genzbenz Senior Member  628 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH More info | Apr 08, 2010 01:29 | #1 Since I'm not good at posing models yet, here's a shot of one of my friends from our practice shoot in the woods last week. She wanted black and white, and I think this translates well. I like it a lot, but am still pretty new to photography (got the DSLR last August), so I would love to know how I could take a picture like this and make it better.
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max3k Senior Member 780 posts Likes: 16 Joined Apr 2010 More info | Apr 08, 2010 13:44 | #2 Would like to see her face more straight on with regards to the vertical position of the camera. I think you missed the focus. It looks like it dialed into her hair (upper left). 5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8 and some other stuff
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poloman Cream of the Crop  5,442 posts Likes: 7 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Southern Illinois More info | Apr 08, 2010 15:27 | #3 Get some light in her eyes and focus on them. Get some angles on her. "All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my right hand!" Steven Wright
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Mark_Cohran Cream of the Crop  More info | Apr 08, 2010 16:44 | #4 I like the look of the wild hair. Some sparkle to the eyes and some detail in the shadows would help to make this a much lovelier portrait. This can be done with a little fill flash or a reflector. Nice effort. Mark
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genzbenz THREAD STARTER Senior Member 628 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH More info | Apr 08, 2010 17:12 | #5 max3k wrote in post #9957705  Would like to see her face more straight on with regards to the vertical position of the camera. I think you missed the focus. It looks like it dialed into her hair (upper left). I think B/W was the right way to go. Hope that helps. Max - this girl has some rough (deep pores and some scars) skin so I cleaned it up using the Totally RAD action called "Pro Retouch" and then I ran some other processes on it to give it an artsy look. As I tend to do, I probably over processed the skin and softened it too much. Here's a relatively unprocessed version of the same picture. Does the face still look out of focus to you?
While I'm on the topic of skin retouching. Is there a way to smooth up the skin while maintaining her freckles? In some of the other pictures I've taken of this girl, her skin looks uneven after I've processed it, whereas other people's skin looks great with the same action. Visit my Facebook Page
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DThompson Goldmember  4,060 posts Likes: 415 Joined Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ky More info | A couple of quick edits of a very lovely girl. As far as the smoothing - healing brush, d&b on a softlight layer, and a little Topaz. Lightened her eyes a little. Applied a little soft focus filter to the b&w and adjusted layer opacities.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Dennis
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