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Postby jethro on Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:43 pm

Give it to me i probablly deserve it
Definately some PS work on the Background all else minor skin corrections
and yes its another baby shot my big baby
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Postby Glen on Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:51 pm

Nice portrait Jethro, especially the big smile is great
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Postby avkomp on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:06 pm

Nice portrait

I prefer darker backgrounds for portraits
For my taste, the background is a little too similar to your models hair colour.

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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:09 pm

Nice one, but the background looks too tacky for my tastes.

Also, what f stop were you using? Seems part of her hair is a bit OOF or could be camera shake.
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Postby jethro on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:09 pm

Thanks glen
Thanks Steve I thought that as i did it. brain didn't adjust that quick.My first thought which i still believe is the best was for a smoky dark orangy burnt colour.
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Postby kipper on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:10 pm

Ditto that.
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Postby jethro on Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:11 pm

Piro this was hand held most likely the reason. apreciate the comment
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:52 pm

Jethro, for a first portrait it's not bad and show you are well on your way to improving for your next one, and the one after that etc... i know you can take a good photo and i am sure you will learn portraits very quickly, through practise. She would make a good subject to practise on.

Things that struck me in order of viewing:
1. Your subject's eyes are an amazing blue. They really stand out against pretty much every colour in the image. An interesting contrast. Perhaps a blue shirt would compliment nicely.
2. The composition. I believe she is too far to the right of the image. Slightly to the left of middle would better suit her gaze, which is to the right hand side. This leaves a bit more 'space' for her to gaze into. Same rule goes for moving objects such as cars. Give the subject somewhere to move into. (Her eyes are obviously looking into the camera, but her posture isn't.)
3. The smile. She has a wonderful smile.
4. The background. As said above, should be a bit darker but that can be fixed in photoshop using layers. This will put much more focus on your subject, which is much more important.
5. DOF a bit too shallow or camera shake. Easy fixed and i am sure you know how.

I hope this is helpful. I rarely do studio style portraits myself, i much prefer candids and i don't have a studio :) My website has quite a few candid portraits in the military section that would make good examples. I'll be uploading a few more this weekend. Link is below.
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