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jake337 · Oct 29, 2016

Got talked into doing senior Photos for my young cousin. Here is a couple. Thoughts?

Causapscal · Oct 29, 2016

Beautiful set, particulary the B&W :encouragement:

alexis.alvarez · Oct 29, 2016

Lovely feel, esp the B&W.

tirediron · Oct 29, 2016

Very nice lighting and exposure, but I can't help thinking both would have been been better in portrait aspect. At the very least crop a good chunk off the LH side of #1 to move her away from center.

jake337 · Oct 29, 2016

Causapscal said:
Beautiful set, particulary the B&W

Thanks!

alexis.alvarez said:
Lovely feel, esp the B&W.

Thanks!

tirediron said:
Very nice lighting and exposure, but I can't help thinking both would have been been better in portrait aspect. At the very least crop a good chunk off the LH side of #1 to move her away from center.

Thanks for the input as always.

bulldurham · Oct 31, 2016

As usual, I am going to have to disagree about the lighting...and it may be that the lighting/exposure is okay and the processing is too harsh. Hard to tell with an image this small but my feeling is with high school seniors, except the sports guys who want more of a "grunge down in the middle of the scrum," look they should be a bit softer, This is especially important when shooting young ladies. Soft skin tones sans blemishes, etc is what the girls want. Soft boxes, scrims, reflectors, anything and everything that will make them stand out above the rest. The pose is okay though I agree with Tirediron about the crop. Just a thought.

jake337 · Nov 1, 2016

bulldurham said:
As usual, I am going to have to disagree about the lighting...and it may be that the lighting/exposure is okay and the processing is too harsh. Hard to tell with an image this small but my feeling is with high school seniors, except the sports guys who want more of a "grunge down in the middle of the scrum," look they should be a bit softer, This is especially important when shooting young ladies. Soft skin tones sans blemishes, etc is what the girls want. Soft boxes, scrims, reflectors, anything and everything that will make them stand out above the rest. The pose is okay though I agree with Tirediron about the crop. Just a thought.

Makes sense. I don't usually do this or any imaging for people so I usually just process as I always do. This was all natural light as I don't have a reliable lighting setup.