First portrait attempt, C&C welcome

sadler21 · 22nd of May 2012 (Tue)

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

C&C very much welcome, first time shooting people outside of a hockey rink.

gonzogolf · 22nd of May 2012 (Tue)

Only 2, 3, & 4 are showing up now. The first thing you need to work on is lighting. In #2 where she is sitting in a tree she is in mottled light from the sun coming through the tree. You want even light across her so that you arent distracted by the spots of light. #3 is a nice shot, but she is underexposed with her face in the shadow side. Backlighing on the hair is a good thing, but not at the expense of lighting her face. #4 is sort of a week pose, and again it appears that the light is behind her. On all of these you need more light in her face. Pick up a reflector, or fill flash to give some shine and sparkle to her face.

rick_reno · 22nd of May 2012 (Tue)

Nice natural pose, like 3 best

sadler21 · 22nd of May 2012 (Tue)

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Originally Posted by gonzogolf

Only 2, 3, & 4 are showing up now. The first thing you need to work on is lighting. In #2 where she is sitting in a tree she is in mottled light from the sun coming through the tree. You want even light across her so that you arent distracted by the spots of light. #3 is a nice shot, but she is underexposed with her face in the shadow side. Backlighing on the hair is a good thing, but not at the expense of lighting her face. #4 is sort of a week pose, and again it appears that the light is behind her. On all of these you need more light in her face. Pick up a reflector, or fill flash to give some shine and sparkle to her face.

Thanks for taking the time to dissect the photos. Not sure why the 1&5 photos aren't showing as they are all hosted from the same site.

I agree the flash/reflector would greatly help in the underexposure and should have done that in the first place. Next time I will be prepared and keep an eye out for that. The posing is another section that I need to work on, but as you somewhat mention, its better initially have a technically solid photo of a weak pose than the other way around as I can build off that for other photos.

fidelfs · 22nd of May 2012 (Tue)

The first picture make her change the leg she is putting the weight on. That will slim her shape and it look better.
Try to make the model put the weight on the back leg, not the front one.

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22nd of May 2012 (Tue)	#1
sadler21 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 306 IMAGE EDITING OK	First portrait attempt, C&C welcome #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 C&C very much welcome, first time shooting people outside of a hockey rink. __________________ -Chris Gear List/Gallery

22nd of May 2012 (Tue)	#2
gonzogolf Cream of the Crop Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,020	Re: First portrait attempt, C&C welcome Only 2, 3, & 4 are showing up now. The first thing you need to work on is lighting. In #2 where she is sitting in a tree she is in mottled light from the sun coming through the tree. You want even light across her so that you arent distracted by the spots of light. #3 is a nice shot, but she is underexposed with her face in the shadow side. Backlighing on the hair is a good thing, but not at the expense of lighting her face. #4 is sort of a week pose, and again it appears that the light is behind her. On all of these you need more light in her face. Pick up a reflector, or fill flash to give some shine and sparkle to her face.

22nd of May 2012 (Tue)	#3
rick_reno Cream of the Crop Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 42,424	Re: First portrait attempt, C&C welcome Nice natural pose, like 3 best

22nd of May 2012 (Tue)	#5
fidelfs Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 77 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: First portrait attempt, C&C welcome The first picture make her change the leg she is putting the weight on. That will slim her shape and it look better. Try to make the model put the weight on the back leg, not the front one.