Derrel
Mr. Rain Cloud
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Your facial shape would look best photographed with a very long telephoto lens, something in the 180mm to 300mm range--a focal length range that would be fairly tricky to use on a self-portrait. Another thing in these is that your torso and shoulders are "square" to the camera...that presents you in a wider, broader orientation than is ideal, and also looks somewhat dull and static.
I'm not sure how important the photos are to your pageant efforts, but if they are "important", I think seeking out a really EXPERIENCED person who has actual training in people photography, would pay dividends. I don't mean some guy who picked up a camera a year or two ago, or one of your friend who "takes really good pictures", but instead an actual "professional photographer" who specializes in beauty or glamour or portraiture. A person who knows how to do facial analysis, and who is a master-level shooter, fully versed in lighting styles, lighting patterns, headshots, modeling work, and so on.
Just to point out something: Kundalini for example, knows about the classic views of the face, like full face, 3/4 view, and profile, as well as short lighting and broad lighting, reflector placement, on-axis fill light versus awful cross-lighting with its competing shadows (kinda' what you did...), horror lighting, feathering of the light, and so on...You want your pageant photos to be made by somebody who has actually studied portraiture and how to light and pose people, using "professional methods". There are a lot of self-taught people whose work is "okay", but they often make huge, glaring fundamental-level lighting errors like using broad lighting on wide-faced women, which makes them look...fat in the face, and dumpy.
I'm not sure how important the photos are to your pageant efforts, but if they are "important", I think seeking out a really EXPERIENCED person who has actual training in people photography, would pay dividends. I don't mean some guy who picked up a camera a year or two ago, or one of your friend who "takes really good pictures", but instead an actual "professional photographer" who specializes in beauty or glamour or portraiture. A person who knows how to do facial analysis, and who is a master-level shooter, fully versed in lighting styles, lighting patterns, headshots, modeling work, and so on.
Just to point out something: Kundalini for example, knows about the classic views of the face, like full face, 3/4 view, and profile, as well as short lighting and broad lighting, reflector placement, on-axis fill light versus awful cross-lighting with its competing shadows (kinda' what you did...), horror lighting, feathering of the light, and so on...You want your pageant photos to be made by somebody who has actually studied portraiture and how to light and pose people, using "professional methods". There are a lot of self-taught people whose work is "okay", but they often make huge, glaring fundamental-level lighting errors like using broad lighting on wide-faced women, which makes them look...fat in the face, and dumpy.
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