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Yup its Amanda again... pretty girl and she photographs well... Sunnylass and I met her yesterday afternoon for a few beach shots...

Oh.. and keep it toned gents ... she is only 16yrs...

Very dynamic composition...(yes, I did notice the composition first). Your model is reacting directly with the viewer in a confronting, in your face kind of way and that works very well. Your post-processing is excellent. It's obvious your model is very comfortable with your direction and trusts you....I think as a team you guys have some stunning imagery yet to come. Keep at it and keep refining your technique. Love it!

The second one is great. The last one has too much pp for me. With the first I find my eye wandering to her boobs (and I'm a girl too so it's not a region I check out!).

It's OK Marvin! I checked it out for you.

Matt. K wrote:It's OK Marvin! I checked it out for you.

 LOL, someone has to do it!! Thanks Matt, you're a lifesaver!

A great collection....

I think no 3 is the best, quite dynamic, but I'd love to see the stray hair cloned out. From the rest of her hair you can see the wind etc, I think it just detracts a little.

No 2 has underwear marks on the l/h hip.

No 4 is a little over processed.

I think there is a clear chemistry between the model and the camera, she works very well with you.....

Great shots. I actually prefer her more natural skin tones in the first to the overly smooth ones in the last.

I do like your B&W treatment - what conversoin process do you use?

I prefer the last one. The lighting and PP look great, very glamourous.

Cheers
Steffen.

I really like the first 3...She does seem to work well with you both....The PP on the last i am really not sure on...

Overall..Very well done..

Cheers Joe

Nice Tones, Sue All good. As mentioned Amanda seems very comfortable with the camera and obviously with you taking the shots.
Like your processing of these too.

Cheers, Mick

I like 1 & 2
3 looks like she was pushed over by a wave...
thats just me though
cheers

Great work Sue! I agree with the comments on the last, but I think it is only just overdone.

I'd love to learn how to take good photos of people, perhaps we need a portraiture workshop at some stage?

I like 2 and 4. Not only because of great B&W but because of more glamorous look and very dynamic composition. Great job, Sue!!!

Hello my beautiful Sue
I really like the last shot - I agree it is a very very very little bit overprocessed, but I'm guessing that was the look you were going for - it is a wonderful bW conversion !!!!
Bloody lovely
And I agree with bwhinnen, I know that I need lots and lots and LOTS of help !!!!!
Hugs
Rel

i really love the last one ... first thing i thought whwn i saw it was " damn i wish i could take pics as good as that!!"

Bindii is gunna hate me for this, but she is a darn good teacher and I'm learning heaps.

sunnylass - tempt her with greasy hot box food - she loves it

blacknstormy wrote:sunnylass - tempt her with greasy hot box food - she loves it

 LOL that is what we usually have when we go out shooting together, unless its later in the afternoon.

I've heard lots of lovely things about you by the way, and hope to meet you soon.

sunnylass - now you have me worried - Sue said nice things about me ?????? LOL
Now I'm going to have to buy her all the greasy food she wants from the first hot box I see ....
mmmm....
might get a nice bit of kabana from the chip shop opposite the train station tonight LOL

blacknstormy wrote:sunnylass - now you have me worried - Sue said nice things about me ?????? LOL
Now I'm going to have to buy her all the greasy food she wants from the first hot box I see ....
mmmm....
might get a nice bit of kabana from the chip shop opposite the train station tonight LOL

 LOL

Big Red wrote:i really love the last one ... first thing i thought whwn i saw it was " damn i wish i could take pics as good as that!!"

My thoughts exactly, the whole composition/ pose etc is perfect.
Great shots, I have such a lot to learn

Reschsmooth wrote:I do like your B&W treatment - what conversoin process do you use?

Oh gosh.. you know I play so much that its kinda hard to describe exactly what I did on these shots.. I do know that on the last one though I used both PS and PSP to get that overproccessed effect...(I do have one that is not quite as overproccessed though)... I tend to use virtual photographer and various other coloured filters (reduced opacity) and I often select just certain areas of the shots and apply different things to just those areas to get the effects I like.. So sorry I could just give you a simple answer..

bwhinnen wrote:
I'd love to learn how to take good photos of people, perhaps we need a portraiture workshop at some stage?

I'd be in that if enough people are interested... it certainly wouldnt be too hard to get a couple of models and some togs together for an outdoors workshop... I can't help with studio type stuff though as I'm lost when it comes to that stuff...

blacknstormy wrote:Hello my beautiful Sue
I really like the last shot - I agree it is a very very very little bit overprocessed, but I'm guessing that was the look you were going for - it is a wonderful bW conversion !!!!

Rel

Hey gorgeous..

and yup thats the look I was going for... plastic skin is the new black... *grins*

Big Red wrote:i really love the last one ... first thing i thought whwn i saw it was " damn i wish i could take pics as good as that!!"

You can.. it just takes practice.. *nods*

plastic skin is the new black

mmmm.... I wonder if there is a plastic skin that does the whole super-gut-sucker thing ?????? I think for me it would have to be industrial grade though .....
mmmmmmmm........... now I want another piece of kabana

blacknstormy wrote:

plastic skin is the new black

mmmm.... I wonder if there is a plastic skin that does the whole super-gut-sucker thing ?????? I think for me it would have to be industrial grade though .....
mmmmmmmm........... now I want another piece of kabana

There is... its called a corset... *nods*...

and did I hear Kabana... you do know that you have an obligation to the other women of this forum to share Kabana and nude shots of the male members here...

oh alright... you have an obligation to me.. never mind the rest of them!

Kabana and nude shots of the male members here...

the fact that you put these two together sooooo quickly is quite scary - is that the real reason you have a fettish for kabana, only, it's not really kabana ?????? LOL

blacknstormy wrote:
the fact that you put these two together sooooo quickly is quite scary - is that the real reason you have a fettish for kabana, only, it's not really kabana ?????? LOL

Ooooops... I tries... but I just can't restrain myself...

makes for some fun though..

Bindii wrote:and did I hear Kabana... you do know that you have an obligation to the other women of this forum to share Kabana and nude shots of the male members here...

oh alright... you have an obligation to me.. never mind the rest of them!

Oi, I like looking at nude men! But um I'll pass on the kabana

Bindii wrote:

blacknstormy wrote:

plastic skin is the new black

mmmm.... I wonder if there is a plastic skin that does the whole super-gut-sucker thing ?????? I think for me it would have to be industrial grade though .....
mmmmmmmm........... now I want another piece of kabana

There is... its called a corset... *nods*...

and did I hear Kabana... you do know that you have an obligation to the other women of this forum to share Kabana and nude shots of the male members here...

oh alright... you have an obligation to me.. never mind the rest of them!

Bindii wrote:

bwhinnen wrote:
I'd love to learn how to take good photos of people, perhaps we need a portraiture workshop at some stage?

I'd be in that if enough people are interested... it certainly wouldnt be too hard to get a couple of models and some togs together for an outdoors workshop... I can't help with studio type stuff though as I'm lost when it comes to that stuff...

I'd be all for it, always willing to learn new techniques, and whilst I'm good at cars and bikes and their respective drivers / riders, photographing people / models scare the bejesus out of me Go figure!

bwhinnen wrote:
I'd be all for it, always willing to learn new techniques, and whilst I'm good at cars and bikes and their respective drivers / riders, photographing people / models scare the bejesus out of me Go figure!

Okays.. if a few of us want to do it it wouldnt be too hard to organise something... why dont you post something in the brisbane forum and see if anyone is interested?...

Beautiful work Sue. Amanda looks amazing and, as Matt said, you two have got some stunning images in your future.