Seniors - Cailee

A few from Cailee's session.
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I think these look awesome. Nice lighting and catchlights. I also enjoy your composition.

Good job, Josh.

An interesting thought. Even though this is a portrait session of a single person, not one of the photos are in "portrait" orientation. To me a portrait is vertical. 4:5 usually does right for people vs. 3:2.

these look great

Grimlock wrote in post #8495549
I think these look awesome. Nice lighting and catchlights.

I agree. These are great. I don't always agree with the "portrait" mode. Sometimes the negative space works and I think these work.

I think you did a great job the lighting is spot on. I like that there not all centered.
#3 is my favorite.

Thanks for the replies. Here's another from this session.

Negative space? Dead space by another name. It's a trend popular at the moment. many recent grads of my old school follow the practice, so I'm sure there's some academic seminar behind it. You see it once or twice it is an interesting take on portraiture, you see it a bunch of times by different people from different regions, it's a copycat fad.

Having said my grumpy piece, the work is quite good.

^^^ ha ha.. funny.. Grumpy...

i think the lighting is very nice..

phamster

Oddly enough, even though you can't see her whole face something just has me staring at #3. Very nice set.

Hey Josh.... I'm sure she will be pleased with these.
A few things I think would make these even better.
1> All three of the first set are broad lit. She looks great but the light will flatter her more if you short light her next time. Such as the last shot you posted.
2> #2 pic in the first series.... I would try to position her arm a little differently. Cutting off both the elbow and hand makes it look a little strange. (I cut off elbows and hands all the time....so I can't say much)

3> I like the negative space.... I use it all the time. I would have had just a little less on the first shot.

Again these are very good and of course everyone has their own way of shooting. Good Job!!

tonyr0584 wrote in post #8496721
Hey Josh.... I'm sure she will be pleased with these.
A few things I think would make these even better.
1> All three of the first set are broad lit. She looks great but the light will flatter her more if you short light her next time. Such as the last shot you posted.
2> #2 pic in the first series.... I would try to position her arm a little differently. Cutting off both the elbow and hand makes it look a little strange. (I cut off elbows and hands all the time....so I can't say much)

3> I like the negative space.... I use it all the time. I would have had just a little less on the first shot.

Again these are very good and of course everyone has their own way of shooting. Good Job!!

Could someone please explain to me what he means by "broad lit and short lit" thanks... By the way, I really like the pics.
Thanks

number 2 is really great

If the person has their face turned off center to the camera so that you see more cheek than the other, the side you see more of the cheek is the broad side, the other is the short side. Typically in photography, the most flattering lighting patterns are ones that have the light coming from the same side as the way the face it pointing, which causes the light to naturally fall off the 'broad' side. If you light from the broad side (most apparent in my first photo), it can make the face appear wider than it is. You can get away with it on people with narrow faces (sometimes it's preferred if their face is very narrow to make have a more round face appearance, or can help with reflections if they wear eyeglasses). If you look at my last picture above, the light is coming from the side that the face it pointing, which causes the face to look more narrow (usually the most flattering). You would definitely not want to broad light someone with a heavier or wider face, as that could draw more attention to it. Compare how the light hits my first pic and last pic above. Here is one more example of the more traditional 'short' lighting. Again, compare to the first image for the most apparent difference.

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I think 3 is the most eye-grabbing of the bunch. Hard to pull off well....but I like it. The 1st and 4th portrait are nice as well.

I agree with Tony about #2 -- I would love to see some hands. Very cute pose otherwise.