My first Model

[wareseeker]

Hello everyone! Here are some shots that I took last week. Please brutally criticise my works so I can get it better. What would have to be done from lighting, posing, background, clothing.... to make these pics better. I am prepared to take your comments.
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[wareseeker]

Does anyone know how to modify these links so they can show the pics not the links? Thanks.

[wareseeker]

I figured out...

[ayotnoms]

How did you do it?
I've wondered the same thing.

Thanks

[Pocobernie]

My first observation is that her hair seems to blend too well with the background on some of the pics...maybe backlighting her a bit to give a bit of an edge would have helped.Nice shots, though. Keep it up!

[wareseeker]

How did you do it?
I've wondered the same thing.

Thanks

Easy... There is a icon on the editor which is "Insert Image" You click on that icon and insert the link that lead to the image to the pop-up window and it will show. ;)

[wareseeker]

My first observation is that her hair seems to blend too well with the background on some of the pics...maybe backlighting her a bit to give a bit of an edge would have helped.Nice shots, though. Keep it up!

Thanks! I will fix next time. Greatly appreciative!

[ayotnoms]

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/25187932-M.gif
:-)

[pleutim]

Um... I like them but I do agree about the darkness of her hair against the backdrop. They're fairly similar in colour/shade/hue/whatever. And this may just be me but the dark shadow at her cleavage catches my eye in pics 2 and 3 but it bothers me because it veers to the right so much.

Very photogenic model though!

[PhotosGuy]

Buy a comb? ;-)
I like the 1st one except for the hair across her face. A bit of hairlight wouldn't hurt.

[ProAc_Fan]

If these are intended to be portraits or glamour shots, I would remove the dark circles under her eyes and as previously suggested do something about the background. Here hair almost disappears into the background.

Mike

[wareseeker]

Thank you very much for all of your comments. One thing about hair light, should I put it above, sides or back of the model to create a better effect. Thanks again.

[PhotosGuy]

This is digital, so experiment! To start, try up & to one side to her back so the light doesn't hit her face. Use a lens shade. Maybe try a gell on it, blue or amber & see what you like best. A bounce card to her back on the other side might help. You probably won't need much! You're almost there in the 1st shot.
If you have another light, just a touch on the background wouldn't hurt, either, but it's your pic. You make the choices to get the results that you "see". ;-)

[bolantej]

i would experiment with different backdrops as well. try white, i think it makes reds pop. as stated, digital definitely makes it easy to experiment. keep trying. very nice so far, though.