Sumalee - NSFW!!! C&C

Trever1t · Apr 25, 2015

Sumalee... Thai waitress I've known and worked with before. She's come out of her shell so to speak.

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pgriz · Apr 25, 2015

So I see you're back to shooting landscapes...

She's got very interesting eyes.

Trever1t · Apr 25, 2015

She's a very interesting little lady indeed.

DanOstergren · Apr 26, 2015

I love the light, pose and model. I think perhaps it might be either over-exposed or the brightness is up too high though.

jaomul · Apr 26, 2015

No doubt a nice model. I would position the couch somewhere with a more neutral background, there is a wall that splits to a further back room. If it was all wall or maybe all room it might work better. If nothing else you've a reason to get her back to try again

pixmedic · Apr 26, 2015

very nice Trevor! did you remember to turn the thermostat down to 62 for this shoot?

my first instinct is to suggest dropping the highlights just a bit, and I guess its easy to look at a picture and say "its too dark" or "its too bright" and leave it at that...but without toying with the photo myself, I will attempt to articulate what I think might help here a little. I use Lightroom so...that's the numbers i will be referring to.

I would start by dropping the highlights a bit. not much. maybe 10-20.
then, counteract that small overall brightness drop by upping shadows maybe 10 or so, and white maybe 15-20 or so.
I might even drop the contrast 10-15 and see how that looks.
and just for my own personal taste, I would even drop the black 30-40 just to accentuate the beautiful line of shadow down her back and legs.

overall, as usual, a very nice shot.

Trever1t · Apr 26, 2015

I have 444 frames, this was early in the shoot. I don't see it as too hot but I'm going to recalibrate my monitor before processing another!

pixmedic · Apr 26, 2015

Trever1t said:
I have 444 frames, this was early in the shoot. I don't see it as too hot but I'm going to recalibrate my monitor before processing another!

"too hot" might not be a terribly accurate description of my feelings on this shot. On the model, yes...but not on the picture itself. It could just be me projecting my personal taste in portraiture.