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[mmaria]

thoughts?

I know she has her eyes closed but more important to me was to get her laugh sincerely.

And, no, I didn't sharpen this much. I was surprised when I uploaded it to Flickr

 

[limr]

I like the ease she obviously feels, and it's a nice pose. And she's got a great smile! Because of the angle, the front foot looks a bit larger than it should. As for the closed eyes, I think they can work, but it would look better if her head were angled down, as if her eyes were downcast, not closed.

The light looks even and the exposure looks fine to me. I'm not a portrait photographer, though, so someone else might notice something about placement of the lights that I wouldn't necessarily think of.

 

[KmH]

Yep, short focal length distortion of both feet making her head look un-naturally small.

This is why I recommend no shorter than 85 mm focal length lenses for portraiture.

 

[weepete]

Looks a tad hot on her face and hands to me. I dont like the closed eyes either but it's cool if that doesn't bother you. Otherwise it's good, looks sharp, good exposure, nice contrast and the subject really pops with the low contrast background

 

[mmaria]

Thank you guys!

And I forgot to mention, I shot this way because she wanted her chucks to be that big. She explained me what she wants "You know, when my feet are a larger then my body." And this was not so easy at all. She wanted also to be shot from that side of the face.
So I had to think how to get her relaxed, smile, shoot from that side of her face, to get her head closer to the lens, without her looking unnatural and posed, compose to feature her chucks and get good lighting on her.

KmH I want that lens soo bad...

 

[The_Traveler]

I think the picture is very nice, good relaxed shot, great smile.
Color is off, I think, profile is RGB and face is a bit bright.

 

[paigew]

I think the color looks good. Love the natural pose.

 

[mmaria]

I've just checked my color space. It was set to AdobeRGB. I just can't remember when and if I set that!

Fixed!

Thanks!

 

[The_Traveler]

It's good to work in RGB or Prophoto but save for the web as sRGB

 

[sashbar]

I have a feeling she is half levitating..

 

[mmaria]

I have a feeling she is half levitating..

yeah. lol! I know what you mean... me too

it's because those lines on the floor. I had to place her and myself that way because of the light.

 

[apaflo]

This photo is a great example of a lesson that is good to know.

As has been pointed out, there are several Rules of Thumb that should have been applied properly. And if they had?

Well, frankly it would have been a technically correct, very sharp, and very average photograph that nobody would ever look at again.

Instead, knowing when to break the rules is what counts. Ansel Adams said a couple of things that apply, first "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." He also claimed "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."

Lets be clear, your image dramatically conveys a very sharp concept about your subject. And indeed virtually every comment about what wasn't "right" would have removed some part of how that concept is conveyed! But, you did it right! Instead of a bland but rather perfect reproduction of the way your subject looks, what you have photographed instead is the character of your subject!

Given the suggested instructions by the model (about which side of her face, and regarding perspective), it seems that she might just know something about "art" herself???

I did just a small bit of poking around, and only found two of your photographs (granted there are two differenct crops of one of them). There is a good bit of interesting text though, and it supports what I see in your photography. You have a non-traditional view of composition because apparently just as some sounds may not produce the "common" effects that sounds do for most people, perhaps visual stimuli is also a bit distinctive for you? Instead of just noticing what is pleasant, your photography seems (at least with a very small sample) to seek the components of composition that are essential, rather than those which are pleasant or soothing.

The lesson is that following all the rules will make a very competent average booring photographer. Knowing when to break every rule can make you a great photographer.

 

[mmaria]

Thank you apaflo!

Given the suggested instructions by the model (about which side of her face, and regarding perspective), it seems that she might just know something about "art" herself???

No, she has no clue about any art Other side of her face is not as symmetric as the one in the photo. Her jaw is kind of cricked on that side, she misses one tooth and the rest of her teeth are not lined up.
She likes her chucks and she is seeing photos of "large foot, small body" on magazines or the web.

 

[apaflo]

Thank you apaflo!

Given the suggested instructions by the model (about which side of her face, and regarding perspective), it seems that she might just know something about "art" herself???

No, she has no clue about any art Other side of her face is not as symmetric as the one in the photo. Her jaw is kind of cricked on that side, she misses one tooth and the rest of her teeth are not lined up.
She likes her chucks and she is seeing photos of "large foot, small body" on magazines or the web.

The two of you together have a very good intuitive sense of what makes one photograph stand out, and the others get buryed in a drawer.

 

[sashbar]

...Other side of her face is not as symmetric as the one in the photo. Her jaw is kind of cricked on that side, she misses one tooth and the rest of her teeth are not lined up.

I am starting to appreciate this image more and more.