Low key portrait

[RSPhotography]

any c&c welcome!

 

[timethief]

quite dark and underexposed imo.
i can see its what you were going for but perhaps some mroe light on the face at least.
her top is quite lit with respect to the rest of the picture and draws more attention.

 

[oldmacman]

any c&c welcome!

Was the softness intentional, because I think it could work in this image? My preference is to have the subject emerging from darkness, so I will shoot against a dark background. I agree with timethief that proper exposure somewhere in the pic shows that the image is shot this way on purpose.

Here's a tweak with sharpening and exposure adjustment:

Here's an example of a recent shot I did with one of my students to show that idea of emerging from the darkness:

Unfortunately, both images I have uploaded are getting changed by TPF somehow. Here is the first one and here is the second one if you want to see what i mean.

 

[cameramike]

she looks like a great model, and you have a starting point but you need more light. Low key means there is a high contrast ratio. You actually have a very small contrast ratio because of the lack of light. Also the softness of the image doesn't really fit for a low key more of a high key effect. go for it again though, best way to learn

 

[Corvphotography]

she looks like a great model, and you have a starting point but you need more light. Low key means there is a high contrast ratio. You actually have a very small contrast ratio because of the lack of light. Also the softness of the image doesn't really fit for a low key more of a high key effect. go for it again though, best way to learn

yea what he said lol