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09-17-2008, 01:43 AM
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Re: Model Shoot V. Amanda
Woah, resized web versions FTW. Seriously those, are a bit big.
As for a constructive critique: I find that the first image is the best. It has the best composition and the fewest distracting elements. Her expression feels more honest and real than the others. While it's sometimes hard to get an inexperienced model to look confidant, she does in the first image where as, to contrast, she looks slightly unsure of herself in the third but that had nothing to do with you. It looks like you might be using an on camera flash for those images. I like how it's approached in the second image. I don't know if you're using a speed light and if you can rotate the flash head but I'd play with bouncing light off of walls and ceiling so you can get different lighting themes. Remember, a white wall can act as a giant soft box which can give you a nice directional fill. I'm not a huge fan of the second because of over abundance of negative space. She's centered in the frame which can look good but there is a lot of space where nothing important exists. I like the axiom, "Everything in an image will either hurt or help." I think of that every time I shoot. Also another good one for the subject is "Always remember that the background and the foreground are equally important." There are several positive qualities in the second image however there are a lot of aspects of it that take away from them. Just something to think about the next time around. Simplicity is the key. I like the third one, it's my second favorite. I like the natural feel of it as Sir C suggests. The only thing that I would suggest, and this goes for all of them, is just a bit of color correction, brighten the image up a bit, and clean up any naturally temporary blemishes. If you wanted to really far, you could clean up the lose strands of hair in the upper left. Oh, one last think to think about, and this is pretty important; make sure to be mindful of objects behind the subject which cut through any part of the subject. The couch or whatever is next to the wall in the background in the third image takes away from it, breaks it up. There are a few elements in the second image that do that too but there are more of them and easier to ignore for that reason. The first image doesn't have that problem which is one of the reasons why I like it the most. Btw, IAmTheBlurr.com is my photography portfolio website. I've been shooting for a few years. I hope you take any of that as negative criticism; it's all intended to be helpful and hopefully it is. Take care and happy shooting!
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