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This is Katherine, a Hobart based model. Katherine's special talent is her attitude look.
The assignment was to do natural light images on a dull overcast day.
I would appreciate critique as I'm trying to improve my portrait photography.





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John

Great work on the first one John. I like the unusual use of DoF. I like the last one as well.

Like the last one. Not sure about the first due to distracting OOF areas.

i like the effect of that foreground grill it's a mad pic

but as for portraiture
i think she looks uneasy in all images
unless thats a quality you want to capture in this set
i'd say to improve you need to polish up your rapport with the model
so she doesnt give off those morbid expressions i'm not saying smiley shots
but there has to be some magic in the eyes, good expressions come from the rapport, trust between the model and phog
you can't easily set up an expression it has to be part of something spontaneous

Wendell

wendellt wrote:so she doesnt give off those morbid expressions

Juding by what John said about Katherine's "attitude look" - it being her speciality - I'd say that the look John has achieved in these shots would be exactly what he was after.

John, I think your use of the light in the fourth is great.

I understand what you're doing in the first, but I find the OOF foreground is a bit too distracting for my taste. Just as well my opinion doesn't matter, eh?

Looks Good John, You are really growing with your portraiture shots. Keep it up.

Thanks for all the comments guys.

The first image is my absolute favourite shot of the day. I love the effect of the OOF grill across her. I know she won't want this shot in her portfolio because it's obsuring her face, but I did this one for me and I am so pleased with the result.

In #2, #3, she is probably putting on the "attitude" look a bit much. Again she probably won't want to use them. In #3 in particular, I think the shot says "turn off that f...ing camera before I wrap it around your skull. Which is hardly the sort of shot for a portfolio.

I don't know if it's a rapport think or not Wendell. The last image was about the closest I could get to a smile. I wasn't after a cheesy grin, but it's almost like she didn't know how to smile if that makes any sense.

I have many more, most full length shots to really show off her long legs and not enough close in tight shots. Must remember to get closer next time. It's all good learning though.

Cheers
John

A model that won't smile ? Sheesh.

I actually like #1 too, it's different and effective. For #2 and #3 if she was auditioning for a part in Prisoner yeah maybe.

#4 is actually my pick, I like the angle and lighting actually

LOVE the concept of #1, but #4 would be my pick...just feel it's a more insightful shot. For #2 & #3, I don't know...not really keen on the skewed effect.

Overall, great work...you really should convince her to add #1 on her portfolio, though!