WORKING ON portraits.........LOOK

oldnavy170 · May 5, 2007

With this one I felt that Sepia worked best. Not sure if I really like the border or not. Anyways, since I have a real passion now for portraits I am working on improving them. Comments Welcomed!!!!

Everybodylikepie · May 5, 2007

It seems like the wood background is more in focus than your subject's face. Also, I'm not a big fan of the border. The brown doesn't work well with the wood. I think a black border, albeit somewhat cliché, would give this portrait some contrast.

oCyrus55 · May 5, 2007

I agree with Everybodylikepie; her face isn't in focus. The border doesn't really bother me, but I don't think it adds anything either.

But the one thing that really sticks out is how her face isn't sharp and in focus.

theusher · May 5, 2007

Agree with both posters above, face is out of focus, and the border is very distracting. Also the lighting is just so-so, but I like dramatic lighting on portraits.

oldnavy170 · May 5, 2007

I think thats my bad attempt at PS. I was trying to clear-up the skin. Is this one any better?

oldnavy170 · May 5, 2007

This is the original photo: Only cropped but no PS done.

JimmyJaceyMom · May 5, 2007

:thumbup: I like the black border better.

Peanuts · May 5, 2007

I would defintely have to agree that the focus seems to have fallen on the fence (I presume) behind her.

She has outright beautiful eyes - which I think could be exentuated on. Her glasses come so close to 'cutting' them that it is quite distracting. I really haven't studied portraiture at all - but another 'rule' (rules are meant to be broken right?) is that the nose shouldn't intersect the cheek line (uh-oh, said that wrong). Though it doesn't 'intersect' per say, I would have liked to either have seen all of her other eye or none of it.

As long as she is a willing model - I would just focus on those eyes a bit more -

JIP · May 6, 2007

I don't think it matters what you do to this picture it is just an out of focus image no color combination is going to make it better.

Trenton Romulox · May 6, 2007

I'm not sure the shape of her head works well with that angle because it makes the shape look a tad strange. At least to me. And the facial expression is almost "prison photo" like.