First Portraits C&C

[Aerr]

I just got my camera a couple days ago and tried doing some portraits. I used a Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a 55-250mm IS lens. I realize this may not be the best lens for portraits, but my 50mm f/1.8 doesn't arrive for a few days, and I thought I'd try it out. I'd appreciate any C&C on framing, composition, exposure, lighting, focus, color, or poses. Thanks!

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[The_Traveler]

Not bad for all things, framing, focus, color.

Note a couple of small things.

#1, the composition means that much of the upper right quadrant is completely empty except the rocks she is almost touching with her toe.
Think about filling the frame even with woof stuff so that eyes don't stray there, and those rocks peeking in, and almost in focus, pull the eye.
Sort of same thing with #3 and his arm out at an awkward angle.

#2 & #3 - note the darkness in his eye sockets because of th overhead light. Fill that with a reflector, in PPing and a little fill-flash.

All in all, pretty nice stuff, expecially for sometime new to this.

L

 

[tirediron]

^^ Agree!

 

[Aerr]

Thanks for the feedback! I didn't notice the dark eye sockets before. By "woof stuff" did you mean "wood stuff"? I did a quick search but couldn't figure out if it was an obscure photography term.

Not bad for all things, framing, focus, color.

Note a couple of small things.

#1, the composition means that much of the upper right quadrant is completely empty except the rocks she is almost touching with her toe.
Think about filling the frame even with woof stuff so that eyes don't stray there, and those rocks peeking in, and almost in focus, pull the eye.
Sort of same thing with #3 and his arm out at an awkward angle.

#2 & #3 - note the darkness in his eye sockets because of th overhead light. Fill that with a reflector, in PPing and a little fill-flash.

All in all, pretty nice stuff, expecially for sometime new to this.

L

 

[The_Traveler]

. By "woof stuff" did you mean "wood stuff"? I did a quick search but couldn't figure out if it was an obscure photography term.

Actually woof was a term that occurred to me a few weeks ago when critiquing a picture of a dog that was out of focus (OOF).
And I said something about it being Way Out Of Focus as a pun because it was a dog and so WOOF is my term for Way Out Of Focus.
I'm trying to see if it will catch on - but I have used it unconsciously a couple of times (appropriately but unconsciously.)

Lew

 

[PerfectShotPhoto]

Maybe it's just me but I feel like my attention in pic 3 goes to the stone ledge first and the subject second. Seems like it's a bit focused on the ledge.