Lovely Nicole

Went out for a fun photo shoot with a good friend Nicole to test out some different lighting setups. This is my 2nd photo shoot with my new flashes, and 3rd ever.
Most of the shots were done with a single speedlight.

The rest are on my Flickr

I like #4 - the lighting, mood, the focus - to me it is the best of this series

#4 seems a tad bit underexposed but those blue eyes are killer!

Like number 4 but it's either underexposed or the color temp is off.

Thanks, here is 4 with a bit higher exposure

Tlackerman.... keep doing it man.... your only gonna get better and these are nice. keep on truckin

Dolce76 wrote in post #12941494
Tlackerman.... keep doing it man.... your only gonna get better and these are nice. keep on truckin

Thanks! I have another shoot with her scheduled for sunday for more practice(it will be my 3rd actual shoot, shooting people).

REALLY like #4. As I've heard from many pro photographers... "When in doubt, get close".

like the first one....

bboehm wrote in post #12942640
REALLY like #4. As I've heard from many pro photographers... "When in doubt, get close".

Yeah i thought i would try a little bit of everything since Im am still new at it.
Still learning
I did another close up with a more stylized pp.

Also, used my new Wacom for this too. Picked up an intuos4 small today, LOVE it.

Tlackerman wrote in post #12941226
Thanks, here is 4 with a bit higher exposure

Nice shots, but I think the skin tone in this is a little cold.

2,3, and 4 look under exposed - but I understand you're still learning I am almost always a fan of taking a shot one line overexposed then looking at the RGB Histogram to see how the exposure looks. Make sure that you haven't clipped any of the Red Channel off and call it good. It is better to pull an image down in exposure in PP than it is to boost color.

Looks like the skin smoothing is a little over done on some of the shots as well. Make sure that when you use the Clarity brush that you put some texture back into the image.

You're off to a great start however!

i agree #4 could use a little more yellow

Agreed, #4 is well done. I think my favorite though is #3. I don't find it under-exposed. She appears correctly exposed. The darker surroundings give her a secluded look and I like the effect.

Thanks for the input everyone! I hope to have another shoot posted by Monday.