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You might want to mask out some of the edge sharpened stuff on her face as it makes the pores in the cheeks stand out quite noticably. I think composition wise you're doing okay except maybe the last two. The last one especially I think you've got too much skin showing, maybe end the crop a little below the tattoo. The second to last one is a little too central to me, if you moved her in frame in either direction it'd be a lot neater.
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Oct 18, 2011 13:06
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Thanks, yeah a little off the left would look better I think, same with a bit off the bottom of the last one. I should know better than to leave the edge sharpening on the skin. Guh. Thanks for the feedback 
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Oct 18, 2011 14:04
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Gazmachine posted:Thanks, yeah a little off the left would look better I think, same with a bit off the bottom of the last one. I like all of them, the detail in the hair looks really great, especially that second photo. In the third, the vignette is a bit harsh in the bottom of the frame, and feels a bit too forced. Friend of mine thought it would be fun to try some portraits together. My wife did the hair and makeup. We got to the location late and only had 40 minutes of light, so I had to work really fast. Given all that, I was really happy with what I got, knowing there's some flaws. It's the first time I tried a few fashion-y poses. I mainly wanted a solid portrait of her and really tried not to get an awkward face.  FINAL christi model-0205 by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr  FINAL christi model-0212 by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr  FINAL christi model-0218 by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr  FINAL christi model-0224 by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr  FINAL christi model-0237 by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr Really want to know what you guys think of this gradient over a b&w  FINAL christi model-0300 clean by AIIAZNSK8ER, on Flickr The idea I had was to put a logo in the corner like this http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6256521356_bfbe9face8_b.jpg
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Oct 18, 2011 14:16
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Same model as the previous shot, in a family friendly wrapping!   Kammi Up Close by McMadCow, on Flickr
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Oct 20, 2011 06:46
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:I like all of them, the detail in the hair looks really great, especially that second photo. In the third, the vignette is a bit harsh in the bottom of the frame, and feels a bit too forced. I think gradients over B&W have to be used really carefully. I like them a little subtler than that. I don't think there's an asolute formula or anything, but I think they work better in certain colours and on certain images. I think it would've been better if you had more time to relax her into the shoot than the 40 minutes. Was the gradient shot taken later into the shoot? My favourite composition wise is the last one - I'd like to see that one without the post (or with similar post to the others) or maybe keep the gradient but hav the image in colour and make the gradient much weaker. I've seen that approach to post quite a lot, so it's hard to get excited about it. Same with the leaning back pose - no offence to the model, because she's certainly pretty, but I think that sort of shot only really works with a woman with an unreasonably impeccable figure. I hope that doesn't come across as insulting or horribly sexist! EDIT: Sorry about all the typos, it's early. Blegh.
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Oct 20, 2011 08:46
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Gazmachine posted:I think gradients over B&W have to be used really carefully. I like them a little subtler than that. I don't think there's an asolute formula or anything, but I think they work better in certain colours and on certain images. To support this, I think the technique works best when it works with the composition of the image. If the gradient led the eye from right to left towards the model, rather than along the vertical, it might have worked better. It's not a failure as is, I quite like the color choice, I just feel that it kind of just sits on the image being a gradient rather than being an element that adds and completes the piece.
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Oct 20, 2011 11:24
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XTimmy posted:To support this, I think the technique works best when it works with the composition of the image. If the gradient led the eye from right to left towards the model, rather than along the vertical, it might have worked better. It's not a failure as is, I quite like the color choice, I just feel that it kind of just sits on the image being a gradient rather than being an element that adds and completes the piece. Yeah, that's spot on - the effect should compliment the composition.
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Oct 20, 2011 12:18
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Cross-posting from snapshot a day My first time shooting a kid (that sounds funny and I like it) so bear with me! IMG_1742 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_1672 by avoyer, on Flickr The next one was taken without the father knowing... he didn't want to be in a picture and well I have issues with listening to people so I tried my luck without telling him   IMG_2217 by avoyer, on Flickr
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Oct 22, 2011 19:08
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Do I spy a bit of drool in the third one? Nice pictures, how old is the kid? I've been asked to do some pictures by a guy who is having a baby in a couple weeks. I'm no good at real sized people, let alone babies. I think I bought myself some practice time by telling him they all look the same and pruney when they are newborn. As with everyone, I also say I'm a bit poo poo and not to expect anything good. Clown fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Oct 22, 2011 |
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Oct 22, 2011 20:32
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Clown posted:Do I spy a bit of drool in the third one? Ahaha yep, good eye! He's 1 year old. It might be a weird comparaison but it felt like shooting a live band, only because you really have half of a second to capture the right moment because they never stay in place! Someone from the thread told me to have one of the parent where I wanted the kid to look, it's a great tip and it helped me a lot! You should try with a newborn. Make sure the room is warm and they'll just sleep and lay there, you can do whatever classic pose (i.e: baby in a basket, dressed as a pumpkin...etc) you want once they're asleep!
