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[stef]

I noticed a few bizarre color casts on a few series. I assume the first link was supposed to be that way, but it happens all over.

 

This series the skin is blown out heavily. Shooting in sunlight is difficult, and you have to find a way to handle that. Simply blowing out the skin to expose the face properly isn’t the solution. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=270024886363094&set=a.259754107390172.35295.215002681865315&type=3

 

If you’re shooting fashion, you need to make sure the fashion looks good. Many of your shots the color is bizarre (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=301056823259900&set=a.259754107390172.35295.215002681865315&type=3 ) or it just doesn’t hang well or visualize well. At least the water looks level.

 

Is this actually fashion or is it modeling? I can’t see the dress at all because it’s completely blown due to overexposure. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=256108867754696&set=a.259754107390172.35295.215002681865315&type=3

 

Aside from bizarre color casts, some of your portraits are pretty good, but you tend to get wayyy too close to your subject, causing severe facial distortion. For a tight headshot, move back farther and use a longer lens. A tight headshot should be with a minimum 50mm on a crop camera.

 

You also seem to like a lot of lens flare. I suppose that’s a valid style, but it doesn’t save a bad image. It also changes based on your lens and your aperture and zoom… and I don’t think you’ve done a study of the flare effects of your lenses. (You should, if you intend to keep using this style.) I would’ve tossed this image because it’s just not very becoming: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=255836474448602&set=a.259754107390172.35295.215002681865315&type=3

 

This woman has very thin hair and you should not shoot into her part. Or if you must, you should clone some hair into it. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308897749142474&set=a.259754107390172.35295.215002681865315&type=3

 

Fix your colors. Learn to shoot in sunlight properly, using a scrim, a fill flash, or a reflector. Learn to expose properly without blowing out whites. Keep your ability to connect with your subject. Learn to use a kicker for some separation.

 

You can’t balance color, but you can focus. You use a lot of gimmicks, but you seem to be able to pose people reasonably well and connect with them. I think you have a good eye, but you are missing too many basics of camera handling and processing. And because you’re charging, you are a fauxtographer.