Portraits

[Thomas93]

Thinking of contiuing my art project using similiar techniques as I am currently doing, so fancied some C&C on my current lot

Sorry for the direct links, haven't figured embedding out yet!



Cheers!

EXIF data:
Photo#1:Equipment Make: Panasonic
Camera Model: DMC-FS3
Camera Software: Ver.1.0
Maximum Lens Aperture: f/2.8
Sensing Method: One-Chip Color Area
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 33 mm

Image-Specific Properties:

Image Orientation: Right-Hand, Top
Horizontal Resolution: 180 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 180 dpi
Image Created: 2009:11:27 16:18:46
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
F-Number: f/2.8
Exposure Program: Portrait Mode
ISO Speed Rating: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Pattern
Light Source: Unknown
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 5.50 mm

[mrdale]

Please furnish the EXIF data so we can tell what your settings were. They all are under exposed. On the two portraits there is too much head room, try cropping from the top. The third would be more interesting if your subject was looking back at the camera. Keep shooting and thanks for sharing.

dale

[Thomas93]

EXIF furnished.

Links updated to pictures.

Cheers.

[lputman]

Please ask specifically what you would like critique on per the http://digital-photography-school.co...rum-rules.html.

[Thomas93]

(2 of my photos seemed to have gone AWOL, but they are on my flickr.)

Well in the photo I was going for the more natural poses and surroundings, no a staged photo.

Really I want to know what you think and where I could've done better.

Sorry for being vague.

Thanks.

[Benji]

Originally Posted by Thomas93

(2 of my photos seemed to have gone AWOL, but they are on my flickr.)

Well in the photo I was going for the more natural poses and surroundings, no a staged photo.

Really I want to know what you think and where I could've done better.

Sorry for being vague.

Thanks.

This forum is entitled "Portraits." "Natural poses and surroundings" are usually called snapshots. In a portrait the image maker thoughtfully arranges every aspect of the image. He properly poses the subject then properly lights the subject and makes sure the hair, jewelry and clothing are positioned properly then he carefully makes the capture. In snapshots the image maker usually whips the camera up and fires off a number of images and hopes something looks good. Spray and pray is what pros call these shots. Asking for critique on snapshots is a lesson in futility IMHO.

Benji

[Katie_Belmont]

I would crop some of the dead space at the top. It is significantly underexposed so I would adjust the curves/levels to correct it. In the future I would use a wider f-stop to isolate the subject from the background through depth of field since the trees in the back aren't important. Then If you increase the saturation a bit to compensate for the loss of color with underexposure it would look something like.....

[Thomas93]

Unfortunately this one was taken with the digi-cam not what with adjustable values.

The one on my flickr is a DSLR photo and was staged. (The one looking down from in a tree.)

Will shop it around a little though, thanks.