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 01/06/2009 03:18:53 PM · #1
Hey guys,

A friend of mine asked me to do a headshot for him, and I had neither the equipment nor the experience but I tried it anyway.

[thumb]753707[/thumb]

This is one of the shots I did a (relatively) quick edit on.

I have a SB600 flash (i think?) with a makeshift bounce card and a homemade reflector underneath him.

Any suggestions on what I should do to improve? I told him this was a preliminary shoot b/c I didn't know what I was doing, how can I improve the shot and my edit? I do landscape photography, help me out!!!

Thanks in advance,

Adam
 01/06/2009 03:30:34 PM · #2
Originally posted by AP:
Hey guys,

A friend of mine asked me to do a headshot for him, and I had neither the equipment nor the experience but I tried it anyway.

[thumb]753707[/thumb]

This is one of the shots I did a (relatively) quick edit on.

I have a SB600 flash (i think?) with a makeshift bounce card and a homemade reflector underneath him.

Any suggestions on what I should do to improve? I told him this was a preliminary shoot b/c I didn't know what I was doing, how can I improve the shot and my edit? I do landscape photography, help me out!!!

Thanks in advance,

Adam


I like it. I think that his skin is too bright though, but a little tweaking with curves can help that out. The way it is right now his skin kind of overpowers his eyes, which are the most important part of a headshot (in my opinion.) As for his expression, it seems that he is looking a little out of the frame and not directly into the lens. This makes the expression a little vacant, so I would look for some other shots that maybe have some stronger eye contact. Great first shot!
 01/06/2009 04:06:36 PM · #3
Left you a comment and a quick edit. I am far from being an expert on portrait work. So use my input as you please. That sounded a little too whorish!

Hope you like!

Leo

Check out Jordan Matter. He is one of the guys right now in NY. What I like about him is that he specializes in natural light portraits.
Here is the linky
Jordan Matter

Message edited by author 2009-01-06 16:15:11.
 01/06/2009 04:11:00 PM · #4
I agree with lovethelight, the skin is cranked up a bit given the dark background and the eyes are a bit vacant. This characteristics may be interesting in some cases, but in most cases you'll want a stronger connection between the subject and the viewer. I personally would like a little more shadow to one side or the other, but the straight on light is getting to be quite popular so I wouldn't say it was wrong in anyway.

Now that I've critiqued, let me end with a compliment and say that I do like the image. It's bold, interesting and very well executed for your first headshot.
 01/06/2009 04:17:38 PM · #5
I'm absolutely no expert on this, but I think the eyes should be sharper and the light isn't very spectacular.

And I agree with Nusbaum, it's not a bad headshot.
 01/06/2009 06:46:59 PM · #6
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Message edited by author 2009-01-06 19:34:11.
 01/07/2009 01:31:43 AM · #7
Hey guys,

Thank you very much for the responses, I appreciate it very much.

That Jordan Matter guy seems really good, I think I like natural light a lot better, that is more my bag. I'm gonna go with that next time.

Here's another edit I went with... didn't do any 'airbrushing' yet

[thumb]753906[/thumb]

Will be scheduling a reshoot with your suggestions, thanks again.

Message edited by author 2009-01-07 02:06:01.
 01/07/2009 11:32:54 AM · #8
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 01/10/2009 02:36:45 PM · #9
Originally posted by AP:
I think I like natural light a lot better, that is more my bag. I'm gonna go with that next time.

If you are a natural light person, you might try using you light as you would natural light. For example, imagine where you natural light would come from and then position a shoot through umbrella with the shafting pointing in the direction of the natural light you imagined. Then picture the natural light and where it might have bounced off a wall and put a reflector there.

I like the second photo, it has more shadow than the first and that gives it more depth.
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