Archive 2022 · Fashion Portraits with Sydney
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C&C is always greatly appreciated. Derek
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Jun 03, 2022 at 05:08 AM
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Well done Derek. Really good variety. #2 is probably my fav. #11 to.
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Jun 03, 2022 at 05:29 AM
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airfrogusmc wrote:
Well done Derek. Really good variety. #2 is probably my fav. #11 to.
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Thank you so very much Allen. #1, #6, #8 and #11 are my favorites.
Well done Derek. Really good variety. #2 is probably my fav. #11 to.
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Thank you so very much Allen. #1, #6, #8 and #11 are my favorites.
Jun 03, 2022 at 06:14 AM
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airfrogusmc wrote:
I like 1 a lot to.
Well done!!!!
Thanks again Allen.
I like 1 a lot to.
Well done!!!!
Thanks again Allen.
Jun 03, 2022 at 07:24 AM
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I like #3. It seems to be the most natural expression and pose.
Jun 03, 2022 at 09:14 AM
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coles2020 wrote:
I like #3. It seems to be the most natural expression and pose.
Thanks very much for commenting.
I like #3. It seems to be the most natural expression and pose.
Thanks very much for commenting.
Jun 03, 2022 at 09:43 AM
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Darn you awoke me out of a trance Derek with this natural beauty! I love women who apply the minimum pg make up to an already lovely face. She has that natural beauty! #1 is stunning!
Well done brother!
Dan
Well done brother!
Dan
Jun 03, 2022 at 01:04 PM
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Darn you awoke me out of a trance Derek with this natural beauty! I love women who apply the minimum pg make up to an already lovely face. She has that natural beauty! #1 is stunning!
Well done brother!
Dan
Thank you so much Dan. Sydney certainly is a natural beauty.
Darn you awoke me out of a trance Derek with this natural beauty! I love women who apply the minimum pg make up to an already lovely face. She has that natural beauty! #1 is stunning!
Well done brother!
Dan
Thank you so much Dan. Sydney certainly is a natural beauty.
Jun 03, 2022 at 03:53 PM
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Derek, really nice set with great variety. A beautiful model with excellent posing skills and ability to emote. Good lighting and use of BG and placement.
My favs are #1 and #11. 11 has a great distortion that adds to the mood of the image.
BUT I'm gonna mention the elephant in the room. I understand if the model has requested no PP, otherwise on at least a few of the tight face shots I would have removed the mole on her lip. It doesn't really detract from her look but it sets up, at least for me, a huge amount of tension. While I would normally be free to relaxingly move around the image, like a bright spot, I'm constantly drawn to the mole. Maybe it's just me?
It's still a beautiful set! Nice work
John
My favs are #1 and #11. 11 has a great distortion that adds to the mood of the image.
BUT I'm gonna mention the elephant in the room. I understand if the model has requested no PP, otherwise on at least a few of the tight face shots I would have removed the mole on her lip. It doesn't really detract from her look but it sets up, at least for me, a huge amount of tension. While I would normally be free to relaxingly move around the image, like a bright spot, I'm constantly drawn to the mole. Maybe it's just me?
It's still a beautiful set! Nice work
John
Jun 04, 2022 at 12:48 AM
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John I have to disagree and I will only mention Cindy Crawfords mole and the gap in Luaren Huttons teeth. And wasn't it Richard Avedon that said the beauty is in the imperfection.
Jun 04, 2022 at 04:38 AM
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JohnSil wrote:
Derek, really nice set with great variety. A beautiful model with excellent posing skills and ability to emote. Good lighting and use of BG and placement.
My favs are #1 and #11. 11 has a great distortion that adds to the mood of the image.
BUT I'm gonna mention the elephant in the room. I understand if the model has requested no PP, otherwise on at least a few of the tight face shots I would have removed the mole on her lip. It doesn't really detract from her look but it sets up, at least for me, a huge amount of...Show more →
John, thank you so much for the feedback. Like Allen, I respectfully disagree, and besides, Sydney would never work with me again if I erased her beautiful beauty mark.
Derek, really nice set with great variety. A beautiful model with excellent posing skills and ability to emote. Good lighting and use of BG and placement.
My favs are #1 and #11. 11 has a great distortion that adds to the mood of the image.
BUT I'm gonna mention the elephant in the room. I understand if the model has requested no PP, otherwise on at least a few of the tight face shots I would have removed the mole on her lip. It doesn't really detract from her look but it sets up, at least for me, a huge amount of...Show more →
John, thank you so much for the feedback. Like Allen, I respectfully disagree, and besides, Sydney would never work with me again if I erased her beautiful beauty mark.
Jun 04, 2022 at 05:33 AM
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airfrogusmc wrote:
John I have to disagree and I will only mention Cindy Crawfords mole and the gap in Luaren Huttons teeth. And wasn't it Richard Avedon that said the beauty is in the imperfection.
Allen, It is fitting that you mention these examples. When I asked Sydney about her favorite model, she without hesitation said Cindy Crawford. Which then led to a conversation about Avedon famously telling Crawford that a model should “always have a thought.”
John I have to disagree and I will only mention Cindy Crawfords mole and the gap in Luaren Huttons teeth. And wasn't it Richard Avedon that said the beauty is in the imperfection.
Allen, It is fitting that you mention these examples. When I asked Sydney about her favorite model, she without hesitation said Cindy Crawford. Which then led to a conversation about Avedon famously telling Crawford that a model should “always have a thought.”
Jun 04, 2022 at 05:36 AM
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Yeah I mean I read both Hutton and Crawford were told at one time early in there careers by the so called experts that if they didn't get that stuff fixed they would never make it. ha ha. So much for that. Lucille Ball was told by similar experts she'd never make it in show biz. Again so much for the experts.
Jun 04, 2022 at 06:01 AM
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Derek, I like all of them, but except for the first image - the eyes in the other close images are not in focus. Whatever is closest to camera - like the mole, lips, nose, hand, clothing etc - are in focus. Perhaps stopping down one stop would add enough DOF. I have a thing about at least one eye being in focus.
Jim
Dneufarth wrote:
C&C is always greatly appreciated. Derek
Jim
Dneufarth wrote:
C&C is always greatly appreciated. Derek
Jun 07, 2022 at 10:59 AM
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Congrats Derek!
She is a beautiful woman! You show that here.
Dan
She is a beautiful woman! You show that here.
Dan
Jun 11, 2022 at 10:41 AM