I took your advice so check these out!

[Teresa]

here are the rest of the "good" ones. i guess you all can decide that.

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7

and i will say this...i was bouncing one of my flashes off the wall behind me and for some reason, during the middle of the shoot, that light decided to stop working so i had to play around with it to get it to work again so the lighting may be off a bit on some of these. sucks when my lights work and then stop!

 

[MACollum]

ya that is nina...we always make jokes that she should carry around an AK-47 since she is always so serious and it doesn't help that her parents were there and "directing" the shoot and making her a bit peeved since they wouldn't leave us alone! LOL...i felt her pain with them!

Don't get me wrong, the pictures are good in the technical sense. It's not easy to look natural when you're posed and someone's pointing a camera at you. There's thoughts about how the pictures are going to look going through your head and that just makes it worse. That's why I say you should get her having fun so she can get into it and maybe be less self-conscious. In the pictures where she has a serious look on her face she looks much more natural and less posed. Pictures really should reflect the model's personality anyway. I don't look good in a picture if I'm not smiling to some extent. I've had people ask me what's wrong before when there was nothing wrong. I was just like, "That's just how I look!"

 

[emogirl]

wow...that was quite a difference! glad you took everyone's advice!

-the 3rd or 4th shots down, where you weere looking down on the girl in the blue dress....very nice, except skin colour...

the first shot though....the first thing that struck me is that the chair doesnt work...it makes he look like a giant...out of scale....and it just doenst work with the pretty dress

the last shots...again, much improved, but she was started to look a bit porn queen...dont know if that is what you were looking for...but maybe just a bit too seductive/cheesey in the poses...but your lighting and comp were much better.

hope you are feeling better too

 

[Teresa]

no ear infection even worse and found out that our insurance got terminated the day hubby left job (to go to new one) and new insurance doesn't kick in until feb so i am having worse pains in my ear than i have the last 2 months.


anyways back on topic, she wanted to go for the cutesy country girl but toward the end she was just having fun with it and yes got a bit "porn" start like.

 

[Teresa]

also the smokey eye with the pink football jersey..that was my idea...i wanted to go for that seductive/pin up calendar look...she pulled it off

 

[FirstLight]

Much improved! I had a feeling that once you changed your lighting you'd see a huge difference:thumbup:!

My favorites are the ones of her in the yellow jacket with the brown background behind her. Very classic and very pretty. My least favorites are the ones with the jean shorts and half shirt....you mentioned her parents were there "directing"....maybe they should have been directing her to put her clothes back on.

 

[KristinaS]

I agree, I like the ones of her in the jacket the best, too.
For some reason, she reminds me of Britney Spears (back in the day) in #6 where she's wearing that pink football jersey.
Oh, and I also agree that the ones where she's wearing the cowgirl outfit are on the verge of trashy.
Overall, though, good job

 

[Teresa]

lol at the britney spears comment because i told her the same thing!

 

[wildmaven]

Now that you've posted these photos, you know we'll be expecting more of you from your next shoots, right?

 

[Teresa]

yes i do but dont have any lined up right now so may be a while

 

[Teresa]

at least not until next 2-4 months

 

[wildmaven]

Pssst...do you know you can edit your posts so that you're not double-posting?

 

[Teresa]

ya i know but i am not feeling good and i just wanted to type it...lol

 

[Teresa]

also i am posting a holiday special...

If you book before Jan 1st, the photo session will be free and all I will charge for is the prints. Hurry and book before it is too late!

I posted this on a bunch of sites so that way I can just work on my portfolio.

 

[elsaspet]

Except for the last set, the white balance seems waaaaay off.
What are you using to white balance with?