Portraits

[Lothegan]

Write comments and critique about this photo..^_^

[Teewinot]

Lothegan,

I'm not too experienced at portrait shots, but here's my two cents:

I definitely like how the subject is looking beyond...makes me wonder what she is thinking. I wonder if opening up some more space in the direction she is looking would help (or you could lose some space on the left to possibly achieve the same effect).

The light is immediately apparent and her hair is glowing something lovely. However, it's unfortunate that the right side of her face got so blown out. Could you tone down this light a little in post processing?

Finally, the background is pretty decent, but I find myself just a little distracted by those branches on the right.

Overall nice job on capturing a moment with your subject!

[Lothegan]

Thanks a lot for your comment....i want follow your council

[clockdoc]

Hi Lothegan,
I agree with Teewinot's observations. Can you tell us alittle more about how you made this photo and if there was any post processing work? Was it your intention to go for the high contrast images as shown? Personally I like alittle less contrast ratio for color portraits. Otherwise a nice pose and expression. Thanks for sharing your work. I look forward to seeing more of your portraiture.

[Lothegan]

I've take this photo on a forest, the sun was filter from the coppers.
There is a little manipulation for the contrast, i've increased it with photoshop.
Why you dont like the effect of the contrast?
I think that the contrast increase the differences between light and shadow on her face..
Thanks a lot for your comments and sorry for my bad english...

Lothegan

[Saralonde]

I've looked at this pic a lot. Lovely model with beautiful hair. That's what I keep noticing, her hair. Because of the contrast of light on her face, her hair is more prominent. It could be because the lighting washes out some of the detail on her face and since her eyes are not looking at the camera, we don't see the life in her eyes. Those 2 things together (not seeing her eyes and lack of facial detail) are probably what keeps it from being stunning. I see what you were going for; contrast in images can make them very interesting, but I think they are really hard to do.
By the way, your English is quite good. No need to apologise.

[jiminyClickit]

Lothegan,

To answer the question you asked clockdoc or Teewinot, when the face gets that much lighter and darker, it flattens out, so you lose the wonderful shapes that make us who we are. And we instinctively like to see detail. For a high-contrast shot, yours is very appealing, thanks partly to your model.

[jiminyClickit]

Saralonde,

Jinx!

[Saralonde]

LOL, Jim, that's too funny!

[clockdoc]

Hi Lothegan. There is a place for high contrast images of models and if that is what pleases you, then you have achieved your goal. As a photographer trained in the 'old school' before the availability of digital manipulation, my goal was to record the model as faithfully as I could with the tools available. If the shot called for high contrast, then that could be achieved to a limited degree from the original negatives or transparencies. It is not that I don't like what you have done with the contrast but rather a personal taste in portraiture. I would encourage you to keep shooting portraits and post the results here for us to enjoy.
Your English is just fine. Please let me know if I have clarified my points regarding your portrait.