My first shot at portraits

[Alexstre]

Good evening! (and happy thanksgiving!)

A few days ago my roommate asked me to take a few pictures of him just for kicks so we moved our furniture a bit and got started. We ended up keeping about 25 out of 100+ pictures, those are my 6 personal favorites (or the one I think turned out the best)

I really wanted some feedbacks. What's good / bad about them? How could I they be improved? What to check / keep in mind for the next time? That'd be really appreciated!

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3

4

5

6

Thanks!
- Alex

 

[Sideburns]

some of the shadows are really distracting...and the background may or may not be overexposed...but you are working the angles, and that's important to find your own personal favourites.

 

[Sweetsomedays]

I hate casts, but I like #4 for some reason. Interesting work.

 

[kundalini]

Okay you're working with shadows. I like most of the shadows except #5...seems misplaced.

#2 looks a bit daft.

#4 could use a tighter crop.

#6's shadow is unnecessary and does not contribute to the image.

Otherwise, very nice series.

 

[Alexstre]

Thanks for the comments! I'll try to crop #4 a bit tighter see how it turns out. Should probably do the same thing with #6 to get rid of the shadow.

 

[Sweetsomedays]

Don't crop into #4's shadow....I like it. Gives it dimension and to me wouldnt be as interesting without the whole shadow.

 

[petey]

2 has no shadow

 

[Universal Polymath]

Yeah, I agree with Sweetsomedays, don't touch number four! I think it's awesome as is, as far as the crop goes.

The only thing I would consider is cloning out the table showing in the bottom right corner. Even that doesn't bother me too much, though.

I'm not a big fan of shadows either, but 3 and 4 here are great. Nice work!

 

[Alexstre]

Good news is, I found more models! Thanks for the comments and feedbacks, I'll post more soon (and hopefully get better lightning this time!)

 

[TATTRAT]

#1 makes him look like a midget, imo...or Ryan Seacrest.