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10/18/2012 12:10:06 AM · #1 |
I was recently asked to do a headshot. Pleae take a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks
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10/18/2012 12:47:14 AM · #2 |
| I left a comment on the photo. Did you take any other shots of her? I'm no expert or even any good, but I think the key to these things is making sure the person is relaxed and at ease and unless you are doing a session of a bunch of different people, snap maybe 4 or 5 shots of each of a variety of poses to make sure you get something that is the most flattering. My cheap advice for what it's worth. |
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10/18/2012 01:44:57 AM · #3 |
Nice job on this... a couple of comments. The lighting isn't bad, although it is a little flat---doesn't give much shape to her face. Have her rotate her nose back toward the camera just a smidge more and the portrait will be improved greatly, not just because of the changed position; assuming the light position is unchanged, this should give some shadows to her face. I'm not an expert so not going to try and dive into lighting ratios, etc, etc. It would be helpful if you provided your lighting details as that will help some of the experts here dissect the portrait in more detail.
Also, it looks like her "best" eye is her left one; change the pose around so that eye is more prominent(closer to the camera). Her shoulder tilt is nice but the front arm blocks the image, might be better to have her pull her elbow slightly more toward the edge of the frame.
Finally -- if everything stated above is wrong, then watch this video below. It was posted in a thread earlier in the week and it is fantastic. Makes total sense and although you have a nice jawline on our subject, i'll bet it can be improved by following Peter's advice on his blog.
Good luck!
//scottkelby.com/2012/its-guest-blog-wednesday-featuring-peter-hurley/ |
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10/18/2012 07:01:04 AM · #4 |
As has been stated her pose looks very unnatural and very uncomfortable. The posted link should help with that. The lighting is very flat and I'm a bit confused on what you used to light her with, the shadow on her neck is very hard but there are no other shadows anywhere. You should diffuse the light so it wraps around and provides some depth.
//digital-photography-school.com/6-portrait-lighting-patterns-every-photographer-should-know
Another thing is her arms and shirt are very bright and you want the focus to be on her face, either use flags or grids to help light fall off or add a gradient in LR or PS to fix it. Also you cropped off her hands right at the wrist, a good rule to follow is to not crop at any joints.
Message edited by author 2012-10-18 07:01:31. |
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10/18/2012 07:26:07 AM · #5 |
The angle from which you're shooting places the emphasis on the arms more than the face, and the crop is uncomfortable.
If you crop it in, you'll notice what people are saying about the pose:
 notice that her left shoulder is so much higher than the right -- it makes her look tense and uncomfortable (my husband keeps telling me I need to put my shoulders down and not have them around my ears. :)
The shadow under her nose looks a bit strange compared to the neck shadow. Is this a processing thing or how the lighting hit?
I'd also try to do some touch ups in the processing -- the shadows/slight bags under her eyes and the edge of the eye shadow could use some smoothing of some sort. (I don't particularly know what I'm doing, so I'm not sure how to do it. But with the lighting, it looks like she has bags under her eyes (lack of sleep type stuff.)
With the lighting looking a little flat -- even increasing the contrast in the photo would give it a little more richness.
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10/18/2012 08:38:25 AM · #6 |
WOW! Thank you everyone for the incredible advice. I do have another 50 shots of her so I will go back and see if I have anything that will work better with your advice.
Thanks again - Dave |
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