Have you ever felt privileged to photograph someone?

mmaria · May 25, 2014

yeah... I'm with everyone else..

color for me

He looks great for his age

tirediron · May 25, 2014

sarah_19_nz said:
wow cool.

Thanks!

Trever1t said:
I love the portrait and the color one by far is best to my eyes as it shows the age AND character in his face a warmer way.

To answer your question; yes, almost every time I shoot. (almost)

Thanks Trev - I can see why you feel privileged!

mmaria said:
yeah... I'm with everyone else..

color for me

He looks great for his age

Thanks Maria!

FITBMX · May 25, 2014

That is great in every way!!!

tirediron · May 25, 2014

FITBMX said:
That is great in every way!!!

Thank-you! :er:

KmH · May 25, 2014

IMO you had the main light to high did not otherwise get sufficient light to his eyes. i suspect the look in his eyes conveys an intensity and dedication to purpose that we cannot see with the lighting you used

I was taught that the nose shadow should never cross the upper lip line as a way to prevent dark eye sockets.
Notice how the shadow of his nose goes well below his upper lip line.

I would also suggest there should be better separation of his dark jacket from the background and that the highlights on his face are under exposed at least 3/4 a stop after checking the highlight values using Camera Raw. Adding 3/4 or a stop provides the needed jacket separation.

CdTSnap · May 25, 2014

Dont like the monochrome but that first shot is amazing, very powerful

tirediron · May 25, 2014

KmH said:
IMO you had the main light to high did not otherwise get sufficient light to his eyes. i suspect the look in his eyes conveys an intensity and dedication to purpose that we cannot see with the lighting you used

His eyes were a real challenge as he has very prominent brow ridges; I do have other images where I've changed the lighting slightly, but at the same time, continuity between all the images in the series is important (to me), so the changes aren't huge. I'll post a couple more when I get them processed.

KmH said:
I was taught that the nose shadow should never cross the upper lip line as a way to prevent dark eye sockets.
Notice how the shadow of his nose goes well below his upper lip line.

Good point!

KmH said:
I would also suggest there should be better separation of his dark jacket from the background and that the highlights on his face are under exposed at least 3/4 a stop after checking the highlight values using Camera Raw. Adding 3/4 or a stop provides the needed jacket separation.

The 'dark on dark' is also deliberate. The background is actually much lighter in the unprocessed file, showing lots of separation, however for whatever reason, I like this look for this project.