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Turn her around. Put the diffused window light on her instead of behind her.I would love some more feedback on how I could have done this a lil better.
Yes, this was a session I did for a friend. There are other shots, but she really liked this one so I didn't want to toss it before working with it. She was a bit nervous at the beginning of the shoot so we started with some candid natural type shots to get her comfortable. I have a thing for blown out backgrounds, but I can see now that it does take away from the photo. As far as the chair, yeah we were shooting in a small hotel room. I was using my SB 900 on camera tilted slightly backwards at about 1/128 power with my 35 mm lens at 200 ISO, 1.8 & 1/250 I would love some more feedback on how I could have done this a lil better. Thanks for the response!
Yes, this was a session I did for a friend. There are other shots, but she really liked this one so I didn't want to toss it before working with it. She was a bit nervous at the beginning of the shoot so we started with some candid natural type shots to get her comfortable. I have a thing for blown out backgrounds, but I can see now that it does take away from the photo. As far as the chair, yeah we were shooting in a small hotel room. I was using my SB 900 on camera tilted slightly backwards at about 1/128 power with my 35 mm lens at 200 ISO, 1.8 & 1/250 I would love some more feedback on how I could have done this a lil better. Thanks for the response!
I don't do any boudoir stuff, just formal style portraits.
I can give you a few suggestions though.
that lens a bit soft at f/1.8 so i would light enough to be able to stop the lens down to at least f/2.8-ish. your limited on space there, so not much choice for lenses.
the D90 is fine up to iso 800 or so, so bump it if you need to.
viewed at 100%, it appears that your focus was on her front knee. everything behind that crossed leg is soft or OOF. most likely due to a very shallow DOF at f/1.8, and is another reason to stop the lens down and make the face the focus point.
don't use area focus for these kinds of shots. use single point and make it focus on the face.
as for lighting, off camera diffused flash is best. with a single flash, you can try bouncing the flash at a higher angle to diffuse the light better off the ceiling, or get a small soft-box, or larger bounce card.
Strange as this may sound, the thing that bothers me most about this image is the carpet; it looks like industrial carpet, office, hotel, etc, NOT what I expect to see in a boudoir shot, but, that aside... I think what I would have gone for here is a balanced light approach, placed the speedlight about 15-20 degrees camera left and exposed so that the window was just a shade brighter (as in <1/3 stop); this would have [hopefully] allowed a little window detail in and eliminated the significant under-exposure on her face.
You also want to work on the posing; this is NOT a boudoir pose; to me, she looks like she's sitting around with a group of friends listening to someone tell a story(or trying to figure out what that stain on the arm of the chair is). That is, there's very little sexy or boudoir about this pose. Remember, portraiture of all types is all about the eyes, and while there are some boudoir shots where we don't see eyes or face, when we do, we need to SEE them. The eyes are what make the connection to the viewer. Have her looking toward, not necessarily diretly at, but toward the camera, and strive for a more 'come hither' expression as opposed to a "You know what that silly kid today" one.
There' loads of potential here, and with a model like this, you NEED to exploit that to the maximum extent! Go back for a re-shoot.
Or... we could assume that the photographer has done her due dilligence and has a signed contract stating conditions of use, etc!Is she aware that you posted a photo of her in her bra on the Internet? I would be extremely mad if I was her. She has your trust and tho seem disrespectful. Just my opinion.
Lets say I know her and see her,
"Hey, I saw a pic of you on a photo forum, your photog was posting asking for help to fix a picture
Or... we could assume that the photographer has done her due dilligence and has a signed contract stating conditions of use, etc!Is she aware that you posted a photo of her in her bra on the Internet? I would be extremely mad if I was her. She has your trust and tho seem disrespectful. Just my opinion.
Lets say I know her and see her,
"Hey, I saw a pic of you on a photo forum, your photog was posting asking for help to fix a picture