Natural Light Portrait

MRnats · Oct 20, 2015

Wow, the second one is outstanding.

DanOstergren · Oct 21, 2015

MRnats said:
Wow, the second one is outstanding.

Thank you.

that1guy · Oct 22, 2015

I like it. the textures, the contrast, her look. Everything looks good. the only thing I don't like it then shadow over her left(my right) side of her face.

andramaxy · Oct 24, 2015

i prefer the second picture, nice bokeh, the pose seems to be more natural, and we get more view about her appearance i think

Ian63 · Oct 25, 2015

#1 I was not really comfortable with... my first impression was that she was not content... almost uncomfortable.
#2, however... WOW.... impressive!! I got a sense of self assurance... defiance... power.

Jasii · Oct 25, 2015

I know very little about shooting portraits however, I am enamoured by the processing of skin tones in pic 1, would love to have an insight into your process whenever you have time please.
Cheers!

DanOstergren · Oct 29, 2015

Jasii said:
I know very little about shooting portraits however, I am enamoured by the processing of skin tones in pic 1, would love to have an insight into your process whenever you have time please.
Cheers!

For skin retouching I just use the spot healing brush and dodge and burn. It takes some time to do, but I think the results are worth it.