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Oct 22, 2011 21:03
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xenilk posted:Cross-posting from snapshot a day Really like the second one! The first one is a great shot, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the cooler processing. I think it works really well for a lot of the shoots you do, but I don't know...babies to me should be all warm and fuzzy Personal preference though - I think they're great and I'd love to see more from the set!edit: I just looked at the first one again and the cool tones are growing on me, so feel free to disregard what I said. What kind of lighting setup did you use? Was it all natural light? I just picked up a 430ex ii today because I have no willpower, and I'm excited to try working with flashes in portraits.
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Oct 22, 2011 21:46
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CarrotFlowers posted:What kind of lighting setup did you use? Was it all natural light? I just picked up a 430ex ii today because I have no willpower, and I'm excited to try working with flashes in portraits. Aw thanks for the comments! I used two rooms that were full of windows, it helped a lot I wanted to do it outside but it was very cold today so I had to improvise a little home made natural light studio Let me know how you like the 430ex !
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Oct 22, 2011 22:09
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Tried to take a decent portrait of my kid. I was just messing around, otherwise I would have picked a nice backround, but I do like this pose. Is the white balance off?  Picture Day! by Winston85, on Flickr
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Oct 23, 2011 18:25
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Could use some advice on this: My Faces by Learnin' Curve, on Flickr I'm going for a 1960 album cover look using natural light, the highlights blew and I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's for my father but he thinks that every photo I take in black and white is the dogs so I'm not going to trust his critique on this one.
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Oct 23, 2011 19:51
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Mightaswell posted:Tried to take a decent portrait of my kid. I was just messing around, otherwise I would have picked a nice backround, but I do like this pose. I think the white balance is just fine for this.
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Oct 23, 2011 20:17
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Mightaswell posted:Tried to take a decent portrait of my kid. I was just messing around, otherwise I would have picked a nice backround, but I do like this pose. I think it could be a little brighter. Cute kid! Here's a portrait that I really liked. Posted big because I mean, why bother otherwise 
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Oct 24, 2011 00:05
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nonanone posted:I think it could be a little brighter. Cute kid! That is a really nice portrait! Great job
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Oct 24, 2011 00:33
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I shot twins. I thought I had the shot, was chimping then saw them doing that and quickly snapped those up! You really can't look at the back of the camera with kids, you'd definitely miss a moment. Twins by Maxime Theriault, on Flickr
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Oct 24, 2011 01:15
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Chick wants to be a model. 
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Oct 24, 2011 02:05
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nonanone posted:I think it could be a little brighter. Cute kid! This is great! I wouldn't mind seeing a touch more detail in the hair around her neck.
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Oct 24, 2011 05:36
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Thanks, may lighten that up. I'm glad that shoot wasn't a total waste of time because I worked with the most unprofessional make-up artist I have ever seen. I should've guessed something was up when she said she was going to send me examples of her work and she never "got around to it." She was also going on about how she usually just demands RAWs and edits them herself, and how some photographers take a whole TWO WEEKS to get photos to her, one of the models was her friend "omg it's our first photoshoot together!" it was just so frustrating. I'm only going to give her the bare minimum that's for sure.
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Oct 24, 2011 22:29
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My two cents on that photo is that the hair at the neck isn't as big a deal as that on the top of her head, which is exposed just fine. The hair to the right of her face is ok as is because this way it isn't competing with her face for attention.
