ariel_day2.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by TCGuru:
Composition: I feel the crop on this is a bit tight. A bit more headroom, I think.

Lighting/Exposure: A tad on the bright side. Especially the hair. BUT, I much prefer this non-flash version as you have some interesting light and shadow going on.

Pose: I love her pose here. Her eyes are cut back towards the camera perfectly and her arms say, "GO AWAY!!"

Suggestions for Improvements: From someone that uses constant lighting as well and not flash, remember WYSIWYG. That light there in the back is very harsh on her hair. I would suggest moving both lights back a bit and the one in the rear a bit higher. Also, moving her another foot away from the BG so that it goes blurry. That lens is going to be its sharpest at around f4. When doing a studio portrait, with someone other than a little kid ;), try taking your ISO to 100, putting your camera on a tripod, and adjusting everything else around the metering. You also have remote capture software that came with your camera.

You are lucky to have such a willing model. Again, your daughter is very pretty and certainly knows her moods :)

Young Indiana Jones
by stupidcat

Comment by socalsteve:
Love it! Great shot! I would crop it tighter also - a center comp would good here IMO.

sydney_day3.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by shalrath:
What a great portrait! The crop and composition are marvelous. I agree that setting your white balance correctly to remove the green/blue cast (possibly it was a flourescent?) would have greatly improved this shot.

Young Indiana Jones
by stupidcat

Comment by shalrath:
I would have cropped tighter as well, but I love the low key lighting, something I have to practice myself.

Young Indiana Jones
by stupidcat

Comment by photokariangel:
for me, i'd done a tighter crop. though thats just me, im not very good at distinguishing good negative space and bad.
overall, i quite like the shot too.

Message edited by author 2009-01-04 02:08:09.

Bubbly
by stupidcat

Comment by bauerfan71:
Intersting juxtaposition of the formal necklace against the playful bubble.

sydney_day3.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by socalsteve:
Very cute photo. I like the lighting style, the temperature though seems a bit harsh.

eta: by "harsh" I mean bluish/greenish. Maybe warm it up a bit?

Message edited by author 2009-01-03 19:29:25.

sydney_day3.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by photokariangel:
oh how precise. i quite like the lighting here, because it gives it a sense of the moon light spilling in through her window and lighting her. very nicely done.

ariel_day2.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by bassbone:
There is a lot of intensity in her gaze - and I think you captured her eyes pretty well.

The thing I notice is that although she has those cool Japanese hair ornaments - we really can't see them well due to the low lighting in the back.

ariel_day1.jpg
by stupidcat

Comment by bassbone:
The high contrast approach really makes your daughter seem very mature. I agree with others comments about the cropping - the chin missing seems to throw off the image a bit. I do like the almost colored in look of the green eyes in this one - it seems to work for me here (and I am not usually a selective desaturation fan).

I am also not convinced by the object to the far left - it seems to be more distracting than enhancing to the photo