Army Basic graduation

Maydaywood · Oct 24, 2014

My brother graduated from basic training today at Fort Sill(same battalion as I did

) And I corralled him for long enough to take a few portraits of him. These are my two favorite. Simple head shots because there was nothing interesting for backgrounds besides buildings and roads. Both are natural lighting with a white shoot through umbrella to diffuse some of the midday Oklahoma sun. Looking for some harsh C/C because I took a slightly different approach to the post processing in each. What do you think about the colors in the skin?

D-B-J · Oct 24, 2014

I like the one on the right a lot more. Cooler WB makes his white shirt actually white here. But be warned--many think my images are too blue, so take my advice with only a few cents

bogeyguy · Oct 24, 2014

I like the top photo, the lighting looks more natural.

Jonelle · Oct 24, 2014

I like the second one, mostly because his eyes draw me in more because they are more focused.

Designer · Oct 25, 2014

Skin color looks good. First photo is better. Second one is too soft, and his expression is not great.

Braineack · Oct 25, 2014

bogeyguy said:
I like the top photo, the lighting looks more natural.

that's because it was shot at 135mm vs 50mm.

both are decent, but I too prefer the top. Just wish both had more DOF.

Maydaywood · Oct 26, 2014

I agree about the DOF, in hindsight I wish I had gone with a deeper DOF for both. Does the background bother anybody in the top one? I can't decide if the lines are distracting at all.

Braineack · Oct 27, 2014

it reads immediately as a cannon to me...

Designer · Oct 27, 2014

Maydaywood said:
I agree about the DOF, in hindsight I wish I had gone with a deeper DOF for both. Does the background bother anybody in the top one? I can't decide if the lines are distracting at all.

It didn't bother me until you drew attention to it.