Senior Portraits

hudsonp · Jul 20, 2007

I did these at the local MetroPark, she is gorgeous and made it very easy to take pictures C&C always welcome

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lifeafter2am · Jul 20, 2007

I like the third one the best. The contrast, pose, location, etc all very good! The first one is nice, but the white shirt and the top of the jeans are too bright.

hudsonp · Jul 20, 2007

lifeafter2am said:
I like the third one the best. The contrast, pose, location, etc all very good! The first one is nice, but the white shirt and the top of the jeans are too bright.

#3 was my favorite as well, i agree about the overexposure on #1 - from a technical side i hate the picture, but there is just something about it that i really like

lifeafter2am · Jul 20, 2007

I like the pose, and the girl is beautiful. But it just doesn't work like the third one.

Southerngal · Jul 20, 2007

#3 is my favorite as well!:thumbup:

koda-46 · Jul 20, 2007

I hope she didnt have to pay for those.....

JimmyJaceyMom · Jul 20, 2007

koda-46 said:
I hope she didnt have to pay for those.....

Most likely you are looking for the reaction I am about to give and I hate that I am giving in to what you want but I can't take it anymore. You're so rude! I am so happy that this is the internet and I don't know you or anyone like you in person! That being said, I'm over it already so any response from you about this should there be one won't be from me and I hope everyone else can drop it too.

In regards to what we are here for - I like the poses and the background. To me it does seem like you missed the focus a bit on the face in the first two. I was having that same problem until I figured out how to hold the focus and recompose the shot. I know, so many things to remmeber to do in such a short amount of time. Good job- keep em coming!

heip · Jul 20, 2007

Please ignore him!!!!

koda-46 · Jul 20, 2007

wtf lol?? kathi, you are one strange woman.......

Stretch Armstrong · Jul 20, 2007

heip said:
Please ignore him!!!!

Are you referring to that queef???:lmao:

SommarShade · Jul 21, 2007

come on guys, we cant have every portrait thread ending up in genital gas territory..

Garbz · Jul 21, 2007

No just the ones koda-46 posts in.

Your poses are very nice but there are some technical and less so compositional issues to be dealt with.
1) Overexposed, clearly visible, and unfortunately in a very distracting area blowing out a significant part of your model. You need to drop the exposure while at the same time keeping the shadows from going black. Fill flash or reflector is the only real option, or try and fix it in post processing.
2) Nice but watch your focus. The subject isn't sharp.
3) Definitely my favourite too. In this case though I think the fountain does not help the image. I find it a bit distracting. Otherwise a fantastic picture.

Christina · Jul 21, 2007

1) im sure was prob hard to straighten, but it seems slightly crooked.
2) is a nice picture, but something about her dress bugs me. almost like it could blend in with the foilage.
3) is by far my favorite. The only thing i could say on that is there is a heavy shadow on her face, caused by her hair. She has a BEAUTIFUL face. show it off.

scubabear6 · Jul 21, 2007

hudsonp said:
#3 was my favorite as well, i agree about the overexposure on #1 - from a technical side i hate the picture, but there is just something about it that i really like

I agree it might not be "technically Right" but I do like it.
#2 Looks just a bit out of focus or is it me?
#3 Is great. Did you shoot it in color and change it? Would like to see it in color. Nothing personal but my daughter and I always fight over my shots with her wanting to convert them to B/W and I'm just not a fan.

Exile · Jul 22, 2007

overall great shots, #1 is generaly well exposed with partial blowing out, at the worst possible part, but... many, if not most, of great photos are on the tech. crappy or even bad. #2 is nice, clean shot, but maybe a bit overexposed overall, IMO 'course, but I do like somewhat darker and more contrast shots, and #3 is classic movie-frame, you'd see this kind of a scene in many older movies, a girl in first plane, and something in 2nd... so, it's distracting from a girl, I agree, but gives something to the shot, that extra dimension, without the fountain it would be a bit boring, plane... IMHO, 'course

I'm still a bit influenced by some critique from trying to get into art academy, film camera and photography