Boudoir for C&C

[rub]

Had the pleasure of shooting 4 lovely ladies on Sunday. Had the displeasure of doing it with a stomach flu and head cold. I will post more later.

C&C is appreciated.

Thanks,
Kristal

 

[mwcfarms]

I really like number one and two but I think they should be a bit more towards center. This crop would be hard to frame wouldnt it.

 

[photogoddess]

Nice lighting and composition. I'd like to see the chin down in the third image but otherwise - very nice.

 

[Big Mike]

Very nicely done, three great images.

The first thing for critique that caught my eye, was her hand in #1. Rarely do you want to have the back of a hand, flush to the camera in a portrait, especially for women. And in this case, it's made worse in that her hand is in an awkward position and maybe has too much pressure on it. She has a nice soft look going on, but then her hand is showing all those veins etc. As a point of comparison, the hand in #2 is much better.
Also in #1, her pose of leaning on the rail, is causing a bit of a hunch to her close shoulder...which is a pretty natural thing to do, but it tends to enlarge the arm & shoulder....and because the arm is bare skin, it has the same reflectance as her face and is thus, competing for the viewer's attention in the composition.
I like that her arm is a leaning line, taking our gaze up to her face, but I think it could have been better, if the arm & shoulder weren't under so much tension and maybe had a bit more shadowing.
I love her face in this shot though. A tight crop of her her head would still be a killer shot here.

 

[rub]

Thank you for the detailed critique Big Mike! I agree with all you have said - especially the back of the hand. I am forcing myself to shoot with film more often so I quit making the small but annoying mistakes!

Cheers,
Kristal

 

[RauschPhotography]

Really love the composition in #2!