Random shots of my friends. Any thoughts?

[julianliu]

Just random shots of my friends. Any thoughts pop up in your head when you see them that can make these images better lighted, more interesting? Thanks in advance.

 

[frommrstomommy]

They look like they belong on some clothing store website. lol

As far as the photos go though.. I think maybe they lack contrast or something being against that white backdrop. IMO they need more pop for her I guess?

 

[mmaria]

as above

 

[frommrstomommy]

not my editing computer but i did a little quick adjustment on one

 

[sscarmack]

What was your Lighting set up???

 

[Designer]

The lighting in these is good. Almost TOO GOOD. The comment above: "They look like they belong on some clothing store website." indicates that the lighting is more about showing the clothing without any lighting mistakes rather than lighting that "models the models". Now if you are going for that style of lighting, then you've succeeded.

 

[julianliu]

What was your Lighting set up???

I used two softbox lights at each side of the model facing the white background to make background white and also light a little of the model's side. Then a big octagon softbox at camera right to light the front. Light ratio close to 1 with front slightly brighter.

 

[julianliu]

The lighting in these is good. Almost TOO GOOD. The comment above: "They look like they belong on some clothing store website." indicates that the lighting is more about showing the clothing without any lighting mistakes rather than lighting that "models the models". Now if you are going for that style of lighting, then you've succeeded.

I see your point.
I want to just set up a light to show the beauty of the model and work to show their natural expression.

 

[julianliu]

not my editing computer but i did a little quick adjustment on one <img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=73886"/>

Thanks.
I see you made the picture more contrasty. What do you try to improve?

 

[sashbar]

Two softboxes at each side and one at the camera plus white bkgnd is not what I usually call "random shots".

 

[julianliu]

Two softboxes at each side and one at the camera plus white bkgnd is not what I usually call "random shots".

Haha good point...
What I want to say is that we just shoot without a goal of achieving anything specific.

 

[MOREGONE]

I think they look great, my only comment is that they are mostly all cropped at the same place around the thigh and seeing so many next to each other it seems odd. Flipping through a magazine I wouldn't think twice about it, but a series it does stand out a little.

 

[frommrstomommy]

not my editing computer but i did a little quick adjustment on one <img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachments/people-photography/73886-random-shots-my-friends-any-thoughts-untitled-1.jpg"/>

Thanks.
I see you made the picture more contrasty. What do you try to improve?

I played with curves and levels a tiny bit and upped some vibrance to the whole image and a tiny bit of saturation to everything but the skin if I remember right.