Girl in a sofa..

[tenerife]

Last night we hat a big discussion about my photo from Cris:
http://www.knmultimedia.com/galeria/Villa%20C%20ortes/Cris%201%20023w.jpg

This photo is part of a site about a new Hotel. A nice Location for Fashionphotos.http://www.knmultimedia.com/villa_cortes.htm

What do you think...?
Thanks for you critism.

Regards from Tenerife
Klaus

[slejhamer]

Hi Klaus. Great shot. Lovely colors and composition, and I like the tilt. The hotel will be very pleased.

Regarding the lighting, I think you might want to shape it a bit so that her foot is not so bright. As the brightest part of the image, I find it a distraction.

Also I think a hairlight to add some highlights on top of her head would be nice.

Finally, there appears to be a smudge on the wall near her hand, or perhaps she is holding some string? I can't tell, and suggest that you clone it out.

These are small details though and I think you do great work!

[pappy]

An excellent photo Klaus...I really like all of that series. I must say that you, among several others are providing plenty of inspiration. Thank you for posting these.

Regards,
Peter

[Stoneh]

Indeed, very good shots! Great poses by the way and lighting. I agree with Pappy, its posts like these that people like me (newbie) can learn from.
More Please!!

[Conk]

Excellent Klaus. Bring on the babes! :D
The one thing I found irritating was the angle in just this one photo.http://www.knmultimedia.com/galeria/Villa%20C%20ortes/Cris%201%20023w.jpg
I don't think it is necessary here.

[tenerife]

Yes conk, thats right, i also dont like this angle...

And i now irritating is the light on the foot.

Yes Mitch, everythink is right what you say, everybody says why i dont shape the foot. And i now the string in her hand is to little.
This foto is just a cut...
On the original, a vertical it sounds better.
But i dont now how to upload a photo in this forum..
Thanks for you comments - thast what we need everyday to work better and better and better.
Thats why i like a forum like this - a diskussion with people from arround the world - to become more inspriration and creativity..
Thanks to all of you.
Regards from Tenerife
Klaus

[Stoneh]

use [ img ] http://www.myimage.com/myimage.jpg [/ img ] but without the spaces

hehe, im sounding like i know wot im doin! thanks for Pewterpez for the orig tip

[eland]

Klaus
It is very nice to see people being creative like this.
The image has many good features that lift it above the ordinary.

However I must agree with Mitch that there has been neglect
of very important details. The foot is so easy to darken.
It should not have a higher light value than the girl's face.

The hot spot on the Chinese (?) vase is also easy to remove. And the cushion on the left that seems to be
coming out of its cover.....

These are small but very important points in a composition.
A composition is only as good as its worst feature.

In the digital darkroom these things are so easy to remedy.

The trick is to notice them ! !

Kind regards

eland

[Leighow]

KLAUS

I was not able to open your 1st link, but I did review the foto's. I have two concerns about the pictures.

(1) Technical Issues
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Yes, there seem to be a few blemishes that are fixable in PS. Overall, the outdoor scenes carried better than the indoor couch scenes (for me).

(2) Visual Communications Issues
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By far the biggest issue concerns the message that you are trying to convey with the pictures. It seems to be a bit racy -- but this may be the style of the Tenerife crowd. Also, I wonder if a new hotel opening should be so focused on this one model. Easy to speculate, but lacking your mission statement, I will say no more.

HOWIE

[TimNYC24]

Klaus, very nice work, indeed! I like 90% of your shots. My only distractions were the shadows in some of them. I like the way you cropped the large photo of the woman sittin on the rock, the original had too many distractions. You made this project a success, nicely done!

[tenerife]

Yes i now, i now, i now...

But this dont whas a shooting for the Hotel, it just whas a shooting to shot 1 Picture with a model for the Teneriffa Magazin...

But i think it whas a nice idea to make a site wis it for the model...

Thank you verry mutch for you comments -
it helps to see the own work with different eyes -

Regards from Tenerife
Klaus

[rblissett]

Hey Klaus,

Where do I sign up for you life :)

I liked most of your shots but the one exception is the same shot a couple others pointed out in regards to the angle. It almost appears as though your model may slide down and out of the picture.

Rob

[ryuwulf]

I like it. I have to agree with everyone else, the angle is a little too extreme. Im all about different angles instead of straight on shots, in this particular case the angle was juts too much.

either way, i really liked the pic

cheers!!!

[tenerife]

Yes thats it the angle is to mutch...

I whas thinking for a while it is a new way of creativity - but no...

It whas an expirience...

thats Photography learn every day to go a new unknown way...

Thanks for your comments...

regards from Tenerife

Klaus

Last week this photo whas in a newspaper - and a Lady say... the photo is better when the girl has shoes on...

[ryuwulf]

tenerife wrote:
Yes thats it the angle is to mutch...

I whas thinking for a while it is a new way of creativity - but no...

It whas an expirience...

thats Photography learn every day to go a new unknown way...
.

Very well put. Some people are contrained by rules of photography when they should be more as guidelines.
I think i should take a picture not on a basis of does it look good, but is it unique?

its all about experience and learnig to see different.


http://www.ryuwulf.net/pics/test/bath.jpg


once again good pic
cheers!!!

[tenerife]

Yes ryuwulf - thats it...
i have talking a lot with people of your photo.....

thats creativity... but not everybody understand...

but it is fun to go a own way....

regards from Tenerife

Klaus

[ryuwulf]

Thanks.

That was a moment in time, that i actually experienced.
I was in shock and it was a classic scene to my surprise.

I felt that it was a memorable experience and that it was so surprising it should be photographed.

Not only is it humorours(to a degree), but surprising at the same time. this is just isnt normal, so it is unique.

thanks for the info.

keep-a-shooting!!!!

;)