my second :) attempt at portraits

[Kellyj69]

ok .. so I took alot of advice from this site and I hope I used it all properly theres always so much great advice here... Thanks everyone!

for some reason the site won't let me post the images .. heres a link

Tyrell 07-11-10 - a set on Flickr

I would like critique on lighting, composition, general critique etc and of course ANYTHING else you might feel will help me is always greatly appreciated!

My camera is a rebel Xs

most of these shots were taken with my
50mm f/1.8 prime @ f/1.8
ISO 100 to 800 as it got darker
no flash
aperture priority

[marcus1983b]

overall i think they are very nice. one thing bothered me on the very first shot and that is the sun burst effect that is right over the model's forehead - i found it very distracting. i like that you're not afraid to cut off you're subject's forehead as well - i'm a big fan of unconventional portraits.

[Aleix]

Agreed: in the first picture, the light effect is distracting. It looks to me like it has been PP added; try without...

Some other photos have other type of issues: for instance IMG_0227_1_1024x683 has far too much red saturation, and blue as well. Could have more contrast too. I like much more its counterpart IMG_0226_1024x683; but you could still tweak it a bit to make it pop.

[Kellyj69]

Thank you both very much .. as I said this is my second attempt at shooting portraits .. I plan on ALOT more practice .. trying to move over to the SYS section

I'm also going to take a Photoshop course at my local college ..

[Aleix]

Great! Practice is the best way to improve

[windrider86]

To post from Flickr you'll need to click on the link above your photo that says share. Next click on html code and pick the size you want. copy and paste!

[Kellyj69]

thanks for the info Windrider .. but I was trying to just upload a picture.. I kept getting a "not a valid image file" error.. but now in the future I know how to do it from Flickr thanks