Captivating
by ryand

Comment by RobMcGee:
noisy, soft

DSC_1052
by ryand

Comment by rossbilly:
Good texture, and I love how this feels 'deep'. Not sure how to explain, but it seems as though the wall goes waaaaaaaaay down, like a well or something. Very deep, on several levels. ;)

DSC_0785
by ryand

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
yup... Great focus/DOF.

Captivating
by ryand

Comment by HeiSch:
Somehow I feel the focus was more on the brick wall than on the young woman. good approach to take the pic from her eye level.

DSC_1558
by ryand

Comment by CNovack:
The backdrop to your subject is interesting. It could be read as a subtle clue to the power of music as that the meters reading the power outlet can symbolically represent power. Or it could just be a backdrop meant to signal a hard edge or grungy musical sound/style:-) (don't know as I can't really hear what he is playing). The natural lighting is good for it really illuminates the guitar player well. The downside is that is still throws some shadows from the guitar onto your player and shadows on the wall behind. At least they are not harsh shadows caused by flash. Aside from lugging some lighting equipment to eliminate the shadows the only advice I could offer is either to have your model sit further away from the wall so the shadow does not fall there and, believe it or not, use flash. You can use flash effectively to soften those shadows if you know how to soften the burst of light. You can use simple wax paper or even tissue paper on the flash unit to soften the light given off. The end result just maybe a better illuminated subject with no harsh shadows. It is a method you have to play around with though so you may want to try a few different aperture settings and different distances from your subject (flash units on the cameras tend to have an exponential drop-off rate after 5). I like the pose of your subject in that his head is down and in tune with playing his guitar. The only critique to his pose is that if his head was a little more up (the angle of his pose would remain the same) we would see more of his side profile strengthening the visual of us seeing him delving into the music.

Railroad
by ryand

Comment by Tez:
mmm... slanty. Maybe a little overexposed in the corner of the carriage thing, a dose of shadow/highlight might sort that out.

Otherwise, I do like it but feel if there was more space at the top, and less of the foreground rail, it would be excellenté.

Nice work man.

Captivating
by ryand

Comment by Mighty_Mouse:
Cutie :)

Timeless
by ryand

Comment by Jib:
3

Green Gaze
by ryand

Comment by jaxter:
Well done. Very nice and even lighting. Color really pops out at ya. Only thing I would say you could have done differently would be to touch up the reflections in the eye. Takes away from the photo imho.

Captivating
by ryand

Comment by nati_in_here:
if I could see her feet it would had been better. It looks like you cut her feet