A couple headshots

Shot some headshots for my niece who's going to school to be a makeup artist. Here are a couple from that shoot.

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In number one there is something going on with her front tooth. and she looks sleepy :P. The images are great though!

Maybe a tiny over exposed in number two and the hair that's out on the white in each image seems very strange to me

agree that these images are just a taaaaaaaad overexposed for my taste. maybe drop the exposure by like 0.2 or so.

#1 could use a slight amount of teeth whitening, especially if you're showing these 2 images together as one model's teeth is much whiter.

In #2, also agree that the hair at the top right is distracting. I'm assuming she had her hair in a bun and the hair sticking out is coming out from the bun. I say it's not such a big deal, but it would be better if you removed it in post.

GREAT JOB with these shots. I'm always a huge fan of clamshell lighting

Shots like this frustrate me... not because there is anything wrong with them... I actually really like them. The only thing I might do it lighten/brighten the eyes in #2 to the same level as the eyes in #1 (gives it that extra "pop").

The thing is, I love the whole "crop off the top of the head" look. It gives a nice, tight, fill-the-frame look to the photo that I like very much. However, whenever I crop one of my photos this way, I think it looks terrible and I end up including the whole head in the shot. Apparently it's a look that I like in other people's photos, but just hasn't worked out for me.

Oh well. One day it will come out right... maybe...

Mikey Town wrote in post #16373172
Shots like this frustrate me... not because there is anything wrong with them... I actually really like them. The only thing I might do it lighten/brighten the eyes in #2 to the same level as the eyes in #1 (gives it that extra "pop").

The thing is, I love the whole "crop off the top of the head" look. It gives a nice, tight, fill-the-frame look to the photo that I like very much. However, whenever I crop one of my photos this way, I think it looks terrible and I end up including the whole head in the shot. Apparently it's a look that I like in other people's photos, but just hasn't worked out for me.

Oh well. One day it will come out right... maybe...

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

I actually lighten both their eyes the same amount. The girl in #1 just had lighter eyes naturally. i didn't want to lighten the eyes in #2 too much because they start looking a little a bit unnatural and I dind't want to introduce much noise into her eyes.

I've noticed that this look in cropping the top of the head doesn't work too well if the model is squared up to the camera. That's why I had them turned to one side and had their heads tilted the way they are. I literally told them to flirt with the camera. I framed them in the camera this way. The only cropping in PP was to straighten them slightly since I decided againts using my tripod for this shoot.

rivas8409 wrote in post #16373638
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

I actually lighten both their eyes the same amount. The girl in #1 just had lighter eyes naturally. i didn't want to lighten the eyes in #2 too much because they start looking a little a bit unnatural and I dind't want to introduce much noise into her eyes.

I've noticed that this look in cropping the top of the head doesn't work too well if the model is squared up to the camera. That's why I had them turned to one side and had their heads tilted the way they are. I literally told them to flirt with the camera. I framed them in the camera this way. The only cropping in PP was to straighten them slightly since I decided againts using my tripod for this shoot.

Thanks for the tip! I'll put that into practice and play with this a bit more.