Black and white portrait

[o hey tyler]

Thanks for the suggestions on posing Keith. I'll have to give that a try next time I'm shooting males.

 

[o hey tyler]

I am more impressed that you found a black guy in Maine.

I once dated a nice black girl from Madawaska.

Yeah dude, UP IN THE COUNTY.

 

[amolitor]

I think I've figured out why I find his eyes uncomfortable. There's very little separation between the pupil and the iris, because his iris is so dark. Maybe it gives me the idea that his pupils are wildly dilated or something.

i think the separation is there, it's just very hard to see in this copy of the picture.

 

[o hey tyler]

I think I've figured out why I find his eyes uncomfortable. There's very little separation between the pupil and the iris, because his iris is so dark. Maybe it gives me the idea that his pupils are wildly dilated or something.

i think the separation is there, it's just very hard to see in this copy of the picture.

I personally don't get that vibe but I can understand and see what you mean. Maybe I can attempt a rescan and see if I can improve upon it.

 

[Granddad]

I like it lots, nice work. Anything you do to it from here on will be tweaking to get the best out of a good shot. If it were me I'd see how bringing out a little more texture on the dark side of his face looks but that would be totally an eyeball job and very subjective. :thumbup:

 

[o hey tyler]

I like it lots, nice work. Anything you do to it from here on will be tweaking to get the best out of a good shot. If it were me I'd see how bringing out a little more texture on the dark side of his face looks but that would be totally an eyeball job and very subjective. :thumbup:

Thanks for the feedback Granddad!

 

[Mach0]

I like it man.

 

[Big Mike]

I like it. I am struck by the fact that the dark side of the face is facing the camera and the bright side is facing away. It's different.

As mentioned, that is "short" lighting. It works well to make people look slimmer because it lights a smaller portion of the head. The opposite is "broad" lighting, where the light comes from the other side and basically lights up the whole head and some of the face.
Short lighting is also the style that lights up the 'mask' of a person's face...as opposed to lighting their head. So it's probably not as 'different' as you might think.
It really stands out in this portrait because of the deep ratio. The shadows are very dark compared to the lit side of the face, so the lighting pattern pops out at you.

I agree that the eyes could use a bit more exposure.

Well Done.

 

[ktan7]

Not too bad for one light setup! Good work.

 

[o hey tyler]

I like it. I am struck by the fact that the dark side of the face is facing the camera and the bright side is facing away. It's different.

As mentioned, that is "short" lighting. It works well to make people look slimmer because it lights a smaller portion of the head. The opposite is "broad" lighting, where the light comes from the other side and basically lights up the whole head and some of the face.
Short lighting is also the style that lights up the 'mask' of a person's face...as opposed to lighting their head. So it's probably not as 'different' as you might think.
It really stands out in this portrait because of the deep ratio. The shadows are very dark compared to the lit side of the face, so the lighting pattern pops out at you.

I agree that the eyes could use a bit more exposure.

Well Done.

Thanks Mike.

I made a few adjustments per the suggestions...

Before:

After

 

[runnah]

Much better, did you rescan or tweak?

 

[o hey tyler]

I just saw what I could do within the realm of lightroom, if it came to it I could rescan.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

What roll did you use dude?

 

[o hey tyler]

Expired Tri-X 400 that I found.

 

[jowensphoto]

RESCAN, RESCAN, RESCAN!