Just a couple for C&C

[R.D.]

Looks like some lowrider mag photos I've seen, I like them.. except the last one because the skin looks so over processed(on her legs).

 

[artoledo]

what lens are you using in these? there is a LOT of distortion and it's driving me crazy. im a big nit picker when it comes to limb chops.. her arm completly disapears in 1, and it looks off to me cropped that way.. in two, her knuckles are getting chopped.. limb chops look really ameture.. and the rest of your processing don't look ameture. maybe think about giving these a different crop. preferably a wider crop since your submitting these to a car mag.. they want to see the car with a girl, not a girl with a car.

Some are shot with a wide angle and that is why you are getting distortion. If I were shooting with primes and glass that has no distortion, my photos would look like every other photographers work in the magazines. I agree the limb chops are amateur. Unfortunately, I cannot post the ones without the chops until the issue is printed. Also, the magazine isnt so much concerned about the car since it is a magazine featuring the model with a car. Not much attention is drawn at the car.

I like the 3rd picture the best because the first 2 just like everyone else is saying have drawbacks because certain pieces that people notice are cut off. And knowing alot about cars is a plus here because certain things people are attracted to about the cars are missing atleast in cars like those...(Lame cars according to me but i wont be biased) The wheels possibly would be attractive and bring more balance to the shot. I dont like the background/setting that you chose for the scene. And i see a few things that arent meant to be in the shot as in they dont have a purpose. mainly the building and in the first pic i think the sunroof in the car is quite discracting from the portrait of the person because i think she is the centerpoint. Pictures otherwise have great quaulity and lighting in my books, good job.

Im a noobie to this forum but i like art and im just stating my opinion .

I get it. Absolutely right.

Looks like some lowrider mag photos I've seen, I like them.. except the last one because the skin looks so over processed(on her legs).

Yes they are.

Here is another with some wheels and no chops. Sorry for the pose. The editor wrote, "the more skin, the better.".

 

[FoggyLens]

So is it safe to say we should never cut off at a joint?

 

[R.D.]

Here is another with some wheels and no chops. Sorry for the pose. The editor wrote, "the more skin, the better.".

wow.. enough said, I don't mind the pose.

 

[12sndsgood]

1st pic i dont mind to much, yeah you cut off the limbs a bit but seeing how most photos are thrown in the magazines id rather have a bit closer shot of her then of something farther away that is to small once the magazine gets ahold of it and makes it smaller as some side shot or something.

2nd one i like other then the building is distracting to me.

 

[artoledo]

So is it safe to say we should never cut off at a joint?

I think that it is all a matter of opinion. I dont mind it some times. Other times I do.

 

[raryke]

Nice shots! I really need to upgrade to some AB's lighting

 

[Jeatley]

My opinion is that every shot has a little too much flash you could do high speed sync. or turn the flashes down? to get around the 1/250th shutter speed. Also bring the ISO as low as it goes. I think you are cannon that would be my guess? Kinda distracting back grounds in almost all of them. Also bring the flash closer to straight on to get rid of some of the shadows.

the last one I hate that harsh shadow on her face

 

[gsgary]

If woman in the US drive round in bra and knickers i'm coming over there to live