The Rural Girl
by bnilesh

Comment:
Composition: Your crop is wonderful here.

Lighting/Exposure: The light makes her look old beyond her years. The darkness around her eyes and her mouth, the fact that her hair looks to be losing it's colour, all work together to capture that feeling.

Pose: I'd like to see her head turned a bit one way or the other.

Suggestions for Improvements: A little bit of soft light on her face might bring the girl back out.

This is a very striking portrait. Conveys a strong feeling of adulthood from a child. Rather haunting, actually. Can't wait to see more! :)

her hand
by Jutilda

Comment:
Composition: I like the way you managed to keep a sense of purpose and keep her hand in the frame. Great choice for a square crop.

Lighting/Exposure: I like the contrast in this shot. It makes me look much harder.

Pose: N/A candid.

Suggestions for Improvements: None.

I like the duotone. Gives it a lovely old feel. Great to have you in this SC!! :)

Sunkissed
by Jutilda

Comment:
Composition: Wonderful. I love her placement in the frame.

Lighting/Exposure: Perfect. Backlighting and shadows both work well together here.

Pose: SO cute! I am guessing this is a candid shot, it is lovely.

Suggestions for Improvements: NONE. Keep it just the way it is.

I am so glad you got a new camera when yours broke! What would the DPC community do without lovely new shots like this to look at? :) She is just beautiful and your treatment in post is spectacular. Overall softness but a very sharp set of eyes. I really like this!

watching my step
by onesaint

Comment:
Composition: Leading lines are wonderful, lovely sense of motion.

Lighting/Exposure: A tad harsh, but nothing that distracts from the loveliness of that baby girl.

Pose: N/A candid.

Suggestions for Improvements: I have no idea what to suggest because I am not familiar LOL!!

She is a true beauty. I look forward to seeing more of what this lens can do with a portrait.

heather
by onesaint

Comment:
Composition: I would like to see the head in front cropped out.

Lighting/Exposure: Your light is nice here. I am guessing window/available light.

Pose: N/A as it is a candid.

Suggestions for Improvements: Just the cropping of that head :)

These are pretty cool... on to the next one :)

trapped in the high chair again.
by onesaint

Comment:
Composition: I love the closeup. She is looking right into my soul.

Lighting/Exposure: Beautiful and soft. I'd like to see a bit more light on the right side.

Pose: Her expression is so cute here!

Suggestions for Improvements: I'm a bit stuck here as I don't really know about that lens and I have no settings/setup to go by :)

I like lensbaby shots, as a whole. I am interested to see what you do with it. :)

Taste
by incubus

Comment:
Composition: Nice positioning of all the elements in the frame.

Lighting/Exposure: I like that I can read the labels on the bottles... keeps them from being distracting blobs in the foreground. I lament the loss of detail in the hair.

Pose: Perfect expression.

Suggestions for Improvements: Some more lighting on the hair so it doesn't blend quite so much. That's all I can see though.

I just love some of the expressions on your face in this SC. Keep it up, these are great!

#3
by breadfan35

Comment:
Composition: I like the way he is in our faces here. Connection is key :)

Lighting/Exposure: Very nicely lit and perfect f-stop choice.

Pose: I'm not fond of straight into the camera shots. Shoulders are slumpy.

Suggestions for Improvements: Tilt or turn the head a little. Raise the right or left shoulder a bit to avoid the slumpies.

Overall, this is lovely. I really adore the catchlight in the eyes. Nicely done.

A Couple of Blue Ribbons ;-)
by Lonz

Comment:
This is genius :)

another low road descending
by photokariangel

Comment:
Composition: I find more to look at each time I look at it. It is crooked but straight, cold but warm, and happy but sad. Wonderful leading lines too!

Lighting/Exposure: Wonderfully soft looking snow, the soft shadows on the porch, the light on the distant mountains. All spectacular. Nice use of f4 here.

Pose: You look cold! :)

Suggestions for Improvements: Ummmmmmm... none, actually.

Another wonderful SP from you, Kari! Simply lovely.