Adrian Nicole - First Senior Session

This is one from the studio portion of my shoot with Adrian. Very little post processing (just a bit of saturation). C&C welcome.

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Dave,

All in all this is a very very nice very sellable image. As far as technicals I like the white balance and the exposure. As far as the pose the 45° turn of her torso is excellent and the cropping is very well done.

Nit picks. She is broad lit. Broad lighting will "add pounds" to the subject, whereas short lighting will slenderize the subject. Most females prefer looking thinner over heavier.

Hand posing. She rested her right elbow on the top of the bench which caused her right shoulder to be up high which in turn caused her right hand to be "shorter" so to compensate she placed that hand on top of the other rather than under it. While this is not a huge "never do it" rule, her left hand looks much better than the right hand does. Usually the edge of the (female) hand looks much better than does the top or back of the hand.

Benji

"Nit picks" well taken, I see each now that they have been pointed out Broad/short lighting is the one place I have the most problems. Work on it every chance I get. Thanks for the feedback.

I think it is a great shot as well. How would I achieve short lighting instead of broad? I have had a few subjects that I could benefit from having "slim lighting" techniques in my camera bag.

newb2pro_1day_or_so wrote in post #6773786
I think it is a great shot as well. How would I achieve short lighting instead of broad? I have had a few subjects that I could benefit from having "slim lighting" techniques in my camera bag.

Short lighting is where the shadow from the main light is on the side of the face that is closest to the camera. You cannot get short lighting with an on camera flash unit because it illuminates everything in front of the camera.

Benji

Benji wrote in post #6774325
Short lighting is where the shadow from the main light is on the side of the face that is closest to the camera. You cannot get short lighting with an on camera flash unit because it illuminates everything in front of the camera.

Benji

Thank you for that tip. It just so happens that I have a wireless setup with two slave flash units and a pretty model coming over tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.

I like the photo but I do not care for the brick background with her in a formal dress, should be something more elegant, imo.

I agree with others about the background bricks. Her dress and brick color are nearly the same, so in the process the girl actually gets lost as someone will view it because there is nothing that makes the girl standout or contrasting colors in this photo.

Also I suggest you change your logo at the bottom of your photos. It is very difficult to read the word "photography" as you have it shown. In fact your entire logo looks rather pixelated.

Thanks all. I have some of this burgundy dress against a grey background as well. Also, the logo is clear on original full size images, I believe resizing and/or uploading caused the pixelation.

Here is another....

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I like the one in a blue background. Her smile is so nice, you capture at the good moment. bravo

nice shots. my only thing about the first is the wrinkles by your name in the shot, but that's just me and my ocd wanting to straighten it. and the second photo is nice as well, just seems to be missing something to it to me. anyways, nice work.

She looks great on that blue background. You captured her smile well.

great shot , nice smile..

Trauma wrote in post #6781865
Thanks all. I have some of this burgundy dress against a grey background as well..

This one is better than the brick wall, but IMHO when you match your subject's outfit with your background, you end up losing your subject in the process. You want your subject to standout from your background/drop, not blend into it.