide it!!
Her black shirt is too black, or underexposed. There should always be some fabric visible regardless of the color or type of fabric. The hallmark of good portraits is detail everywhere.
It’s an excellent shot of a beautiful model, it’s why it’s my fave of the 3 but also the most challenging of the three! Nice work!
John
Thank you for reply some great advice. This was just me practicing so you comments help me for if I ever do try to photo some one for real. Again I appreciate the comments it helps my learning.
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