Attempt at "Edgy" Prom Shots C&C

Mental note..........Porn in title=4+ pages of replies!! :lol::thumbup:
 
WTF?
Is not anyone looking at whether the picture made the subject look good or interesting or something? Or just not willing to say anything?

Your sister is chubby; read http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=photographing+heavy+peoplehttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=photographing+heavy+peoplesome threads on how to pose chunky people to minimize their faults and maximize their good features.
These pictures just seem to obliterate any good points and maximize the bad ones.
No eyes can be seen, skin color ranges from totally blah to hideous, straight on pose is absolutely terrible for heavy young girls in gowns.

No amount of edginess will transform these into something she will think makes her look good.

I thought I'd just repeat this in case the OP hadn't noticed it.

and add some eye-catching emoticons. :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lol::lol::lol::lol::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip:
 
WTF?
Is not anyone looking at whether the picture made the subject look good or interesting or something? Or just not willing to say anything?

Your sister is chubby; read http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=photographing+heavy+peoplehttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=photographing+heavy+peoplesome threads on how to pose chunky people to minimize their faults and maximize their good features.
These pictures just seem to obliterate any good points and maximize the bad ones.
No eyes can be seen, skin color ranges from totally blah to hideous, straight on pose is absolutely terrible for heavy young girls in gowns.

No amount of edginess will transform these into something she will think makes her look good.

I thought I'd just repeat this in case the OP hadn't noticed it.

and add some eye-catching emoticons. :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lol::lol::lol::lol::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip::whip:

I'm sorry.....wwwhat?!
 
The tilt.......I don't think it is intended to show movement at least not in my pictures,

DIAGONALS ALWAYS SUGGEST MOVEMENT,



I'm not defending........I am just trying to discuss. I didn't realize that when asking for C&C I was supposed to take YOUR opinions as 100% truth and not discuss my point of view on them. I wasn't getting pissy because of the criticism and I said THANK YOU.

I stated a 100% truth.

YOU ARE WELCOME
 
I never knew Mother Teresa was bi-polar :)
 
Ok.........here are some SOOC, no editing at all. So there is no way I can blame editing etc. Maybe I just picked the wrong ones to edit..........or maybe they all suck.

1.
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2.
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-I know the lines of the road are at a bad spot, right next to her face, but lighting, sharpness etc.......

3.
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I gotta agree with Mother Teresa on this one. Full bodied people don't look great straight on like 2&3..... unless you like that look :confused:

And with 2&3 the road is a good 3/8 to 1/2 stop brighter than your subject; which draws the eye away from your subject and towards the bright spots.
 
The join in the tarmac #2 makes it look like a center-fold lol.
 
I know you're all about natural light and all, but had you used a fill flash you could have had a nice sky instead of it being blown out.
 
I wanted to do more then just the train tracks but it had been pouring down rain so we couldn't go tromping through the woods like I had hoped.........she lives in a SUPER small town with like 200 people. So the options were limited.

HINT AT PHOTOGRAPHY! Options are never limited. They are only limited to your creativity. I have shot in clients front yard and when they see the images they dont remember some of the shots. Find the differenices in everyday spots too!
 
the 1st of these three is the only one that looks like there is a good exposure on the subject. But the image makes no sense to me. Maybe if she was looking down the tracks? I dont know. The other two look underexposed and out of focus
 
Thanks Rancor. I KNOW that they aren't perfect which is why they are posted in the BEGINNER section and I am ASKING for C&C. But I also know that I have talent that just needs to be refined. I literally just got my first DSLR in December and people are already paying me to take their pictures. I WANT to take perfect pictures......I know that I am not yet.

For having started in DEC, and getting paid already, I don't think that can be overlooked as a good job. I got mine in NOV, but no money yet. I don't think I have the nerve to ask for money, I feel like I wouldn't live up to it.

I guess what kind of strikes the nerves is the "I just got my first DSLR in DEC and already people are paying me to take their pictures..." No offense but it seems self tooting and that was about what I got from the posts... it seems like...saying you want C&C and then saying how as sucky as your photos may be...people are already paying you for taking them...it's almost like saying..."so who cares what you people have to say because people pay me, must mean I have talent..."...but as I said...just pointing out why some people here may have been rubbed a certain way...as Rancor has said...I wouldn't ask for money just cause I don't think I could live up to it...and I'd feel like people are being cheated if I delivered half a$$ quality pics...but that's just me...and I've been seriously shooting for just a year and a half...I'm still doing a lot of work for free...just my two cents.

In the spirit of constructive criticism...I would definitely like to see these photos sharpened a bit...I think it would definitely make the subject pop! Keep at it, practice makes perfect!
 

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