Senior Photo

[polarismagic]

This was my first time I attempted taking a senior photos. These by far are not professional but did get a few good shots

[mfalk75]

I have been studying people portraits some and I'm no expert but this is my two cents. You need to work on your pose. It looks wrong. The one against the tree is a little better. The one against the wall has a lot of things wrong.

Maybe you can lean against the wall and shoot from the side and down the wall. Sort of drop/tilt your head toward the shoulder nearest to the camera.

Maybe someone will have further advice for you, good luck.

[kcoppock]

First tip from me would be to turn off the date stamp...

[polarismagic]

Yes I know the date stamp has to be turned off. I actually took the person and cropped it into a background I had already. First time trying to do that and there is a lot of work I know that needs to be done to it.

[homank76]

The lighting to harsh as well. I recommend investing into a reflector.

[Rentham]

• Find some better light. Avoid dappled lighting coming through trees. Either put the subject totally in shade or totally in sun (with the sun behind them).
• Expose for the face. You have harsh highlights and the face is mostly underexposed except for a few blown areas.
• Ditch the composite. It's not working.
• Back off the vignette by about 80%