Latest Lifestyle-esque Shoot

hahaOHmichael · Sep 10, 2012

Just went out with my girlfriend and did a lifestyle-esque shoot. The rest of the shoot can be found on me flickr. Thanks for looking and comments are more than welcome!

19 by ma|photography, on Flickr

6 by ma|photography, on Flickr

7 by ma|photography, on Flickr

Diptic 1 by ma|photography, on Flickr

Diptic 2 by ma|photography, on Flickr

Diptic 3 by ma|photography, on Flickr

rexbobcat · Sep 10, 2012

So I assume she paid you since this is in the professional gallery?

Lol

jhodges10 · Sep 10, 2012

My comment would be your girlfriend is hot.

We're those taken at the Krohn conservatory?

hahaOHmichael · Sep 10, 2012

jhodges10 said:
My comment would be your girlfriend is hot.
We're those taken at the Krohn conservatory?

hahaha thanks man. And no they were taken at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh.

Bitter Jeweler · Sep 10, 2012

My guess would be the Phipps Conservatory.

tirediron · Sep 10, 2012

Bitter Jeweler said:
My guess would be the Phipps Conservatory.

Guesses made after the answer don't count!

Bitter Jeweler · Sep 10, 2012

Yeah, it wasn't there when I was typing. :grumpy:

tirediron · Sep 10, 2012

Far too many images for which to provide detailed critique, however a few general comments: Your choice of backgrounds, while somewhat muted by good use of selective focus are still clear enough to appear rather busy and distracting. There are a number of awkward crops where you've cut off fingertips etc. Avoid this; compose your shot and then open up a bit to ensure that this doesn't happen. You've got a model who is obviously very comfortable in front of the camera and very attractive; I think this begs for a reshoot with a little more attention paid to the details.

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

2WheelPhoto · Sep 10, 2012

A bright place.

hahaOHmichael · Sep 10, 2012

tirediron said:
Far too many images for which to provide detailed critique, however a few general comments: Your choice of backgrounds, while somewhat muted by good use of selective focus are still clear enough to appear rather busy and distracting. There are a number of awkward crops where you've cut off fingertips etc. Avoid this; compose your shot and then open up a bit to ensure that this doesn't happen. You've got a model who is obviously very comfortable in front of the camera and very attractive; I think this begs for a reshoot with a little more attention paid to the details.

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

I agree on the awkward cropping. After looking over the images more, the more the cropped fingertips bug me. Thanks for the insight though :thumbup:

Derrel · Sep 10, 2012

A little bit of sparkle in her eyes would help a good deal. Either reflector fill or fill-flash. Her eyes seem to narrow when she smiles or laughs, so getting some "eye sparkle" is doubly important for her. She seems to be quite comfortable in front of the camera.

hahaOHmichael · Sep 10, 2012

Derrel said:
A little bit of sparkle in her eyes would help a good deal. Either reflector fill or fill-flash. Her eyes seem to narrow when she smiles or laughs, so getting some "eye sparkle" is doubly important for her. She seems to be quite comfortable in front of the camera.

I had my 430ex on camera with a lumiquest soft box and I was shooting at 1/4 power and below, I could've turned the power up and mixed it better with the ambient light. It was a pretty bright day and she just had trouble keeping a wide eyed look haha, thanks for the insight.