More Practice Shooting a Model

[Deltarat]

Well, I've got another model photo shoot under my belt. I'm learning more with each one. One of my personal trainer's best friends has a little modeling experience and was looking to get some photos for her portfolio. So, I did them for her. One thing to remember about these photos. Just as Alayne, the model, pulled up to the location, I got a text message that a friend of mine had died. So, I had to quickly put on a smile and bring the energy to the shoot that I needed to bring. I kept telling myself, "You want to be a professional, so be a professional." Looking back at some of the shots, I see some mistakes and things I could do better. I like to think that I would have had my mind been 100% on the shoot and not with the family of my friend that passed.

Other than that, I'd appreciate any thoughts on what you guys see.

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[Samerr9]

I like the series, one point to be noted. The white balance is not the same in every photo.. Since you are working in a professional manner you have to take care of the WB in the series as a whole..

 

[Deltarat]

I guess I wasn't really looking at it as a series of images. I was actually changing the WB on purpose. I didn't want every shot to have the same look. Some, I wanted to be more vivid in color. Since she was wearing western style clothes, I wanted some to look a little more rustic. Since she wanted some shots for her portfolio, I wanted to give her a variety or looks to pick from. I have other shots from the shoot that I haven't posted here that are much cooler in color and tone. Also, it was raining on and off that day, so I used fill flash in some shots, and no flash in others. I've never viewed WB as something that was right or wrong. I've always seen it as a creative tool. Obviously, if whites need to be white and if you're shooting images that need to look the same, you have to make sure the WB is the same. I agree with that. But, in this case, I was using WB to give me different looks. Some didn't work at all. But, I like the results I got with other shots.

 

[michael9000000]

The poses were nice, the composition was pretty good, the depth of field was well managed... BUT...

The model appears to be out of focus in every single shot. Am I the only one who sees it?

 

[Deltarat]

No. I see it. That was one of the things I know I could've done better. I was very frustrated when I got home and saw that a lot of the shots weren't focused like I wanted them to be. It was raining and there wasn't a lot of natural light. Plus, I was hand holding everything. If my mind wasn't on other things, I probably would have used a higher ISO, but like I said. I was distracted. The model loved the shots, and she couldn't really complain since I did the shoot for free. I just gave her a disk of images. It served it's purpose for me, which was to get more experience and learn from mistakes. Now I know on rainy days, ISO 100 probably isn't enough. Lesson learned.

 

[simion]

Pretty nice set, but the first thing i see in picture #5 is her nose, and it's not very flattering.

 

[Shocknawe]

Critiques I saw were already mentioned. Pretty good photo's; and yes sidebarring a little bit I'll agree with Simion, that beak is doing no justice, not your fault nor hers really but it's there never the less.