Portrait shoot

Latest fall photoshoot... C&C welcome.

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I am certainly not an expert but just to see if other see what I do. The first pose is perfect except her top just does not work well at all. Too much pattern and light colours draw the attention of the eye before the subject does.

In the fisrt shot the lighting is very nice but her eyes look like she was either squinting or you caught her when she had just started to blink. Look at both images and then compare the size of her eyes. It appears that the correct size of her eyes is in the second image.

Second image, it is flat lit (on camera flash will do that) and she is turned too far away from the camera. A 45° turn is ideal in about 95% of all portraits. Also five seconds spent sweeping her hair back would have improved this image a lot.

Benji

I agree with Murray, good shot but wow the first thing my eyes went to was her chest! And it had nothing to do with her breasts!

I should have been more specific on what not to wear, that top really didn't work well. I missed the eyes, I'll have to see if I have another without her squinting.

#1 her facial expression is kinda weird. You're also cutting her off right at her knees. I think you were shooting on a very bright day? A trick is to have the model closing her eyes, get her to open up her eyes on the count to 3, then snap a pic quickly. As others have already mentioned the top is too distracting. I mean if you were show casing the top then it'd be ok but I'd pose her differently if that was the case.

#2 The lighting is kinda flat, her face is a little overexposed.

[QUOTE=Tawcan;11213426​]A trick is to have the model closing her eyes, get her to open up her eyes on the count to 3, then snap a pic quickly./quote]

Yup, that way you are guaranteed to get that "deer caught in the headlights" look that is all the rage right now. Closing your eyes causes your pupils to dilate due to the darkness so when you quickly open them up it takes a split second for the eye to react, and that is when you are supposed to shoot? Hardly.

Benji

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Tawcan wrote in post #11213426
A trick is to have the model closing her eyes, get her to open up her eyes on the count to 3, then snap a pic quickly./quote]

Yup, that way you are guaranteed to get that "deer caught in the headlights" look that is all the rage right now. Closing your eyes causes your pupils to dilate due to the darkness so when you quickly open them up it takes a split second for the eye to react, and that is when you are supposed to shoot? Hardly.

Benji

That's a good call. I don't usually shoot when it's bright out, that's just something one of the models I worked with told me.

The solution, of course, is to not shoot at noon.

The mountain in the background is distracting as it cuts right into the head with very similar palette of colors. perhaps getting the mountain a little lower in the background, little around the shoulder might make her stand out more and provide the separation and attention to the face.

I think that there is too much light on her face, (second portrait).

She's a very beautiful model. You just need to regulate your light a little better and maybe PP a little more to correct the lighting and clothing issue's.
IMO, these are very nice and could be much better with some work. I always try to get as much correct at time of capture and use CSx to clean up the little stuff. Nice work. Keep shooting and posting. It will become better with time and practice.

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