Reply To: Constructive Criticism, please

[Thom]

Hi Kairee,

Enjoyed looking thru your portfolio. You have a breezy lifestyle cut to your work that reminds me of Peggy Sirota. One thing I do see that is missing is a tad bit more contrast. Maybe a hard sun backlight kick. An edger that just pops your subject from the background. You have the poses down, but it seems like overcast. I think also you may be wanting to take a “perfect” shot. Which is balance it without having lens aberrations. I feel a lot of lifestyle work (in particular Gap ads) tend to allow certain edginess to the camera to come forth. The 5D to me is just so clean. It strips away a lot of personality and texture. I fight it all the time. Which is why I shoot film for the most part.

Hope that helped.

Best wishes,

Thom