What I've been up to...

[lisa_13]

Just thought I'd post what I've been up to since I've been gone for so long.

As always, comment & critique is appreciated.

Excuse the watermarks, I had to pull a couple from FB

 

[Parker219]

The one with the girl sitting down is lit perfectly, and it really nice, maybe other than the trees giving her bunny ears. The 2 with the harsh lights are a matter of taste, I think they are little too much in the lighting department, but I can see how someone might like them that way. The 2 black and whites look pretty good to me.

 

[amolitor]

Nice work. #2, the girl sitting on the wall, is by far the least of them. You can see that, right? I assume anyone who can shoot #1, #3 and #4 has eyes.

 

[tirediron]

The orange and blue images (for lack of better description) aren't bad, but definitely not to my taste. I think the orange crop is too tight and the blue has too much empty space image left. Crop just in front of the pink "stripe" near the bottom.

I most definitely disagree with Parker about the lighting in 'girl on a wall'. There are blown highlights on her legs and nearly so on her left arm, the front of her top is "washed out" due to over-exposure... The overall exposure should have been dropped about 2/3 of a stop and a large reflector or fill light brought in.

The monochrome diptych however? That is OUTSTANDING! One of the nices monochrome portraits I've seen here in a LONG time! Nominated for POTM!

 

[lisa_13]

The one with the girl sitting down is lit perfectly, and it really nice, maybe other than the trees giving her bunny ears. The 2 with the harsh lights are a matter of taste, I think they are little too much in the lighting department, but I can see how someone might like them that way. The 2 black and whites look pretty good to me.

Thanks for the critique Parker!

I assume anyone who can shoot #1, #3 and #4 has eyes.

I am not quite sure what you mean by this.

The orange and blue images (for lack of better description) aren't bad, but definitely not to my taste. I think the orange crop is too tight and the blue has too much empty space image left. Crop just in front of the pink "stripe" near the bottom.

I most definitely disagree with Parker about the lighting in 'girl on a wall'. There are blown highlights on her legs and nearly so on her left arm, the front of her top is "washed out" due to over-exposure... The overall exposure should have been dropped about 2/3 of a stop and a large reflector or fill light brought in.

The monochrome diptych however? That is OUTSTANDING! One of the nices monochrome portraits I've seen here in a LONG time! Nominated for POTM!

Thanks for the great critique. I guess I need to get my monitor calibrated as I can only see the blown highlights in her legs. I did try to add some color there but I will work on that some more.

I love that diptych as well, so thank you for the compliment! Made possible by an amazing model

 

[amolitor]

Nice work. #2, the girl sitting on the wall, is by far the least of them. You can see that, right? I assume anyone who can shoot #1, #3 and #4 has eyes.

What I meant by this is:

Surely anyone with the taste and skill to shoot #1, #3 and #4 (all excellent work) can see that #2 is the least-good photograph in this set. Therefore I will not waste time explaining why I feel that it is the weakest of the lot.

 

[lisa_13]

Nice work. #2, the girl sitting on the wall, is by far the least of them. You can see that, right? I assume anyone who can shoot #1, #3 and #4 has eyes.

What I meant by this is:

Surely anyone with the taste and skill to shoot #1, #3 and #4 (all excellent work) can see that #2 is the least-good photograph in this set. Therefore I will not waste time explaining why I feel that it is the weakest of the lot.

Ahh, gotcha. Thanks!