Model Shoot #3

Here is one more for your viewing pleasure...as always comments welcome!

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Well, when I first saw this picture, I saw the model looking up with an odd face. It's a face that she made because she knew she was supposed to be acting as if there was something up there, but in my mind, it didn't register to that. Instead, she was not fully focused on anything and her posture was a bit. . . "set up." I think this picture would have been better in B/W rather than in full color. The full color of this particular picture shows too much about the model's personality, as when B/W conceals it more, hence her sneaking around. Hope this comment helped you, and remember, you're not being corrected, just given ideas .

scyrusurcys wrote:
Well, when I first saw this picture, I saw the model looking up with an odd face. It's a face that she made because she knew she was supposed to be acting as if there was something up there, but in my mind, it didn't register to that. Instead, she was not fully focused on anything and her posture was a bit. . . "set up." I think this picture would have been better in B/W rather than in full color. The full color of this particular picture shows too much about the model's personality, as when B/W conceals it more, hence her sneaking around. Hope this comment helped you, and remember, you're not being corrected, just given ideas .

Thank you for your comment. You had some interesting thoughts on the picture. I am not sure if the model was making any particular face because she was being photographed, but I see your drift.

One question...aren't most model shots somewhat setup?

Thx

Yes, but they aren't supposed to look that way

Mike

But does it not kinda look natural !!!

it looks pretty darn posed, to me... the angle of her head is what gets me, if she was looking at the camera, head resting against the bricks, or angled down slightly, the shot would be better IMO.

-dave-

Could she have not been looking at some exotic bird sitting at the top of the building ??

One of the problems with this shot as well as #1 is that the model's eyes are shifted too far away from the direction her nose is pointed. This causes too much of the whites of the eyes to be showing. That is one of the main rules of portraiture that is difficult to break (or bend) with good results. Another is not to turn the model's head so far to the side that the nose breaks the line of the off-side cheek.

Her head is tilted up too far and too far to the right (toward the wall) and her eyes are shifted up even further. Add to this the fact that her body is turned toward the wall instead of toward the camera and her hands are against the wall. This all makes for an unnatural looking pose. I can't remember that last time I walked around a corner somewhere and saw a woman in a position like that unless she was about to be frisked by the police. It looks like she is getting ready to try to climb the wall.

IMHO, you should try for less dramatic posing. You have an excellent subject, but the shots are coming out very posed and unnatural looking.

Very interesting comment. I will have to sit down and interpret this.

Thanks