Portrait of my wife

As a follow up to my first post in now gone G+N section, here's another more conventional pic of my wife Stephanie.

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Like the pose .. you did a nice capture there

the backlight do a the job! is it natural light ?

good job!

-bmer

Thanks, the light is provided by a remotely triggered studio flash.

I would have thought it was window light until you told us otherwise. Nice job.

It's interesting with the shadow area behind her head. It almost has a "turning from darkness to light" look to it. Was the shadow intended, or did it just happen with the lighting of the backdrop?

-- John

I like it a lot. great colour, nice light. Maybe could light background more evenly?

The shadow area behind her head wasnt really intended. I considered editing it in photoshop but I decided to keep it because I feel that I would prefer to improve my lighting technique in the first place rather than try to correct it later on in post editing. Its something I'm practising alot with right now.

I actually think the lighting effect you've got there works really well. Intended or not

very detail and sharp i like it.

She is striking. I especially like the intense look on her face and the strength of her pose. The light effect adds very nicely to this.

Suggestions: be mindful of bra straps and have her turn her head a bit more towards you to show more of the far eye (include the iris of her eye). To get a bigger (more natural) catch-lights in her eyes, try a reflector (or a strobe fired through an umbrella, or a softbox - don't know what equipment you have).

Good work though. BTW, are you AM?

Athena

Thanks Athena, I think I really could use a softbox and I'm hoping to get one soon to improve my setup. 'AM' are my initials by the way.