Beach Portrait
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Not bad, but a bit 'hot' from the use of on-camera flash. Whenever possible try and get the flash off of the camera, and consider using the flash in manual, rather than TTL as you will have much better control.
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I recently bought a reflector to try to get more light on the face with outdoor shots. But then, I do prefer natural light when I can get it.
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You shot in manual mode. FWIW: I like this portrait, but I wish the frame was wider on the right side. If you have the room, shift your model to the left, and reposition your watermark on the right. Or drop the watermark.
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It looks to me that the flash was camera left and above.
I like the portrait overall, but if we have to get down to nitty-gritty, I have a few niggles with it, some of which may just be matters of taste. First, I’d like to see a slightly more even lighting ratio. Bring that background up a stop or two (read: longer shutter). Second, I’d like to see more contour on the face—this could probably be done in photoshop with some subtle use of the burn tool (key word is subtle), but that's still no match for getting it right in-camera. Lastly, if you say you used a diffuser, I’m assuming it was just one of those flip out ones that is built into the flash because that’s still a pretty harsh shadow on the child’s neck under her chin.
Even shooting through a 5-in-1 reflector would probably be sufficient to not only tame that shadow, but bring in some nice facial contour as well.
I like the portrait overall, but if we have to get down to nitty-gritty, I have a few niggles with it, some of which may just be matters of taste. First, I’d like to see a slightly more even lighting ratio. Bring that background up a stop or two (read: longer shutter). Second, I’d like to see more contour on the face—this could probably be done in photoshop with some subtle use of the burn tool (key word is subtle), but that's still no match for getting it right in-camera. Lastly, if you say you used a diffuser, I’m assuming it was just one of those flip out ones that is built into the flash because that’s still a pretty harsh shadow on the child’s neck under her chin.
Even shooting through a 5-in-1 reflector would probably be sufficient to not only tame that shadow, but bring in some nice facial contour as well.
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A general rule of thumb is to have more dead space on the side to which the subject's body is facing. It seems to work most of the time for me. 
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A general rule of thumb is to have more dead space on the side to which the subject's body is facing. It seems to work most of the time for me.
Thank you for that bit of info!
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