Mom, not in front of the guys.
by jdennique

Comment:
sorry, not a studio portrait. :(

The Apple of My Eye
by Pestilence

Comment:
obviously not a colour studio portrait and it is suffering from compression artifacts.

Little Geisha
by bruski

Comment:
Great concept, but would be more effective if she was not straight on to the camera. Well exposed and the props are awesome.

clematis
by gmink

Comment:
sorry, not a studio portrait.

Joan
by DLPhoto

Comment:
For one light this is very nicely lit. The model has beatiful skin and very expressive eyes. My only two nit picks are the horizontal crop which cuts off the top of her head while leaving extra space on the sides to show what is on the left side of the image very distracting. (nothing wrong with a portrait in horizontal crop if it works for the image...just not this one)

Overall you did great with your umbrella! 6

Remember Tomorrow
by CorySmith

Comment:
I am not a big gun person so I will guess that is a shell casing supposedly flying out of the side of the gun?

Nicely lit for the soldier's head and helmut but the lighting on the hands make them stick out a bit too much. I like that you tried to do something different.

That being said, it is not going to pass as a studio portrait because even if I ignore what looks like trees behind him, we do not fire guns in the studio....so even though it is DNMC I will still score it a 5 because there is some obvious lighting going on here which took some work to set up. :)

Breathless
by L800Lisa

Comment:
studio portrait? wrong challenge perhaps? better luck next time.

Hungry? Why Wait?
by lambertfamily21

Comment:
I think perhaps making this a vertical crop instead of horizontal would be more effective from my point of view. Keeping her arms in the shot an the top of her head, is more important to me then the sides of the dress.

Rose
by MYLC

Comment:
I like that you are taking a chance with the bold directional lighting here. Your exposure is bang on. I am not so sure I like the side view so much, and I know that I find the hand distracting. I do love the boldness of the lighting set up though.

Susan
by Crafty

Comment:
A great model with a very pleasant expression. The hair and tilt of her head are nice. The harsh shadow under her chin and the very flat lighting, as well as the very white skin tones take away from the image.

Overall a nice shot with some obvious work put into it.