I can't stop! AKA more shots of my wife for your C&C enjoyment!

Trever1t · Jan 7, 2012

#1)

Bamboobedazzled by Trever1t, on Flickr

#2)

_POR7807-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

#3)

_POR7804-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

#4)

_POR7790-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

#5)

_POR7778-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

#6)

_POR7757-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

More on my flickr.

nmoody · Jan 7, 2012

Beautiful as always. Especially like #6, with the waters reflection and hand reaching. Well done.

Robin Usagani · Jan 7, 2012

You didn't post the one I like. Dude... Next time tell her to not look at the camera once in a while. Perfect outfit and location.

Trever1t · Jan 8, 2012

oh, let me find that one...thank you both! I do have profile shots, just haven't edited them yet

Trever1t · Jan 8, 2012

For you boss.

_POR7803-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

Bitter Jeweler · Jan 8, 2012

I love everything about #1.

You shoulda put that last. LOL

JustinZ850 · Jan 8, 2012

Good stuff!

Granddad · Jan 8, 2012

Number 1 "feels" a bit off balance to me, the angle, not the colour. Love all the others. #2 is my favourite, a smile to melt a man's heart.
I agree with Schwettylens that it would be good to see a few shots with her looking off into the distance etc but that's another photoshoot and doesn't lessen the pics you have posted.

Derrel · Jan 8, 2012

I like #3 a lot. Lovely outfit. Appropriate and sensible use of both horizontal and vertical camera positioning for horizontal and vertical compositions and poses!!!!

jwbryson1 · Jan 8, 2012

I agree. I love these images. If I had to find something to work on, to MY eye some of the colors look a bit washed out in about 1/2 the images. Otherwise, great job.

manaheim · Jan 8, 2012

I can't comment much on the compositions as I'm not a master of portraiture like this...

I did react positively to the setting in 5. The browns and lines play nicely with her dress. However, the composition was off for me... a little too much building (though I like that you did more of it than you would normally, I just think you went too far). Also, I think her pose and position in the frame is awkward. Leaning against the rail makes sense, but because she almost has to do it, she faces sort of out of the frame which leads my eye sort of in the wrong direction.

Aside from that, I would say watch your color balance and exposure. Both seem a hair off in a lot of these.

digital flower · Jan 8, 2012

She has a real nice smile.

Trever1t · Jan 8, 2012

The pose in #1 is awkward, her angle in relationship to the bamboo but I loved the color and depth. The natural light was cold and I did bump up the WB a bit. On #5 I did intently keep more of the building in the frame as you have noticed! I have another shot that accompanies this where she is larger in the frame but I displayed this one because it is something new for me

My usual composition:

_POR7779-Edit by Trever1t, on Flickr

She's not a model and I really have to direct her poses, leg positions, head tilt, etc. I am learning direction, it doesn't come natural to me to pose people, not at all. When I joined this forum I was a landscape photographer with little to no portrait experience, wasn't interested in people but now I find that's what I enjoy the most. I appreciate all the comments and especially the criticism, it's how I improve, with honest opinions.

I have more to edit from this set, some with OCF and some profile shots.

tirediron · Jan 8, 2012

Bitter Jeweler said:
I love everything about #1.

You shoulda put that last. LOL

Interesting; IMO, #1 has the weakest composition with all of the competeing vertical elements. Very nice set though, well shot.

c.cloudwalker · Jan 8, 2012

Well, your wife is quite beautiful (does she have a sister?) so you can keep on posting

Too many to go into details but I pretty much like them all, although I agree that she could sometimes look away from the camera. Of course, that depends on what you were trying to do with those.

Two things that bother me.

1/ The shoes in #2 don't quite fit with the traditional dress. Unless, of course, you are trying to show the meeting of old and new ways

2/ The skin tones vary from image to image. Not a problem if you don't look at them as a group but since that is how you decided to show them to us, it is one to me.