Untitled Portrait | B&W | Critique pls

[Ironlegs]

Thanks to all of you for your feedback ! Finally some things i needed to know. I really need to study about posing the models... Any tips where should i start please ?

 

[Benjo255]

I like the portrait. To me is a winning one. I just see something strange about the arm. Not the pose, but may be ...I don't know...too bright? Anyway, minor thing, great shot!

 

[Ironlegs]

I was actually fixing the exposure on the arm slightly cause i found it to be too dark Thanks !

 

[MichaelHenson]

This video doesn't specifically get into arm placement but it's great to get you started on classical posing...Derrel posted on a thread of mine from October and it's incredibly informative. I'd check out more from these guys and see if they offer any other posing guides...

Classical Posing & Portrait Lighting - YouTube

 

[Ironlegs]

Thanks ! I will take look onto it

 

[kundalini]

Thanks to all of you for your feedback ! Finally some things i needed to know. I really need to study about posing the models... Any tips where should i start please ?

If it bends, bend it.
All posing begins with the feet, even if sitting.
Never have models sit flat on their bottom. Raise a cheek as if letting one out.
Don't have your models square to the camera.
There are differences between feminine and masculine poses. <<google>>
Shadows are our friends.
Features closer to the lens will look larger than your naked eye can perceive.

Look at images that you wish to emulate and deconstruct them.

Have a look at this. It's a damn good beginning. Don't forget the related links at the bottom of the page.
Tutorial: Facial Analysis In Fine Portraiture

 

[MichaelHenson]

Have a look at this. It's a damn good beginning. Don't forget the related links at the bottom of the page.
Tutorial: Facial Analysis In Fine Portraiture

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing...

 

[JacaRanda]

It's that inner elbow bone poking out that draws my attention. If it was not for this forum, I would never have noticed.


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[FITBMX]

Thanks to all of you for your feedback ! Finally some things i needed to know. I really need to study about posing the models... Any tips where should i start please ?

If it bends, bend it.
All posing begins with the feet, even if sitting.
Never have models sit flat on their bottom. Raise a cheek as if letting one out.
Don't have your models square to the camera.
There are differences between feminine and masculine poses. <<google>>
Shadows are our friends.
Features closer to the lens will look larger than your naked eye can perceive.

Look at images that you wish to emulate and deconstruct them.

Have a look at this. It's a damn good beginning. Don't forget the related links at the bottom of the page.
Tutorial: Facial Analysis In Fine Portraiture

Thanks! I am going to take a really good look at that later!

 

[FITBMX]

It's a good photo! There is nothing I can add, on top of the great C&C already posted!

 

[odainaspirit]

She's just not very real looking ...shes like one of those supposed to be beautiful alien women Capt.Kirk was always hooking up with

 

[odainaspirit]

Well what are your thoughts on this?

 

[DanOstergren28 3]

As far as the logo goes, I wouldn't give any concern toward it. This forum in particular is notorious for whining about even the smallest opaque watermark hidden in the corner of the image. To be honest it was the last thing I noticed, and I associate it completely with the brand, not the image. People here just like to complain about that stuff, when it honestly has nothing to do with the image itself, especially since it's not even in the way of anything.

As for the image processing, I think it looks good. If I may ask, what technique did you use to convert it? And did you use a curves adjustment layer? If you did, I alway think that pulling the little point in the lower left corner of the curves dialogue box adds a little bit of mood and depth to a black and white shot. Don't get me wrong, the tonal range is fine, but I do think it lack mood, and I think mood is very important for black and white portraits.

As far as posing goes, having her simply put her wrist on top of her head instead of behind it would work better in my opinion.

 

[Ironlegs]

As far as the logo goes, I wouldn't give any concern toward it. This forum in particular is notorious for whining about even the smallest opaque watermark hidden in the corner of the image. To be honest it was the last thing I noticed, and I associate it completely with the brand, not the image. People here just like to complain about that stuff, when it honestly has nothing to do with the image itself, especially since it's not even in the way of anything.

As for the image processing, I think it looks good. If I may ask, what technique did you use to convert it? And did you use a curves adjustment layer? If you did, I alway think that pulling the little point in the lower left corner of the curves dialogue box adds a little bit of mood and depth to a black and white shot. Don't get me wrong, the tonal range is fine, but I do think it lack mood, and I think mood is very important for black and white portraits.

As far as posing goes, having her simply put her wrist on top of her head instead of behind it would work better in my opinion.

Thanks for your feedback,

for B&W i just turned the saturation down and played with the settings how i liked them. I used levels to bring black UP a little bit, cause i found it to be too dark.

 

[DanOstergren28 3]

As far as the logo goes, I wouldn't give any concern toward it. This forum in particular is notorious for whining about even the smallest opaque watermark hidden in the corner of the image. To be honest it was the last thing I noticed, and I associate it completely with the brand, not the image. People here just like to complain about that stuff, when it honestly has nothing to do with the image itself, especially since it's not even in the way of anything.

As for the image processing, I think it looks good. If I may ask, what technique did you use to convert it? And did you use a curves adjustment layer? If you did, I alway think that pulling the little point in the lower left corner of the curves dialogue box adds a little bit of mood and depth to a black and white shot. Don't get me wrong, the tonal range is fine, but I do think it lack mood, and I think mood is very important for black and white portraits.

As far as posing goes, having her simply put her wrist on top of her head instead of behind it would work better in my opinion.

Thanks for your feedback,

for B&W i just turned the saturation down and played with the settings how i liked them. I used levels to bring black UP a little bit, cause i found it to be too dark.

If I could make a suggestion, I would suggest using a black and white adjustment layer to convert the image from color to black and white, and then use a curves adjustment layer (placed underneath the black and white adjustment layer) to control your contrast / tonal range.