Photoshoot I did for a friend, critique!

Please critique, I don't do portraits very often so this is kinda new to me. So be honest with me!

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Too many shots to critique - you might have better luck with feedback by just posting the best (5) of them. At a quick look I think 11 is just great.

Mods will come in here and clean up. Read up on the image posting rules. You say you don't shoot people much but these look pretty darn good. A few of them seem like duplicates or too close to the previous shot but the processing is clean and not overly done which is a nice change to see from someone who's new to shooting this. Nice job

Over all nice shots. I dont like the dark glasses. The last series could have used a fill light to even out the lighting on the face.

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ccc_javier wrote in post #12915932
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+1

Lots of shots have very uneven lighting and look like snapshots

pvancorb wrote in post #12915908
Over all nice shots. I dont like the dark glasses. The last series could have used a fill light to even out the lighting on the face.

I actually preferred the more dramatic look on the face since there's more contrast. Having a fill light to the face would make it almost even, which wasn't really the look I was going for. Haha.

ccc_javier wrote in post #12915932
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Can you be a little more specific?

Jordan_Inc wrote in post #12917867
I actually preferred the more dramatic look on the face since there's more contrast. Having a fill light to the face would make it almost even, which wasn't really the look I was going for. Haha.

Can you be a little more specific?

In a portrait you should typically have the light compliment your subject (the person). In many of these portraits the light distracts from your subject. Take for example 16-18. The light is illuminating the back of your subject, along with things behind him. It just doesn't compliment him. It makes people look at the back of his shirt first instead of his face. Keep up the work though!

SUP JORDAN!!

nice photos jordan! =)

Naphtali14 wrote in post #12918152
In a portrait you should typically have the light compliment your subject (the person). In many of these portraits the light distracts from your subject. Take for example 16-18. The light is illuminating the back of your subject, along with things behind him. It just doesn't compliment him. It makes people look at the back of his shirt first instead of his face. Keep up the work though!

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback. I'll work more on that next time.

k.CHU wrote in post #12920499
SUP JORDAN!!

Yo! Bring me next time when you do portraits!

mrchu25 wrote in post #12920902
nice photos jordan! =)

Thanks Steve.

As per others, too many pictures to critique them all.

However 8 & 10 have great composition and the leading lines really work. However the sunglasses are distracting. If these are an Ad for the sunglasses they really work, but if they are meant to be portraits then the sunglasses are distracting.