My first photoshoot

[Kbaby]

Hi all,

This was one of my faves from my first attempt at a photoshoot with a girlfriend. I have generally focused more so on landscape photography or anything other than portraiture so I was pretty happy with how they turned out, especially seeing as all the lighting I had was a window and an industrial light! My only issue was the bed head which seems to be growing out of her head... Must pay more attention to composition next time!

I did a few minor touch ups with PS Elements (cleaned up her eyes, fixed the contrast and white balance) but any other suggestions or feedback as to how I could improve the shot would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!



Olympus E-300
1/15sec @ f/3.9
ISO: 200


You can also see a few of the other shots on my Flikr page at:
Flickr: Kbabylicious' Photostream

[WooD]

I'd paint out the bed.

[Gaurav Prabhu]

Originally Posted by WooD

I'd paint out the bed.

Just what I was about to say.

[ttosifa]

You've blown out a big chunk of your background, while a big chunk is not blown out. If you look carefully at the background, you've got sort of a V-shaped pure white (255,255,255). Around this V-shape, you've a ring that looks sort of blue-ish purple. Inside the V is where you've blown everything out; the ring around the V is where you've half blown things; and the outside of the ring is the natural color of the wall.

It's distracting to me because it is something I try to avoid. It might not bother you or anyone else. It might be fixable in post.

But nice pics overall.

[Blaze Jaffe]

I agree about painting out the bed... My biggest thing in this photo is the lack of color/brightness of the eyes. Maybe a reflector bouncing some light back onto her face would have done the job? But that's just my humble thoughts...

[Kbaby]

Haha! Yeah the bed was one of my biggest flaws!

Ttosifa, I see what you mean now... Unfortunatly I'm working on a laptop which isn't calibrated so sometimes I miss things unless I tilt the screen, as soon as I looked for it, well... I can't stop noticing it now! LOL! I'll have to re-touch it in PS =)

Blaze Jaffe: Will try to salvage it in PS, unfortunatly I don't have reflector altho I have seen some good DIY setups on the net so will def look into it for next time!

Thanks for the help guys! =)

[PhotoPhix]

Originally Posted by Kbaby

Hi all,

This was one of my faves from my first attempt at a photoshoot with a girlfriend. I have generally focused more so on landscape photography or anything other than portraiture so I was pretty happy with how they turned out, especially seeing as all the lighting I had was a window and an industrial light! My only issue was the bed head which seems to be growing out of her head... Must pay more attention to composition next time!

I did a few minor touch ups with PS Elements (cleaned up her eyes, fixed the contrast and white balance) but any other suggestions or feedback as to how I could improve the shot would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!



Olympus E-300
1/15sec @ f/3.9
ISO: 200


You can also see a few of the other shots on my Flikr page at:
Flickr: Kbabylicious' Photostream

There is a bit to much area above your subject and the chair to the right is distracting. Here is a quick edit.

Armando

[Kbaby]

Wow! That looks fantastic Armando =)

Think I'm gonna need to do a proper photoshop course to learn my way around the program!

Thanks for your help!!

[Tara333]

Originally Posted by Kbaby

Wow! That looks fantastic Armando =)

Think I'm gonna need to do a proper photoshop course to learn my way around the program!

Thanks for your help!!

I am also incredibly new at this so thanks for posting this! I took a photoshop course at my university at it was helpful but definitely comprehensive. Let me know if you find any phenomenal sources.