Pictures of the Girlfriend

I took some quick pictures of my girlfriend in her courtyard. I used a DIY mini soft box with my hot shoe flash. I like how they turned out.. critique is welcome.

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Lovely girlfriend. Why are you cutting off half of her head?

shes pretty! ^ yeah would be a much better shot with out the weird crop

you have a very pretty girlfriend.

Thanks guys.. After looking through my pictures I realized I cut off the tops of heads on a lot of my portraits, haha. Gonna need to work on that.

mtiotuico wrote in post #11273027
Thanks guys.. After looking through my pictures I realized I cut off the tops of heads on a lot of my portraits, haha. Gonna need to work on that.

It could be that you are shooting horizontal format a lot. Try turning that camera on it's side and shoot verticle for portraits. Not that there is anything wrong with a horizontal portrait, I just think you can get a better frame with a 1 or 2 person portrait in vertical format and get more facial info in that frame.

The DIY flash diffuser seems to create a nice soft, even light. Well done!

Cute girlfriend, keep shooting her, she seems to like the attention you pay her and that's a good thing!

Thanks for the tip. I tried shooting vertically and I just really didn't like the composition. I'll have to keep practicing my vertical framing!

now, correct me if i'm wrong, but arent' you shooting "vertical" in your avatar pic?

Just a reminder....its acceptable to cut off the tops of heads in photography. Read Scott Kelby's books, and go back and look at pictures of women.

Fashion is very often shot that way, just so you can get close to the face.

Erik_L wrote in post #11274202
now, correct me if i'm wrong, but arent' you shooting "vertical" in your avatar pic?

Yeah I am. Sorry I didn't clarify.. I shot a lot of pictures from this set vertically and I didn't like any of them. I do shoot in portrait mode often.. just not with this particular set of pictures.

leeport wrote in post #11274272
Just a reminder....its acceptable to cut off the tops of heads in photography. Read Scott Kelby's books, and go back and look at pictures of women.

Will do thank you!

LBaldwin wrote in post #11274275
Fashion is very often shot that way, just so you can get close to the face.

I'm confused.. fashion is shot what way?

I actually find it rather odd when the top of the head is not cut off in a tight headshot...especially horizontal.

mtiotuico wrote in post #11274357
I'm confused.. fashion is shot what way?

A quick look through any fashion mag, and you will see lots of shots where the top of the head is gone, lopped off.. lol