Portrait practice - A friend

[Jim G]

Hey all.. managed to convince a friend to pose for some portrait practice. Let me know what you think - any constructive criticism is MOST welcomed. Was experimenting with a few different angles that I don't usually do.

1.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/338514481_c5a100a877.jpg



2.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/338512148_af72805983.jpg


3.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/342490148_358cab4cd5.jpg


There are more but I'm too tired to post-process them now and I won't have time for a couple of days so I figured I'll post before I forget.

Thanks for looking :)

[JimCapaldi]

I like the last the best, although you cropped her hand too closely on the bottom, chopping off the fingers of her left hand. Otherwise it is a very good portrait. The first is also very good, but the second is at too odd an angle for me. Thanks for sharing.

[incendy]

second one is my favorite! Very nice comp and dof!! Love it

[D. Craig Flory]

I like #2 a lot. Good pose and good tonalities

Image #1 I don't like and image #3 has her back too curved and her hands are amputated.

[Liam:]

nice shots
especc #1
hope u dont mind i just got rid of the destractin background (top right)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/linus4/yerp2.jpg

[Glo]

The first pic, the pose looks defensive & cold (along with the skintone) whereas shooting from above her in #2 makes the pose softer & more flattering...also her skin tones look warm, which is nice.
Not too keen on #3 for the reasons already mentioned above.

[asylumxl]

she doesnt look very comfortable or relaxed in these. although these are nice technically, i wonder if you have any of her not hunched foward?

[jamiepeter]

3 is my favourite, but I like 1 as well. What was the lighting on these? Obviously outdoor and just fill flash?

[dipolina]

LOVE #2,
they're all nice!

[JHH Photgraphy]

I like the last one, keep up the good practicing.

[JeratBP]

i like the skin tone in 2 and 3 versus 1

[Jim G]

I like the last the best, although you cropped her hand too closely on the bottom, chopping off the fingers of her left hand. Otherwise it is a very good portrait. The first is also very good, but the second is at too odd an angle for me. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah... I wasn't paying enough attention to the bottom of the frame in this one when I took it and didn't realise I cut her hand off until post-processing. Something to keep in mind for next time.. I think this was only one of about three this time around that I screwed up on and cut people's bits off.

Thanks for the comment :)

second one is my favorite! Very nice comp and dof!! Love it

Thanks... It's interesting, most of the people so far seem to either like #2 or #1 but generally not both : )

I like #2 a lot. Good pose and good tonalities

Image #1 I don't like and image #3 has her back too curved and her hands are amputated.

Thanks :) Regarding #3.. her back just didn't look natural when I got her to straighten it so I left it as she felt comfortable. Couldn't figure out a way of getting it to look "right".

nice shots
especc #1
hope u dont mind i just got rid of the destractin background (top right)

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/linus4/yerp2.jpg

Hey, I really like your edit. I didn't even think of doing that :-p Thanks for sharing that, that gives me a good idea regarding this shot. :)

The first pic, the pose looks defensive & cold (along with the skintone) whereas shooting from above her in #2 makes the pose softer & more flattering...also her skin tones look warm, which is nice.
Not too keen on #3 for the reasons already mentioned above.

I intentionally made #1 colder (desaturated, selective desaturation, colour shift to something like sepia) just because I "felt" it would suit the pose etc. - I wasn't actually going for cold, I just liked the way the photo looked that way. Interesting that you mention that she looks defensive.. I have a few of her in the same position smiling but I can see what you mean. Mayhaps I need to work on making my subjects more comfortable all of the time rather than some of the time :)

she doesnt look very comfortable or relaxed in these. although these are nice technically, i wonder if you have any of her not hunched foward?

I do.. If I get some time I might post some more up.



3 is my favourite, but I like 1 as well. What was the lighting on these? Obviously outdoor and just fill flash?

Yep, outdoor with fill flash from the 580EX and I used an omnibounce sometimes when there was stuff to bounce it off (and also when there wasn't and I just forgot to take it off).

LOVE #2,
they're all nice!

Thankyou muchly :)

I like the last one, keep up the good practicing.

thanks :)

i like the skin tone in 2 and 3 versus 1

thanks... I might try a properly saturated version of #1 and see what people's reaction is. :)