On the Pier

[gw2424]

These are the shots I pulled off today at the pier. Whether the images came out good or not my goal today was to get more comfortable approaching my subjects. Please CC and feel free to post edits.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7



Thank You,
Gabe Wise

 

[dewey]

#2 is fantastic to me. The lightning works... the guy works... his expression says it all.

Nice job.

 

[gw2424]

Do you think it would look better if Black & White?

 

[SamiJoSchwirtz]

These are the shots I pulled off today at the pier. Whether the images came out good or not my goal today was to get more comfortable approaching my subjects. Please CC and feel free to post edits.

#1
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30770"/>
#2
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30771"/>
#3
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30772"/>
#4
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30773"/>
#5
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30774"/>
#6
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30775"/>
#7
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=30776"/>

Thank You,
Gabe Wise

Number 1 is my favorite.

 

[The_Traveler]

All my opinions follow, just add 'I think' or something equivalent to each line.
Not fantastic but better and improving.

His face is darkly shadowed and with a bright hat and bright shirt, his face is not the center of interest.
trim away the stuff you con't need and improve the composition.
lighten and sharpen the face and dull everything else, then convert

You aren't composing and exposing for the important areas - the face.
Here the face and hands are at unimportant areas and the face is deeply shadowed.
It is an absolute fact that dark skin needs more exposure than light skin.
Shooting dark-skinned people in contrasty light is a real challenge and none of the dark-skinned subjects are exposed well.

Nice composition, although off to one side for no artistic reason.
Highlight on head is blown but ignorable.
Face is well underexposed but sort-of fixable.
Fill flash or reflector would have made all the difference here.
Or better, shoot in softer light.

 

[Frequency]

harsh light challenges the images...I liked the pose in all; #5, for a while i thought him to be Morgan Freeman