amateur photographer + model

[SHANGHAi]

As an amateur photographer, I wanted to add some decent portraiture into my portfolio, so I invited my friend Brenda out to do a photoshoot. Here are the results:

1
http://gallery.liang-shi.net/d/551-1/IMG_6826.jpg

2
http://gallery.liang-shi.net/d/560-1/IMG_6848.jpg

3
http://gallery.liang-shi.net/d/566-1/IMG_6903.jpg

4
http://gallery.liang-shi.net/d/572-1/IMG_6920.jpg

5
http://gallery.liang-shi.net/d/575-1/IMG_6954.jpg

Full gallery/more images can be found here: http://gallery.liang-shi.net/v/portraits/102905-2/

[schmoelzel]

These are really nice shots!! Many a pro would probably be happy with these.......her hand in the first one seems awkward; the 3rd is a really nice composition with the space to on her left......maybe crop a little away! All in all pretty good stuff for beginning a portfolio!

[Olegis]

Very nice set, your model definitely has a great potential (as a matter of fact - you both do). One word of advice - try to photograph with more uniform backgrounds and to achieve shallower depth of field. And, of course, practise, practise and practise ;)

[C.S.I.]

I like #3 and #2 in that order....good job!

[Actionphotog]

Nice photos.

[Sam]

I really like the composition in #3, it's something I haven't really seen before. Nice job with them.

[garbidz]

why not try another shoot with a different colour blouse
I do not think that the dark emerald is her colour...

[alpineslide]

I really like # 2. Good photo's and a very pretty girl.

[EOSX]

I like #3 and #4. I think some of the other shots would be better if you had a more shallow DOF.

[malla1962]

Nice shots but I like number 4 best.:D

[SolPics]

I like #3 and #5. Nice job.

[RAW]

You have a very nice eye for photography...I like the pictures and I saw your gallery too....nice.

Do you use flash on your daylight shots?


Regards,

[Salleke]

Love # 3 and 5. Nice model and nice pictures. Good luck.

[waldograce]

My picks are #3 and #5.
Might have moved her just a bit down the hill on #3 so the background was all green. That bit of light a the top right draws the eye a bit much.
Well done all in all.
Hope to see more of your work.

[berrylish]

i like em. especially #3.

[dandan]

wow, very nice. The pigeon in #2 is realy distracting though, and maybe i would give a few shots shorter DOF, but it already looks prety shallow. What lens were you using?

[LuisE]

#3 Is my favorite. Thanks for sharing.

[ssim]

These are all very good images. In my opinion 3 and 5 are the best ones. In number 3 I think it would look better if it was cropped veritcally. I find the amount of grass on the left distracting. In cropping this one I would make sure that I didn't cut the top of the models hat off.

I like your colors and skin tones. Very nice job all the way around.

[Dante King]

Very nice work. Beautiful model.

[SHANGHAi]

You have a very nice eye for photography...I like the pictures and I saw your gallery too....nice.



Do you use flash on your daylight shots?





Regards,
They looked a tad too blown out when I tried the flash, so I went without. It was fine as long as the model was facing the sun.

wow, very nice. The pigeon in #2 is realy distracting though, and maybe i would give a few shots shorter DOF, but it already looks prety shallow. What lens were you using?
I was using my 50mm f/1.4 :)

[D Boone]

I like # 3. Background could be better in the rest I thought

[Brantner]

I really like #3. like Solinger said, I haven't seen it done very much, and I think you hit it off perfect. The emotion is stunning

#2 is very distracting with the birds in my humble oppinon. Also, my eyes went to the upper right of the photo at the flare.

I myself am an amature photographer as well and I enjoy seeing others like myself put there work out for others to see. Congrats.