My first paying customer. C&C please.

great shots. love the second and third. the first is good too. although i would like to see it not so centered. keep it up. and yes, you have some guts for asking a random girl like that...

i need to get better at that lol .

Man, I wish I had your guts, I just had a beautiful young lady leave my office that I thought would make a lovely model. But alas she walked out the same door she came in with me only saying thanks after she dropped off her payment. I have had the same thoughts as you...They would probably think I was some sort of perv....so I never bring it up. Kinda like in my younger days wanting to ask a girl to dance but knew I was way to scared

Ok well aperantly I don't have the same taste as every one else here..lol...I love the first one and the third....I dont like the background on the second

First: like it a lot.. lighting could be better. the 2 tone arm looks blah to me. love the pose and the background/theme.

Second: nice but the cut off point on the arm looks kinda blah to me. A full lenth shot would have rocked.

third: shadows kinda wreck it for me.

Number 3 is my favorite.

Fantastic pics of a really beautiful girl

Great pictures. Number 2 is nice.

strmrdr wrote in post #2098183
First: like it a lot.. lighting could be better. the 2 tone arm looks blah to me. love the pose and the background/theme.

Second: nice but the cut off point on the arm looks kinda blah to me. A full lenth shot would have rocked.

third: shadows kinda wreck it for me.

Thanks.
Funny you love the pose on the first one. That’s one of the flaws in my opinion... I don’t particularly like how her right hand is. It doesn’t look elegant to me. I wish I had noticed at the time I shot it, but that’ll come with experience I guess.
The 2 tone arm sticks out more in the second one to me, but I don’t really know the best way to fix it. Any suggestions? I actually have a full length version of that shot, but this is the one they chose.
On the 3rd... Do you just think the shadows are too harsh, or would have you preferred flat lighting?

The second and third are nothing short of super! They must have loved these!

sonia dada wrote in post #2097616
Thanks everyone for the complements and critiques.
It took me a long time to get the courage up to ask her. I didn’t want to come off as some creep with an adult website.
Luckily, the BMV has the slowest service in town! They gave me plenty of time to get my courage up.
You should recognize that city ccheever... That is Indianapolis in the background of #2. We took all of these at the canal.

I thought so, just didnt want to act like i knew what i was talking about and it turn out to be something like atlanta or something. haha. Glad to see another Hoosier here.

sonia dada wrote in post #2098514
Thanks.
Funny you love the pose on the first one. That’s one of the flaws in my opinion... I don’t particularly like how her right hand is. It doesn’t look elegant to me. I wish I had noticed at the time I shot it, but that’ll come with experience I guess.
The 2 tone arm sticks out more in the second one to me, but I don’t really know the best way to fix it. Any suggestions? I actually have a full length version of that shot, but this is the one they chose.
On the 3rd... Do you just think the shadows are too harsh, or would have you preferred flat lighting?

The first one just works for her.... body language makes the shot.
I see why they picked it.
The right lower arm is too dark compared to the upper arm.
Some soft lighting from that side would have helped.

2nd one: the arms look fine, natural shadows.

3rd: as you look at the photo the left side of her face looks over exposed and the right under, if the left wasnt as far over the right would be fine. Its the contrast between the 2 im not liking.
Either the left darker or the right lighter would have made it for me.

Billginthekeys wrote in post #2097794
great shots. love the second and third. the first is good too. although i would like to see it not so centered. keep it up. and yes, you have some guts for asking a random girl like that...

i need to get better at that lol .

Pretty much sums up my thoughts! The pose is fine int he first one, although she didn't look all so comfortable in the shot. Was it early in the shoot?

Nothing to say on the second one! I just like it!

The third one, yes, I see the shadows, and the over-exposed side, btu I think that's what I like about it!


If only I had the guts to ask a random girl like that to pose for me, well, maybe I wouldn't be single, either! LOL

attitude , personality and personaverance are just as important tp master as well as your camera equipment. you seem to have both. good job

Dude you were NOT lying about her being pretty! The shots are good bro! I like #2 the best. #1 doesn't really do it for me (BKG is too.....)

I love the fact that they bought some and this was your "First paying Customer" because i am in the same boat as you, trying to get together a bigger portfolio of models. I have a few people lined up to shoot, but they won't be buying any of the pics, just allowing me to photograph them to gain expreience and to give them some shots for MySpace or something like that!

Keep it up bro!!!

--Quick Question for you: How did you give them prints? Do them yourself? go to a shop? Send them over the internet and having then delivered? <-- i am curious because i don't know how i should go about making prints for future clients!)

jporter12 wrote in post #2099403
The pose is fine int he first one, although she didn't look all so comfortable in the shot. Was it early in the shoot?

No, it was very close to the end of the shoot... same with #3. #2 was in the middle of the shoot. The whole session only lasted about 30 to 40 minutes though, because they were a late getting there.