My first model/studio shoot - feedback needed!!

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/11/2007 09:16:35 AM · #1

hey all ... today i did my first model and studio shoot. i ripped through about 480 photographs (on my new 8gb cf card).

i'm including a series of samples. any and all constructive feedback is very, very welcome. i'm also experimenting with the post-processing, so your comments there are also welcome.

i wasn't happy with the full body photos ... so i'm focusing on mostly upper body and face.

thanks!!

pamelasue

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/11/2007 09:26:31 AM · #2

I'll start by saying that I'm not even close to being an expert ... but I think for the most part these look great ... I guess my only wish is that more of them were in portrait orientation so the top of her head wasn't cut off ...

congrats, you did a good job!

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED

03/11/2007 10:26:55 AM · #3

Originally posted by pamelasue:

thanks pamela ... it was quite a learning experience.

regarding the framing, i'm a fan of landscape orientation and tight cropping. i tend to crop heads, but i kinda like doing it that way ... i do admit it's not to the taste of some! :)

oh, and thanks for the comments on individual photos. muchos gracias! :)

nomad469

Nikon D700

03/11/2007 10:31:17 AM · #4

I am with you on the tight crop ... BUT
the portrait orentation IMHO just looks better with single people most of the time (there are exceptions)

I am not a real fan of the green background with her. It does some wierd things to her skintone

Dave

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/11/2007 10:41:18 AM · #5

I left a bunch of comments. I *do* like the crops on most of these. I think if you look in the magazines, you'll find that tight crops like these are all the rage. It works well... cutting out what isn't interesting (the top of someone's head, who wants to look at that?!?) and forces you to look right into their eyes.

There are some very good shots there. I think this one is my favorite:

pcody

Canon PowerShot G6

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

03/11/2007 11:16:10 AM · #6

I like how she did her hair in this series. This is my favorite. I thought I'd mention something that looked a bit strange to me, maybe I'm the only one. The main catchlights are at different places on both eyes, because of the way she tilted her head I suppose... Still...?

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

03/11/2007 07:12:40 PM · #7

thanks for the feedback ... this will help me a lot for my next shoot! :)

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

03/11/2007 07:50:51 PM · #8

I really like these, especially:

(can you tell I'm a big fan of B&W portraits?)

The crops work very well in my opinion - it takes them out of a cold snapshot portrait and into a higher level.
A couple could use a little manual sharpening in the iris to give them the sparkle that comes across so well.

I also liked this one a lot, but needs some work on the eyes as you know,
and did an quickie edit of it, though I'm not entirely happy with the outcome.
(besides the eyes, I selected her teeth, went into hue saturation,
dropped the yellow saturation down and increase the brightness)

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