Portrait of Minnie, C&C please.

[allening]

All of them were taken on x'mas 2009 in NY.

 

[cougargal]

Gorgeous photos!

 

[Early]

I'm surprised no one's commenting. All of these show great potential, and even though a couple of them aren't my style, for instance subject placement in a couple of them, they are still enjoyable. Nice model, too, btw, and since I'm old school, I'm picking #2 as my favorite.

 

[allening]

Early: Thx for your comment! I just started taking portrait about a month ago, so all the shots aren't professional but I've been reading more articles about portrait photography lately~hopefully I will have some better work to upload later.

 

[grafiks]

Good creativity. And it never hurts to have a gorgeous model too!

 

[Plymer]

I like the composition of #3 with the blurred people. The exposure could be a tad brighter, but maybe running it through a B&W conversion would get you a more impactful photo

 

[MBasile]

I think #3 is my favorite as well, although I do agree it is a little underexposed.

For my tastes...
#1 she is a bit far to the right, and the expression on her face doesn't do it for me
#2 is a good idea, but there is too much weird stuff behind her, like a floating suitcase
#4 I'm not quite sure why she's leaning against a wall on the street, facing the wall
#5 seems to be more of a product shot than a portrait

 

[allening]

I think #3 is my favorite as well, although I do agree it is a little underexposed.

For my tastes...
#1 she is a bit far to the right, and the expression on her face doesn't do it for me
#2 is a good idea, but there is too much weird stuff behind her, like a floating suitcase
#4 I'm not quite sure why she's leaning against a wall on the street, facing the wall
#5 seems to be more of a product shot than a portrait

thank you very much for your comments, they are very helpful.
all the pictures I took that day were more like practices rather than professional portrait photos. As I said in the previous reply, I was not good at taking portraits, so I wasn't sure about the expressions on her face, and the background stuff. But recently I've been reading so many articles about photography which gave me a much better understanding about taking portrait photos, hopefully I will have more portraits to upload in the future.

 

[allening]

I like the composition of #3 with the blurred people. The exposure could be a tad brighter, but maybe running it through a B&W conversion would get you a more impactful photo

Thank you very much!
Yeah, I will surely make it black and white and brighten it a bit as you said. I think it's gonna be more moody than this one...

 

[allening]

Good creativity. And it never hurts to have a gorgeous model too!

Thank you!
yeah, she's really gorgeous, I will ask her to be my model again and again and again. lol

 

[MrRamonG]

The color doesn't seem quite right in the first two.

 

[allening]

The color doesn't seem quite right in the first two.

that's the original color tho...

 

[MrRamonG]

The color doesn't seem quite right in the first two.

that's the original color tho...

Incorrect white balance?

 

[allening]

The color doesn't seem quite right in the first two.

that's the original color tho...

Incorrect white balance?

no, it's not...one was outdoor then the 2nd one was indoor, that's how the lights were.