First Planned "People" Photoshoot with Girlfriend

thanks man, good to see you're on POTN too. Your stuff on HI's getting better and better!

Great shots! Practice makes perfect and starting out with someone you know makes it easier to make mistakes, but learn from them.

Definitely, and I'll make a lot more mistakes as I go along! Looking forward to practicing more though!

Thanks, Kristie!

4,5,6 are my favorites..beautiful girl..great work

beatiful girl and pics. Someday I would like to do a set like this.

All look very nice, except photo 2 where she look like she's trapped under a dead branch. Next time I would ask her to leave her bra off since the black parts peek through at times.

I really like the composition in the 1st picture. It would've been better (in my opinion only) if she was looking at the camera. Nice choice on shooting location.

David83 wrote in post #12215022
4,5,6 are my favorites..beautiful girl..great work

Thank you, sir

TONEB1146 wrote in post #12216542
beatiful girl and pics. Someday I would like to do a set like this.

What's stopping you! Go out there and shoot!

HappySnapper90 wrote in post #12217730
All look very nice, except photo 2 where she look like she's trapped under a dead branch. Next time I would ask her to leave her bra off since the black parts peek through at times.

That was actually a swimsuit that she wore so that quick wardrobe changes could take place, haha. A little distracting in some of the photos, true.

XxDJCyberLoverxX wrote in post #12218885
I really like the composition in the 1st picture. It would've been better (in my opinion only) if she was looking at the camera. Nice choice on shooting location.

Thanks!

Very nice series, especially considering this was your first time with this kind of shoot!

Tim

beautiful girl.

The poses are a little over the top. Posing is one of those things that you [as the photographer] get better with experience.

Tim Park wrote in post #12220549
Very nice series, especially considering this was your first time with this kind of shoot!

Tim

Thanks, Tim! I appreciate it. I'm a fan or your work!

Mtalia86 wrote in post #12224530
beautiful girl.

Thanks! I'm a lucky guy.

jenirose3 wrote in post #12226768
The poses are a little over the top. Posing is one of those things that you [as the photographer] get better with experience.

While I agree that I do have a lot to learn about posing a model, I have to disagree that the posing is over the top. I wanted a little bit of a "fashion" feel to the images, which is why a few have exaggerated poses. Fashion or not though, I feel like they are more visually interesting because of the poses and would be much more mundane if she were just standing there, crossing her arms, hands in her pockets etc.

Watch the position of her hands.

#5, 6, and 8 all have some pretty awkward poses in my opinion.

The tree branch composition in #2 also feels a bit forced.

With that being said, #1 is fantastic. You are extremely lucky to have such a gorgeous model to work with and this shows her off at her best. Great expression and pose. The light also works well.

#3 isn't so bad either. The colors and the lighting are nearly as good as #1.

#7 ALMOST works for me, but her expression is a bit odd. Also, is that gum or just a tooth sticking out on the left side of her mouth? Bizarre of me to ask I know, but it threw me off initially. I will say that I do like the movement her hands are bringing to this image. It definitely gives me that "wading- through-the-forest" feel, which I think is what you were going for.

Overall: Not bad at all for a first try.

For me the poses don't even have the fashion-y feel. They are exaggerated and awkward. Some of them are not using the most flattering angles and there is lens distortion in others. But that just IMO. *shrug*

SimplyShane wrote in post #12227604
Watch the position of her hands.

#5, 6, and 8 all have some pretty awkward poses in my opinion.

The tree branch composition in #2 also feels a bit forced.

With that being said, #1 is fantastic. You are extremely lucky to have such a gorgeous model to work with and this shows her off at her best. Great expression and pose. The light also works well.

#3 isn't so bad either. The colors and the lighting are nearly as good as #1.

#7 ALMOST works for me, but her expression is a bit odd. Also, is that gum or just a tooth sticking out on the left side of her mouth? Bizarre of me to ask I know, but it threw me off initially. I will say that I do like the movement her hands are bringing to this image. It definitely gives me that "wading- through-the-forest" feel, which I think is what you were going for.

Overall: Not bad at all for a first try.

jenirose3 wrote in post #12227660
For me the poses don't even have the fashion-y feel. They are exaggerated and awkward. Some of them are not using the most flattering angles and there is lens distortion in others. But that just IMO. *shrug*

Thank you very much for the honest critiques! Jeni, I found your flickr and you've got some great stuff!