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A friend of a friend contacted me and said she'd heard I "take pictures"

She wanted me to shoot her daughter and boyfriend before they headed off to prom. I had no idea what to charge, so I said I'd do the shoot for free and charge her $5 for 5x7's and $10 for 8x10's (US dollars). She agreed and here's some of the results:













More here:
http://gallery.netmagi.com/promcouple

They were all shot with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4D. That lens is KILLER for portraits. . The customer was extremely happy with the work and has bought $70 worth of shots so far and wants more. I feel all giddy

Please comment/critique.

-Rich

I don't know whether it's just the resized shots, but they all seem to be a little soft. However the composition is good and the skin tones on the first two are nice, but I also think the last couple of shots look a bit cold. Good work though I'm sure the mother is very happy with them.

Nice shots.
Nice girl.
He had to spoil it didn't he.

Lol. I think that dude must shop here.
http://www.pimphats.com/

Btw, wd on the shoot and picking up some payed work.

Congrats on the first Pro shoot, Rich.

Nice shots and the outfits are great. Couple of comments in my opinion - too much space above their heads - there aren't any full length shots (especially the first two) and you have cut the hands out of the second shot which leaves the picture feeling incomplete - hands on the shot really add to a portrait... again, my humble opinion as a non-paid amateur

Rich - great shots of two young people. Having been paid for many years for my work and the criteria is that the client like the work and they obviously did - well done.

On a more personal note - the girl is very pretty but she had better watch her boyfriend

Rich, congrats on being paid, like the last, they seem to have relaxed by then.

KIpper, I would never have guessed that you had pimphats bookmarked! Those hats will scare the birds, try the ghilli suit instead

Can anyone else not see the pictures?

mateo

The site seems to be down

No I'm not getting the pictures either. Perhaps the multitudes coming for a look from this forum overloaded the site!


Bob

kipper wrote:I think that dude must shop here.
http://www.pimphats.com/

Even better: http://www.pimpsuits.net/

Edit: love the composition, especially with the water shots! Great stuff!

sorry pics are up.. . I had a TWL league match tonight (geek online game thingee)

my web server was lagging my connection so I had to turn it off till the match was over.. . sorry guys

-Rich

Rich I have to say I love the photos and if I was paying I think that I would be quite happy.

Could the shots have used a fill flash to remove some of the shadows from the pimp hat and around the eyes etc?

NetMagi, great shots

The fella has got a bit of an Abe Lincoln look about him, would be interesting with one of your trademark Black & Whites you do like the process you did on your Haunted House.

Might be an interesting look.

Mic.

Thanks for all the comments, and yes, some fill flash would have really helped in a lot of the shots. I definetely still have a lot to learn and I was really glad the customer liked the shots.


Here you go Mic:



It didn't come out as good as I was hoping. His white suit makes it hard to get that contrasty look with the b&w.

-Rich

Came up well Rich,

I like it a lot.

Mic.

Hi netmagi... like the shots alot... the couple should be very happy.

I hope you don't mind... but i've run one of the shots through an action which i use for 'romantic' type shots.... holla if you have problems with me editing the shot and i'll remove it...



cheers

I really like them. Great composition but maybe a little tighter cropping on all would be good. B&W seems to work so offer them both....at an extra cost of coarse!!

xerubus wrote:Hi netmagi... like the shots alot... the couple should be very happy.

I hope you don't mind... but i've run one of the shots through an action which i use for 'romantic' type shots.... holla if you have problems with me editing the shot and i'll remove it...


cheers

Please feel welcome to re-post my stuff processed differently anytime. I definetely don't have a problem with it.

I can't say I'm sure if I like the effect though. On my monitor it looks a bit muddy, but maybe as a print the effect would come out better.

Rich, nice shots all round, Max