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Another set for class. The brief this time was to experiment with some compositional techniques discussed on either a 'medium sized' inanimate object or a person using only daylight in it's various forms. I roped in a friend of mine who hates having her photo taken, but has a delusion that I possess some talent so let's me shoot her to encourage me to take more shots. All straight from the camera.

A couple playing with perspective and point of view. A few hot spots that probably need to be taken care of here:




Some shallow depth of field


Messing around with edge of the frame



I also played with some leading lines, patterns, some interesting shadows and negative space with various levels of success but these were my favourites. We have to hand them in B&W so hopefully they look good in monotone!

For me the last one is the strongest, I'm not 100% sure about the wire on the fence, the affect in the OOF area is a little bit distracting but at the same time, without it it might be a little too bland.

In the first one the colour looks a bit off and you are kind of drawn to look at her boobs. The second is definitely better without the hot spots but I wonder if a small bit of fill flash might have brightened her up a bit. The fourth appeals to me. I like her expression and her face is a bit brighter.

Thanks guys.

I hadn't noticed the colour in the first one on the lappy but looking again and especially in print it's pretty bad. I think that would be refelction from the sandstone wall on the right of frame... didn't think about that. I just love the expression knowing her, it's pretty much her telling me to stop being a smart arse . It looks better B&W but the hotspots become a problem so may have a go at fixing them.

I think the second could be good with a bit of post, these are out of cam.

This is the 3rd in B&W which may make the fence a little less distracting. I hadn't actually intended to have it there to start with then got caught up trying to get that expression that I forgot about my background... again!


And another that may be stronger, or not, with the exception of that wisp of hair on the face.

For me, the fourth image of the first post is the *best* by quite a way.

The high wide angle of the first two makes her head inordinately large, while I like this style for some shots, I don't like it for portraits. The third - well I'm not a fan of armpit shots.

In your second post, I quite like both image. The BW works well and in the second, the composition is great, but as you say marred by the errant hair strand.

If those strands of hair were just a bit lower and thicker I think they would actually work quite well.