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Visiting family in Charlotte and have had the opportunity to shoot with a few dancers, including Charlotte Ballet dancer Meila Mertz, some featuring beautiful mural art by Osiris Rain. C&C welcome.
Nitpick for pic 1-2-5 and 8
- Maybe you can clone out the bodysuit square label as distracting.
- Pictures 5 and 8 are duplicates.
C&C
- Pictures 1-2 s/8 white top of bodysuit to be toned down.
- Picture 1 left leg to buttocks to ne lightened for smooth transition of skin colour.
- Picture 2 top of her head merging in the shadow. some lightening to separate.
- I would also have a C/U of her right hand touching the sun graphic.
- Picture 3. I would dodge her eyes and burn her torso.
- Picture 5/8 to create a C/U of her left hand/foot.
- Picture 6-7 darken the whole body.
- Picture 9 lighten the lower body part to balance with the upper part.
My take is you are using a single strobe placed too high creating an unwanted hard shadow on a couple of photos and a two zone color and brightness on the body.
I fully appreciate the limitation of any shoot in terms of time and location where there is only one but choice which is execute the shoot.
N.B. Photography and Retouching is always subjective.
Nitpick for pic 1-2-5 and 8
- Maybe you can clone out the bodysuit square label as distracting.
- Pictures 5 and 8 are duplicates.
C&C
- Pictures 1-2 s/8 white top of bodysuit to be toned down.
- Picture 1 left leg to buttocks to ne lightened for smooth transition of skin colour.
- Picture 2 top of her head merging in the shadow. some lightening to separate.
- I would also have a C/U of her right hand touching the sun graphic.
- Picture 3. I would dodge her eyes and burn her torso.
- Picture 5/8 to create a C/U of her left hand/foot.
- Picture 6-7 darken the whole body.
- Picture 9 lighten the lower body part to balance with the upper part.
My take is you are using a single strobe placed too high creating an unwanted hard shadow on a couple of photos and a two zone color and brightness on the body.
I fully appreciate the limitation of any shoot in terms of time and location where there is only one but choice which is execute the shoot.
N.B. Photography and Retouching is always subjective.
Many thanks for the detailed C&C - devil is in details and these improvements would def help.
I was using natural light for all of these, and so was doing my best with the sun where it was - when have 90 min to shoot end of day the early ones will always be a bit higher with the sun than others, if only could do ALL of them at perfect timing
I again have reviewed your images and find them most engaging. Especially #1! She is very athletic and very beautiful!
Sometimes we dont have the proper amount of time to review a composition then re-shoot. Thanks to post processing and constructive comments!
Dan
Thank you ! Indeed I try as much as possible to get things right but when there is movement this brings another challenge, and hard to ask a dancer to do the same thing multiple times and always expect to get exactly what looking for !
Danpbphoto wrote:
I again have reviewed your images and find them most engaging. Especially #1! She is very athletic and very beautiful!
Sometimes we dont have the proper amount of time to review a composition then re-shoot. Thanks to post processing and constructive comments!
Dan
Great set except for shooting on railroad tracks which is illegal and deadly. Too many models and photographers have been killed shooting on tracks. Other than that great series.
Many thanks - agree is something you don’t want to cut corners on
Just to reassure we were safe and had two police cars nearby for the time we did photos
njtrout wrote:
Great set except for shooting on railroad tracks which is illegal and deadly. Too many models and photographers have been killed shooting on tracks. Other than that great series.
