An interesting model... C&C please...

[michael9000000]

I like the edginess, but her poses appear artificial and strained, like she's trying hard to be some image of sexy. That rarely works well. I like your technique in 1 and 2; it seems to flatter the model's personal style.

Thanks for the critique and compliment. I'd like to see how you pose people when you do your shoots.

 

[o hey tyler]

I don't think "out of gamut and posterized" constitutes lo-mo photography. I think it's representative of poor post processing technique IMO. I've seen a lot of B-Movies, but I've never seen out of gamut colors, or posterization intentionally used as a cinematic device. I think there are other ways to accomplish what you're going for. I'd associate that style more with slight saturation of colors, and a flatness to the blacks a more "lo-mo" feel. Just because you up the saturation, doesn't mean that you should let the colors slide out of gamut. Especially in the hair. It makes her look like she's got a pink helmet on. I'm not trying to downplay your post processing, but I think you missed the mark on this one.

Furthermore, if you're asking for C&C, but the downsides that are pointed out in the photograph are "actually exactly what she wanted" why do you even ask for C&C? If the photos are perfect, why are we wasting our time pointing out certain things that you could do differently to improve the photographs? C & C = Comments and Critique, not comments and coddling. I see this a lot and personally I don't understand the logic.

 

[michael9000000]

I don't think "out of gamut and posterized" constitutes lo-mo photography. I think it's representative of poor post processing technique IMO. I've seen a lot of B-Movies, but I've never seen out of gamut colors, or posterization intentionally used as a cinematic device. I think there are other ways to accomplish what you're going for. I'd associate that style more with slight saturation of colors, and a flatness to the blacks a more "lo-mo" feel. Just because you up the saturation, doesn't mean that you should let the colors slide out of gamut. Especially in the hair. It makes her look like she's got a pink helmet on. I'm not trying to downplay your post processing, but I think you missed the mark on this one.

Furthermore, if you're asking for C&C, but the downsides that are pointed out in the photograph are "actually exactly what she wanted" why do you even ask for C&C? If the photos are perfect, why are we wasting our time pointing out certain things that you could do differently to improve the photographs? C & C = Comments and Critique, not comments and coddling. I see this a lot and personally I don't understand the logic.

Relax dude... I never said my photos are perfect, and I'm not asking for coddling... Just because I like the way i processed my photos, it doesn't mean I expect everyone to agree with me. I like to see how other people might have done things differently, as we all have our own style. If you don't understand the logic of what I'm saying, then move on. I'm just asking for opinions, not a big deal.