Day4-Paris.jpg
by salmiakki

Comment:
Very nice eye! What an awesome subject. Looks good in b/w. Looks like something worth exploring more. I could crawl over that place for a while shooting! :-)

Me in 1920 or something :P
by Krisby

Comment:
Very daring, and interesting edit on this image. Neat tones. Definitely has an 'old' feel. Composition is pretty good, but I'm thinking it might be nice with just a little less space at top. Cool photo!

Beaten, but not broken
by Krisby

Comment:
A cool image here. Great choice of subject. Very interesting, and you've composed it well. I like the overall look of the pic. True, the sky does seem on the verge of being blown out at right, but I think it works here with the overall lighting. Nice shot :-)

Steven
by magenmarie

Comment:
This is a very good shot. I love the pose you've got from him. He looks very natural and at ease, something that can be very difficult to do. You must have been able to establish great rapport with him, a very key element, IMO, for this type of shoot. Again, great control of your light, and even nice catchlights in his eyes. That background color is great, I think it sets him off very nice, his hair and skintone and shirt, nice choice! Minor nitpick is the small black area at bottom right, but it is a minor thing. Very nice job!

Edd
by magenmarie

Comment:
Very nice job! Great color, and the photo just 'looks good', you know. Great control of the natural lighting, you did well. He seems to have a nice, warm personality, and you captured it, it comes out in the image nicely. One minor thing, if you wanted a suggestion to try for slight improvement, there are catchlights there in his eyes, but they seem 'small', maybe trying for a reflector to catch a little more, or even a strategically placed light, or diffused flash or something, just to get a little more catch light. Oh, and working with glasses, can be easy to catch glare and unwanted reflective spots, you've avoided well. I think, for headshots, framing like this (cutoff) work fine, this is a very nice shot, great job :-)

Icarus Rising
by Neil

Comment:
Congrats Neil! Cool image, and neat edit :-)

Rock Concert
by idnic

Comment:
Very cool shot! What a great start to the project :-)

bridals1.jpg
by jerowe

Comment:
Here is a quick easy way to vignette, I think gives a lot more control and evenness than free handed burning- Click to show rulers, choose your rectangle marquee tool, select a rectangle at say, 1 inch in on each corner. Set feathering to 2oo. Your rectangle selection will have nice rounded corners and a nice fading feather blend. Go to selections, hit inverse, this makes your selection from the marching ants out to the edge of frame. Then make a levels adjustment layer, move your dark and mid sliders to the right to taste.

jazz solo
by swankFoto

Comment:
Actually, I think the wb is not a big factor. For me anyway, when I see a shot of performers, I know they are on stage, with stage lighting, I at least expect to see the effects of that live lighting. I see more weakness in the framing of the shot, honestly. The framing feels 'uncomfortable'. It's not a head shot, it's not a half or 3/4 shot. His arm is cut off on the bottom of the frame, and the guitar is not prominent. I'm left really wishing I could see more of the performer, adding context to the scene. Especially in a 'Solo' theme of the shot, I'd like to see that he is jamming out a solo, if you know what I mean. Also, a minor thing, but the angle has the line of lights running through his head, a little bit of an awkward compositional feeling.

Veni, vidi, vici
by parallax

Comment:
Nice layout of your objects. Good composition. Nice clarity and lighting. Definitely says triumph for me. Great job!