first photoshoot

[erickson_abreu]

what do you guys think? what could i have done differently?

[graciousness]

Hey there! Welcome to the critique forum!

Can you kindly provide your exif information so that we can advice you better on the camera settings, etc?

At quick glance, the photo is overexposed. The lighting is all over the place to the point that her white shirt blends in with the sheets. The composition is not that great, either, being that the main focal point you have on the image is her shirt and not her face. If this is a portrait, then you need to compose so that her face is the main focus within the image.

It's also cropped very tight from what i remember.

In the future, could you kindly embed the images instead of attaching? It's easier to refer back to the photos if it's embedded within the post as we can't see the photo while we're typing a response if it's attached.

Post your exif so that people can advice what can be improved with the settings you used. Also, advice on the lighting set up you used as this is the main area that you had issues with, in my opinion.

Cheers and welcome again!

Grace

[Mathieu C]

I would also suggest that makeup is either on the eyes or on the lips; not both.

[Ridgetop]

Overexposure is definitely an issue. Also, cropping 1/2 her arm off doesn't help the picture. I think her makeup is fine, but that's a personal thing. The pic is so overexposed that it gives the impression that an arm is just lying above her and not connected to anything. Like a broken Barbie Doll .

[erickson_abreu]

lmao "broken barbie doll" and thank you all guys, i will have another shoot with the same model in a few days i will take all of these advices into consideration, hopefully i'll get better photos, i just need to really really practice alot

[ChrisAdval]

now thats a good looking model with very nice set of lips... but anyways besides that the whites are overpowering my eyes, aka washed out, and not just that I tend to try avoiding white wardrobe with white backdrops as much as possible unless you're doing specific lighting to separate the both. As for framing you cut off her elbow, the entire frame is a bit too tight for me, and EXIF information could be helpful for me to critique more technically.

[zona5101]

besides the aforementioned...the "up the nose" angle of this shot is not working for me...