Critique my work?

[KmH]

so ive been practicing with lighting for a while, and came out with this picture.. Any thoughts?

Do you see the purple color cast now? You have this inexpensive book, right? - Light Science and Magic, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

 

[banderson]

Do you see the purple color cast now? You have this inexpensive book, right? - Light Science and Magic, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

Lol no not yet. (the book I mean) looking at it with fresh eyes though, I do see the color cast. I spent several hours last night trying to calibrate my monitor, and it screwed my vision all up. Lmao

 

[banderson]

so ive been practicing with lighting for a while, and came out with this picture.. Any thoughts?

Do you see the purple color cast now? You have this inexpensive book, right? - Light Science and Magic, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

And this is why i say that editing my photos is OK. LOL I did a little bit of raw editing and I'm glad I did.

 

[Timoris]

Hmm, it could be the work computer I am on now, but without the purple that background is blown out which, in this case, does not look good with the textured floor.

Perhaps taking out the purple but then slightly burning the background as to give definition?

 

[banderson]

Yeah. I'll give it a shot when I get home. The background and floor is actually just a wrinkled pillowcase lol

 

[jake337]

I'm digging that Imola Yellow 20th Anniversary Edition GTI! I had one in Black Magic Pearl, but traded it in for a MKVI GTI.

I miss my 337........

I have a 2004 R32 in the garage.

Nice. I'm waiting till I hit the big 30 so my insurance will cut in half. Then the it's time to get my car. I miss my 05 evo VIII even more than the GTI, but I think I may try an STI next time around.

 

[banderson]

Hmm, it could be the work computer I am on now, but without the purple that background is blown out which, in this case, does not look good with the textured floor.

Perhaps taking out the purple but then slightly burning the background as to give definition?

I used recovery a little, and also used burn a little bit to add that definition. Would you add more? I think it looks good, but am often misguided (Which is why i post stuff on here lol)

 

[jake337]

That's an image made by the Hubble Space Telescope.

It really helps when there is no atmosphere and you have an 8 million $$$ camera. attached to a 4 billion $$$, 7.9 foot aperture, telephoto lens that has an effective focal length of 189 feet. :lmao:

Not to mention 7 Earth day long exposures.

Yes but if one works hard then can achieve great results, not hubble results, but results....

1x.com - Robert P Krings

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[banderson]

I feel like its not quite as warm as kmh's but i think it looks good

 

[banderson]

I took some pictures today in the city

 

[Timoris]

The first could have used a fill flash, the front of her face is under exposed.
Also, I would have had her look to our left, as though someone just spoke to her, because right now she is a little flat.

I am not sure what you were going for with the second picture. Although it kind of reminds me a little of the museum scene in "Ferris Buller's day off".

I LOVE the third. See how the background is blurred bringing your subject into focus? That's what you want. Also, good composition, but I would have had a wider shot. Try converting that one into B&W and playing with the contrast and colour levels (yes, Web while in b&w), see what you get.

The third, again I am not sure what your were going for, but it could use a shallower depth of field. How about focusing on only one side of the structure and having a picture of the vertical posts leading off into the distance?

 

[banderson]

I'd have to say that two was my favorite as well, my girlfriend is hard to photograph cause she won't take any direction. Lol and the last one I'm not really sure what I was going for lol maybe I'll crop it a bit.

 

[Timoris]

Ha, yeah, I know what you mean.

My solution to "stiff" models is having them stand up, literally shake their body, arms legs, kind of like a on the spot trot (jog), then sit back down. It gives them a WAY more natural and relaxed look.

Secondly, once the body is in position, the head can be treated as a whole other separate entity,

To position the direction of the head:
Look through your viewfinder at your model, then extend your hand and tell them to look at and follow your hand until you are satisfied with the head position.
Then, without them moving there head, do the same thing with their eyes. Usually you will have to tell them to "look over there" as they eyes are better when looking off into the distance.

Example to illustrate what I mean with head / eye positionning:
(Older picture, I wanted to see what I could capture in camera without editing. Mostly a success except for one, er, cut. If you don't see it, lets keep it that way )

Also bare in mind that there is a certain sweet spot with head positionning when doing portraits. NEVER have your head going straight into the camera, always tilt the nose a little down and to the side, like this:

 

[pgriz]

Regarding the original set, guess it's fair to ask you - what do you want us to see? What elements make the image compelling? What parts do NOT belong? Same questions for the set in post 55.

 

[banderson]

well with the first were on my girlfriend, the third- i liked the lock. It caught my eye. the final one i just like the way the poles led my eye all the way down... i didnt really have a focus on any onething but more about the process of your eyes moving along the scene.