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Laura
Oct 12, 2009 9:42:15 GMT -5
Post by john101477 on Oct 12, 2009 9:42:15 GMT -5
ok so here is some samples I am working on. I like most of these but I had a heck of a time with the sky yesterday. Quite frankly the sky itself was white instead of blue so I am trying to fix some of that before I give her the images. would love to hear what I could have done to make these better though Attachments:
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OrcaBob
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Laura
Oct 12, 2009 17:34:02 GMT -5
Post by OrcaBob on Oct 12, 2009 17:34:02 GMT -5
First off, she's a very pretty woman. Great eyes. Honestly, the sky is the least of your worries. First problem though: she's got the exact same expression in every shot. At the very least, try to get her used to "no expression" once in a while. Another way to break up the sameness is to shoot her while you're in conversation with her. You can also have her try different types of smiles: laughing smiles, happy conversation smiles, closed-lip "Mona Lisa" smiles, playful smiles, flirty smiles. And besides the no-expression, there's a variety of flirty, sexy looks. One trick I use with every unfamiliary model is to have them blow a kiss; not for the blowing of the kiss, but the natural reactions after; some smile, some laugh. I never try to capture the kiss itself, only the follow-through. Half the time it's a waste, but about half the time I get something semi-useful. You'll get a lot more mileage from a variety of expressions in the same clothes than you will from a variety of clothes and the same expression. Framing and lighting: 1st pic - You've got tons of dead space behind her and you cut off her left breast, you beast! While you may be observing the Rule of Thirds, it'll work better if you have the dead space in front of her. As is, the framing might work if there were something of interest (but blurred) in the left background. 2nd pic - Very well framed except for cutting off her wrist. 3rd pic - Best of the bunch. But watch the background. She's dead-center, horizontally. There'd be a problem with that tall solitary plant if you rotated the camera right to frame the girl to the left. I'd suggest sliding yourself a bit to the right so that you could frame the girl slightly to the left of center and still keep the plant in frame. Or you could clone out that background plant altogether. 4th pic - Another good one. I like the curve of her back, but you might try having her turn her shoulders slightly to the camera (or have her turn her hips a little away from the camera) so they're not perfectly aligned with her hips. Small problem with her right hand so squared to the camera. The hand is broad and shows lots of lines. She could also use some fill light, front and back, to help her stand out from the background. Back fill in a left hair light position. 5th pic - A really good shot and well lighted, except it's extremely misframed. Her head's dead-center, leaving way too much dead space above and behind. If this was taken this way to permit autofocusing on her eyes, I'd suggest autofocusing on her eyes, then switch off autofocus long enough to properly frame her for the shot. 6th pic - One of her best poses (the one hand behind and one hand slightly in front is very effective) but she's dead-center again and she takes up way too little of the image.
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