At the Park... C&C welcome

[duong625]

These were taken with the Nikon D90 and 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 lens kit. (non edited)

 

[UnderThePink]

#1 - The bench with all that stuff (and the shadow) in the background is distracting. Bring down the camera so that you're not cutting out her feet =) (same with #2). #3 is good but the horizon looks crooked. I'm learning photography myself, so I'm no expert.....just my thoughts. Keep shooting! =)

 

[quiddity]

light the eyes in first

 

[duong625]

The toughest thing is to get the exposure right. Been testing out the A and S mode, probably invest in a prime lens with a larger f/ for portrait. Does the second picture look under exposed? Lol I don't know what I'm doing yet but just tryin to shoot more.

 

[Geaux]

Second one does look underexposed as the sky looked like it was metered instead of the subject. I usually shoot in Spot Metering mode and Single point AF and hardly ever get underexposed subjects, especially on a beautiful day like you had.

First one is a classic example of shooting in bright sunlight during portraits. Her face, which imo is the most important part, is hidden in the shadows. Simple positioning change or fill flash would have fixed this on the spot. Pop up flash is brilliant for fill flash, but not much else haha