Hazy self portraits- landscape orientation...

[_jessicalynn_]

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I know some of y'all are just dying to see the top of my head, and some more of my torso, sorry to let you down I like landscape sometimes.

 

[The_Traveler]

The pose in the first looks awkward while the second just looks like a framing miscalculation.

Sorry.

 

[_jessicalynn_]

The pose in the first looks awkward while the second just looks like a framing miscalculation.

Sorry.

No need to be sorry! Thanks for your input. I like the compositions on both personally but value your opinion

 

[cgipson1]

Sorry.. I would have to agree with Lew in a major way!

 

[_jessicalynn_]

Sorry.. I would have to agree with Lew in a major way!

K. I think I Bc the processing is so different for me, I'm usually pretty contrasty, and I loved the hazy look to them that maybe I let the comp. slide. Or maybe it's just a difference of opinion, bc I still dig them.

 

[cgipson1]

Sorry.. I would have to agree with Lew in a major way!

K. I think I Bc the processing is so different for me, I'm usually pretty contrasty, and I loved the hazy look to them that maybe I let the comp. slide. Or maybe it's just a difference of opinion, bc I still dig them.

It isn't the hazy look I find to be a problem.. it is the framing, and the posing. You are invested.. it is YOU! We aren't!

 

[EIngerson]

Please stop the duck face too. You are gorgeous......unless you have duck face.

 

[_jessicalynn_]

It isn't the hazy look I find to be a problem.. it is the framing, and the posing. You are invested.. it is YOU! We aren't!

I said maybe since I really liked the processing I let the other components slide. And you right, obv. I'm more invested as the shooter and subject. Your issues w the images were clearly stated and understood. No need to restate. Point taken and heard.

 

[thetrue]

Please stop the duck face too. You are gorgeous......unless you have duck face.

It's just the time we're in. I'd really like to see a nice genuine smile. You look like you'd be stunning!

OP, I have to go with Charlie and Lew. Framing seems not quite right, but the processing is just your personal choice.

 

[jowensphoto]

Please stop the duck face too. You are gorgeous......unless you have duck face.

Gosh, my thoughts exactly!

I really like the processing. I think it works well the the colors. Agree with the comments about the composition. There are ways to do headshots in landscape, but I think you missed the mark.

 

[Derrel]

A very pretty lady, but kinda' ugly photos of her!!!!

 

[.SimO.]

I think with the strong definition in the cheek bones, a smile showing teeth would have been excellent. I dig the catch light in both shots and I am not very bothered by the self-landscape shots. The fog/mist/haze effect that I am usually fond of are ones with a lot of light or focused amounts. Check out Carey Hess Photography for an example.

Image #1 You have an Angelina look to me so having all your features in focus would have been great. I personally am not a fan of any portion of a head chopped off. The hair on the left side of the shot doesn't flow for me. I do like the pattern of that shirt though. Hair on the face.

Image #2 Wasted space on the left that doesn't offer anything to the image. Hair on the left side of the image is smooth. Hand placement seems forced and flexed and adds tension to the shot for me. I like the head tilt and lighting but again, the haze effect you are creating takes away from the sharpness for me.


These are just opinions so please don't take them harsh if that how the comments came out.

 

[Designer]

I like landscape portraits too, when it is appropriate.

 

[amolitor]

While I more or less agree with the other comments I find the whole thing kind of interesting.

You appear to be pretty uncomfortable in front of the camera, and the sort of hazy/faded processing feels a bit Polaroid. If you made a bunch of these portraits of different people, all looking awkward, all in this kind of tightly framed look, you might have something interesting. On the one hand it might be just straight up exploitative -- HI? FEELING AWKWARD? I WILL NOW MAKE PICTURES WHICH EMPHASIZE THAT! THX!

On the other hand it might say something about how we feel about being photographed, or perhaps how we no longer feel about being photographed in this age of Everything Is A Camera All The Time.

 

[The_Traveler]

I'm back.

I don't think that it's the chopping off the head that bothers so much as much as the fact that there is lots of room on the left and right that calls attention to that and makes it seem like a mistake.
That graceful hand in the lower right is terrific.
You have a nicely symmetrical face, great eyes and cheekbones and excellent chin.

If you have any flaw in your face at all (and its a minor one) is that your upper lip isn't quite as full as the lower. A smile or a slight outpouting of the upper lip might be an attractive route to try.