Actor Portrait Shoot

[Silvatooth]

http://excelsior.nocdirect.com/~nospace/upload/john_crouch.jpg


Here was my favorite shot out of about 32 photos I took of my actor friend, John. This was behind a shopping center in a very dark alley at 2am, so I had to work with one flourescent light. I bumped the ISO up to 800 and held my hand as steady as possible.

The subject wanted a sort of tough-guy actor look, and I think this photo delivers that idea.

What do you think?

[Persian-Rice]

Picture is pretty umm beige...................the red x at the top left is pretty distracting. :D

[Silvatooth]

Damn, yeah, I think I forgot to convert to e-RGB.

[Silvatooth]

Okay, sorry folks. I had to fix some color profile problems and resolve my web host's DNS adddy. How does it look now?

[Claire]

I like the shot, but find it a bit dark. The blue on his jeans stand out though and looks cool. Sorry can't help about any technical aspects, don't know much about photography!

[4walls]

Too many light sources and therefore too many shadows...I think sometimes less is more :)

[Conk]

I like the shot and what you have done but I don't see a tough guy actor look. Maybe with the smoke hanging from his mouth and a serious look?

[vafa]

I agree 4walls,
Though good posing of your model, the light is not so effective.
A single source side-lighting would work better.
vafa

[cmM]

I like the picture overall, but I think you should have placed your subject further away from the wall and throw the background out of focus.