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[SabrinaO]

I know there's crazy shadows... but i don't feel like editing them out.

What do you think?

 

[Robin Usagani]

I'm going to say it again like the 10th time to you. The wide angle doesnt look flattering especially when your subject doesnt have a body like a model to begin with.

 

[SabrinaO]

I'm going to say it again like the 10th time to you. The wide angle doesnt look flattering especially when your subject doesnt have a body like a model to begin with.

WOAH! Really?! I just don't see the distortion!

 

[SabrinaO]

So what is distorted?

 

[ManhattanShutterBug]

Very unflattering pose and facial expression. Also I would have edited out some stray hairs.


Also rather then edit out the shadows, next time don't have your model stand so close the backdrop.

 

[SabrinaO]

Thumbs up on the stray hairs.. About the backdrop... i usually don't have a problem with shadows because of my other light, but it broke so this is was a 1 light photoshoot. I also need a bigger backdrop so she doesn't have to be so close to the backdrop.

 

[SabrinaO]

..

 

[HomelessBoy]

I think there is some good lighting involved (as shown with light shadows on the background). However, I would have change the pose a bit to cover up the tattoos.

 

[Robin Usagani]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/Darkest_Elite/Portraits234.jpg

You tell me.

 

[Derrel]

I think a more-frontal shot of her would flatter her ample bustline and decent legs much more so than this side-on shot.But, that would be an entirely different pose.

In this pose, I think she'd look a bit better if her chin were lifted up a bit more, and her head jutted forward just a tiny bit; not a lot, but just a small amount of both chin lift and chin projection would improve the presentation of her face to the camera. I really DO like that background color! Nice! This kind of photography is spreading across the USA, with "real women" doing very simple,straight-forward pin-up type shots JUST LIKE THIS ONE...this genre is gaining steam like CRAZY among her generation! As far as this pose, it's okay, but it would have been really HOT if she had lifted her left foot off the paper and brought it back,and off the ground...also I'd like to see a bit more cleavage..both boobs, but just a "little bit"...still maintaining an angle to her shoulders in relation to the camera. I would also like to see a visual hint of the back arm, not just the one front arm.

 

[SabrinaO]

Thanks for the ideas guys! Derrell...I edited her stomach out. I dont want to show the before but she does have frontal shots that I'm stumped on how to edit. I love your ideas on posing! I have all these ideas on posing, but when it comes to the shoot everything is out the window!

 

[Jace]

One thing to do when posing models, is never have them put their weight on the leg facing the camera, it makes it look larger or something. Also her shoulder is too high. I'd turn her to face the other way, put her weight on her back leg, turn her torso more toward the camera and drop her shoulder a bit.. try that.

Oh, I'm a newb, just watched some videos to improve my wife's photos, which I think I've managed to do!

 

[Big Mike]

I agree with Derrel, this type of stuff is really getting popular. I really, really love the work of Robert Alvarado...he is probably, at least partially, to blame for the recent popularity of pin up. If you Google 'Alvarado Pin Up Technique'...you'll get tons of great info.

One technique he often uses, it to completely cut the subject out and use a digital background. Usually just a solid color with a circular pattern. That would solve your shadow problem.

I also agree that the pose is lacking here. The head (chin) jut that Derrel mentions is a big one. This is something that will improve the pose/look of most people. Unfortunately, it's an unnatural thing to do, so you have to show your subject how to do it, and then remind them to keep it up...every minute, because they will forget or let it relax.

Also, her pose could stand to be a bit more feminine. By that I mean that you want to create an S-curve with her body. So things like a bent knee, sticking out her hip (bend at the waist), sticking out her chest & tilting her head. Some or all of these things can help to create that curve. It only needs to be subtle...and you may have a bit of it going on here...but to me, it looks more like she's standing up straight in a confident masculine pose. Nothing wrong with that, heck, it's practically politically incorrect to say that a confident pose is masculine...but this isn't a business portrait, it's Pin up, and I think that femininity should be the goal.
Back to the pose, she has her weight on her leg that is closes to the camera. This adds size to that hip & thigh. A common rule of thumb for women, is to have their weight on their back foot, so that the closer side looks slimmer. This also allows the front leg to be bent, helping to get that S-curve.

Lastly, her hair looks almost featureless...in other words, it's too dark and needs a hair light. And I think someone mentioned the stray hairs.

 

[Big Mike]

Also, I just noticed that you uploaded an image in AdobeRGB color space. So the colors may be look right (in an internet browser). If you are going to use the AdobeRGB color space, you have to convert the images to sRGB before you put them on the web (and probably before you send them to a lab for printing).

 

[RidgewayPortraits]

Like others have said: I wouldn't have the subject stand so close to the back drop, add at least 2-3 more lights on the set, edit out the stray hairs and honestly the model needs to have some other type of expression on her face because it's really not becoming of her. It might help a lot of there was some type of object in the scene with her instead of her just standing there. Since she has tattoos I would either pose her to make sure they aren't seen, or make them the focus of the photo, 2 totally different extremes.