Shot from Shoot with Friend

[itsTylerRandall]

I would like it if you could critique this shot

How is the composition? Exposure/Lighting? Pose?

Also I would love if you could tell me how to improve my photography.
Thank you all in advance

Ohhh and I know I cut off her shoes a tad. That would be a small mistake on my part which I recognized shortly after taking this




Exif info:
Camera - Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure - 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture - f/3.2
Focal Length - 50 mm
ISO Speed - 100
Exposure Bias - 0 EV
Flash - Off, Did not fire

[Ambrosia76]

Not real sure the pose does it for me and her belt is so bright my eye immediately went to it instead of her face.

[commongrackle]

As Ambrosia said, the belt is too bright which is distracting. And even though the overall photo is very bright (almost too bright here), there is a shadow on her face. The pose isn't working and I don't like the position of her hand next to her face.

[autofocus]

Tyler, it's a nice shot, and considering you're shooting in possibly the worst kind of light you pulled it off pretty well. I like the rest of the series also. Maybe just a slightly tighter crop off the top a bit, but other than that, you did good. I think for a young photographer, you have a lot of potential, and you'll only get better with time

[autofocus]

Tyler, it's sometimes possible to stretch a frame and recover from something like your problem with the tight crop on the shoes. This is a very fast edit just to show you it can be done..kind of a proof of concept. It just should be done a little more carefully than my quick version

[commongrackle]

I like autofocus's little tweak, I think it does improve the shot in some aspect.

[itsTylerRandall]

Thank you all for the great advice