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.

The Joker
by stupidcat

Comment:
Composition: I like the placement of the elements within the frame.

Lighting/Exposure: Light is good. Focus seems a tad off on the face. It seems that the focal point was on the card and it managed to get the card and the nose :)

Pose: I rather like the pose.

Suggestions for Improvements: A clean card ;) I think that at f4, had you focused on the nose instead of the card, it would have all fallen into the focal plane quite well.

I love your creativity. Looking forward to more :)