Feeling a little more positive about these

[camz]

MTV It think your WB edition is way better then mine.

 

[Destin]

The baby looking out of the frame on most of them kills them for me. Draws my eye right out of the photo. One thing, when shooting a subject against a wall/sheet/background/whatever, you should try to get them at least a few feet away from it. This will help to eliminate shadows on the background, and it will also give some seperation to the photo. As far as lighting goes, it's clearly on camera, or else way to close to the lens. You need to, at the very least, bounce it or diffuse it some. The best thing would be to get it off camera wirelessly, or with a ttl flash extension cord. Having the flash off camera allows greater depth and character to be added to the photo with lighting, and really makes for wayyy better portraits.

 

[AMOMENT]

Thanks for your feedback everyone! I have been studying photography for about 6 months at most. I know the file was compressed....but I kind of like the look. It's interesting!

 

[redessa]

Also, about the shadow, get her further away from the background. The farther she is, the less shadow. You can make it softer or not there at all. As it is, I'm a little concerned about what is holding that sheet up because it looks like she's going to pull it all down on top of herself if she leans back even a little.

 

[KmH]

Also, about the shadow, get her further away from the background. The farther she is, the less shadow. You can make it softer or not there at all.

Sorry, but that's not the way it works.

Moving the subject away from the background just makes hard edged shadows like those, somewhat larger than the subject and even more distracting.

The only way to make the shadow edges softer and more diffuse (wrap more) is to make the light source seem bigger.