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Oct 25, 2011 01:31
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That's funny, I had a model demand I email her all the RAW images halfway through a shoot. That's like 3+ gigs, it's not happening. So I sent her a zip of 800 pixel, watermarked images  Here's my most recent shoot. This is open shade at high noon:  In the outdoor shower by Chris Hayden Photo, on Flickr The light was fantastic in only this one spot, everything else from the shoot was a wash. Touched up some blemishes, and boosted her hair a bit. vvv Yes, I need to learn skin retouching for her face. She was in fantastic shape. red19fire fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Oct 27, 2011 |
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Oct 27, 2011 05:34
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His head is a different colour to her body.
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Oct 27, 2011 12:59
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Yeah, it kinda looks like her head has aged 30 years faster than her body.
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Oct 27, 2011 13:02
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I think that's called "The Hogan Effect"
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Oct 27, 2011 20:31
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Gazmachine posted:I think that's called "The Hogan Effect" Her hair isn't near majestic enough to even begin suggesting that she's fallen victim to the Hogan effect. It's kind of like a Benjamin Button gradient
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Oct 27, 2011 20:58
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She kind of looks like Prime Minister Harriet Jones. Some prints from my session this past weekend. Haven't developed my 6x6 yet, but I'm pretty happy with the results so far.  Kelsey by McMadCow, on Flickr  Kelsey by McMadCow, on Flickr  Kelsey by McMadCow, on Flickr  Kelsey by McMadCow, on Flickr
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Oct 28, 2011 08:30
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She doesn't look as comfortable as most of your other portrait subjects. I think the second is the weakest because she's dead center and I find the sky distracting, because it just touches her head. But I really like the pose in number three.
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Oct 28, 2011 19:25
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:She doesn't look as comfortable as most of your other portrait subjects. Yeah, I was trying to work with her on being more expressive. It was a bit odd how stoic her expressions were, considering she's an ex-runway model. And not because she's shy, either. I'm still generally happy with how they turned out, but yeah, I wish there was a little more "mood" about them.
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Oct 28, 2011 20:09
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The profile shot is really killer
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Oct 28, 2011 21:41
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I think the second one is the best of the lot. It does look like she's only got one foot though.
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Oct 28, 2011 23:15
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 IMG_2549 by avoyer, on Flickr Crosspost from SAD I had a bit of worry with that kid, he wasn't in the mood to have his picture taken... but I did my best and got a few good shots out of it
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Oct 29, 2011 21:02
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First time I've done any posed portraits or anything. I know there's some average posing such as cutting off limbs etc, but that means all the more room for improvement!     More here (some variations on the same theme, ie split toning, B&W): http://www.flickr.com/photos/68887398@N07/sets/72157628008074176/
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Oct 30, 2011 04:45
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Auditore posted:First time I've done any posed portraits or anything. I know there's some average posing such as cutting off limbs etc, but that means all the more room for improvement! I feel like the ones with her smiling look really forced. It's not a natural smile at all. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the looking off camera thing. I think the second one would be way stronger if she was looking directly into the lens. I do like the processing though.
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Oct 30, 2011 05:35
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CarrotFlowers posted:I feel like the ones with her smiling look really forced. It's not a natural smile at all. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the looking off camera thing. I think the second one would be way stronger if she was looking directly into the lens. I do like the processing though. Echoing that comment, great critique. Edit: Use her for other shoot, she has a great style/genre... and don't be afraid to get in her face Close ups can be fun.
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Oct 30, 2011 06:43
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See if you can bring some consistency to the white balance. She's changing color a lot.
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Oct 30, 2011 06:44
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Thanks for the critique guys. She's a friend from high school, not a proper model or anything and it's actually quite hard to get her to pose while mucking around with focusing, exposure and all the other photographic elements. I was shooting at about f1.8 deliberately for that close-up shot where I should have been at around f2.8 because I ended up missing focus a fair bit. When I try and correct the WB on those slightly orange-ish shots it goes very blue 
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Oct 30, 2011 07:04
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Auditore posted:Thanks for the critique guys. She's a friend from high school, not a proper model or anything and it's actually quite hard to get her to pose while mucking around with focusing, exposure and all the other photographic elements. Do you focus + recompose? Once you get the hang of it it's fairly quick Next time just have most of the shots of her looking at you or doing one of the 6 poses that's in the document in the original post (which is very informative). Can't wait to see more pictures
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Go the other way: warm the others up. This is a great attempt, if it's one of your first portraits. It gets easier the more you do it, so keep shooting! Post is a completely different skillset and you get better with practice.
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