Uliya -Beauty Portrait

DanOstergren · Apr 18, 2020

Uliya is a professional dancer and choreographer that I lived with last year. She hired me in February to take a portrait of her.
Shot using the original Canon 5D with a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro usm lens attached, set to f/11, 1/160th sec, ISO 100.

Derrel · Apr 18, 2020

Fantastic.

acparsons · Apr 18, 2020

Great job capturing the eyes, they really help make this photo spectacular.

Soocom1 · Apr 19, 2020

Wonderful image...

zulu42 · Apr 19, 2020

Masterful. I appreciate the peek at the process, too.

Tropicalmemories · Apr 19, 2020

It's the sensual, sweeping shapes I particularly like. Hair, shoulders, back and the close crop to accentuate.

SquarePeg · Apr 19, 2020

Stunning before and after shots! She’s gorgeous of course but you’ve really highlighted her best features (eyes and lips IMO) and minimized any skin imperfections without making her appear fake or plastic. Bravo.

Derrel · Apr 19, 2020

Nice to see real eyelashes!

DanOstergren · Apr 19, 2020

Derrel said:
Nice to see real eyelashes!

How dare you.

DanOstergren · Apr 19, 2020

SquarePeg said:
Stunning before and after shots! She’s gorgeous of course but you’ve really highlighted her best features (eyes and lips IMO) and minimized any skin imperfections without making her appear fake or plastic. Bravo.

Thank you! I'm particularly happy with this retouch. I feel as if I usually struggle with women's skin.

DanOstergren · Apr 19, 2020

Tropicalmemories said:
It's the sensual, sweeping shapes I particularly like. Hair, shoulders, back and the close crop to accentuate.

Thank you so much. I had an assistant using a reflector board to make wind with to try and get some movement in the hair, and we got it just perfect in this shot (I think so at least).