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09/22/2005 07:25:13 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Considering the lighting equipment you had to work with, this turned out really well. The model is great and the pose is good but I̢۪d rather see an expression with a little more spunk. She looks like a spunky person and the expression she has seems like she is holding back. Kind of like she is trying to force a un-natural smile.
There was one comment on the shirt and I agree. Either have her wear a more neutral shirt, or concentrate the composition on the face (which is my portrait style). The shirt is the most vivid part of this photo and I doubt that was your intention.
You had mixed comments on the lighting and a lacks impact comment, here is what I think: The lighting on the face is perfect, but not for the background you used. Crop off the shirt and change the background to a dark color and she will stand out perfectly. Here you have a grayish background and a dimly lit face and they just kind of blend together. With the dull-lighter background you need brighter lighting to stand out.
Overall you did pretty good. I probably would have scored it a 6. Your DOF is dead on and the focus/sharpness is perfect. You have a good grasp of lighting, you should get some good lighting equipment so you can do some real damage!
I hope this is helpful, I̢۪m not an expert by any means so this is all just my opinion. Feel free to PM if you want discuss anything I said further.
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09/18/2005 11:19:22 PM |
Very well done, I like the gradient lighting in the background, but that light casted a very strange bright spot on her cheek there. I think if you moved her a bit away from the background you could avoid this
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09/16/2005 08:46:58 PM |
| face is exposed well. however because you chose to shoot your light from below head level there is not a lot of light to cover the hair area. and your model has a great hair style. either use a another light as a hair light or get a reflector to channel some light back down onto the hair |
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09/15/2005 08:38:45 AM |
| A nice portrait. I like the lighting and composition. |
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09/14/2005 07:37:33 AM |
| Good lighting and focus in this. I particularly like the low level lighting and the highlights in her eyes. |
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09/14/2005 06:04:26 AM |
| The light coming from the bottom left seems abit too obviously staged but the rest of the portrait is very fine. |
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09/14/2005 01:45:42 AM |
| Nice photo, the lighting from a lower angle is nice. |
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09/13/2005 02:27:10 PM |
| Excellent. Reminds me of a few shots from professional photo shoots that I've seen. 9 |
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09/12/2005 10:10:23 PM |
| Nice picture, but lacks impact. |
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09/12/2005 09:01:58 PM |
| Love this shot but find the shirt distracting. Try cropping up a bit. Other than that its Great! |
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09/12/2005 08:32:37 PM |
| Nice intensity. Don't like the lighting but it is a nice portrait. |
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09/12/2005 10:17:18 AM |
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09/12/2005 08:53:44 AM |
| So lovely to finally see *natural* skin textures surviving the post processing! The lighting is just awesome, the expression magic. 10 |
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09/12/2005 01:17:56 AM |
| Very nice portrait. The colors all go well together and complement the gal's hair and skin tones. |
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09/12/2005 12:41:19 AM |
| Beautiful gal. You did a wonderful job with this shot..the only tiff, is the brightness at the bottom right. Good luck! |
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