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February 19, 2013 at 9:56 pm #6891
greystreetgirl07
ParticipantI am just wanting to get others opinions on my photos. This is something that I have been doing for awhile and am trying to get started professionally. I am going to school also.
here are a couple of links to some of my work
there are some semi-nude shots also..just a fair warning 🙂
ok last one
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.358340434202934.73430.303749592995352&type=3
February 20, 2013 at 2:50 am #6915Intuition
ParticipantWatch your separation on this one : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468726036497706&set=a.381807888522855.76939.303749592995352&type=3&theater
He starts to fall off into the background. Also I’m scared for him, because of the tilt, looks like he’s about to fall off the world. It also feels really warm, not sure if you’re shooting with tungsten or what but his face is going towards orange in the shadows. Try putting a rim light or back light on him to pull him off the background
Tilt again. It’s disconcerting for me, which is what ‘dutch’ angles are meant to do, cause unease. Also Zombie children. Green is rarely flattering for a skin tone. If you want monotone color, try for a light handed blue monochrome look instead. It will feel a little cool, but I generally find blues to be more appealing then reds/sepia. Might be personal opinion, since I do have a real obsession with (light) blue monochromes haha.
It’s a little bit cliche, adn it’s tilted again, but her ruffles are really blown out, and her face is darker then her arms. Generally, our eyes will go to the brightest area of a photo. That’s the ruffly things. It’s also hard to tell cause freaking facebook, but her face doesn’t look very sharp either. Try working with the composition of this, as that angle isn’t the most flattering.
Those are the only ones of what you picked that I had anything to say 🙂
February 20, 2013 at 6:39 am #6917Participantthanks 🙂
February 20, 2013 at 1:13 pm #6924OctoberMoon
ParticipantBrutal honesty coming up, please put on your helmet…:P Your lighting, toning and white balance are all terribly inconsistent. The use of flash is very obvious and harsh in a lot of your pictures.
Nude shot: good idea, badly executed. The window is distracting and her skin looks a bit rough due to the b/w processing.
Portrait of kid on a stump: Looks out of focus, it’s somewhat too dark and there are terrible shadows around his eyes and mouth.
One-year-old shot: flash on baby’s face is obvious and harsh and his legs are nonexistent.
Beach picture: just looks like any run-of-the-mill casual snapshot.
Children kissing: bad composition, too much tilt, horrible processing.
Helicopter: sky’s blown out while most of the helicopter is too dark.
Bridal picture: love the macabre idea, but the execution doesn’t carry it off. Obvious and harsh flash, looks like she’s just lying on some random concrete block. Doesn’t give any visual appeal to the idea.
I can apply some of everything I’ve said to the album you’ve linked as well.
Now for some good news! This is one of your very best shots:Â http://tinyurl.com/agy8yj4 Good separation of subject/background, nice blurred tree with visual interest. Like the composition. A reflector would help eliminate the shadows on the face and let you bring down your exposure a tad. He’s just a bit too bright in some spots, and a little bit too pink/cool. But you want your pictures to look more like this one and much less like the others.
Ditch the weird color tones, like the green on the picture of the children kissing. That’s a hallmark of a beginner photographer who’s trying too hard to be artsy. There are moments when color toning is appropriate, but they are few and far between when it comes to portraiture.
I apologize for having a lot of negative things to say, but I want to be honest because it’s obvious that you truly love photography and want to do this for a living. Just keep working at it! 🙂
February 20, 2013 at 4:12 pm #6930nairbynairb
ParticipantI was going to say all of the same things as OctoberMoon, but now I don’t have to.
You seem to enjoy taking photos so do not let this discourage you. If you take all of this constructive criticism and apply it to better your photography, I think you’ll do well!
February 20, 2013 at 7:13 pm #6945CoastalTog
ParticipantIf you are great at marketing you can make a living doing anything. Â Personally, I think you are years away from producing great work. Â That’s not a bad thing but when we live in a “now” world most people don’t want to spend the time honing their skills, taking the right classes and mentoring before hanging out a Facebook shingle.
And when you saying you’ve been doing this for a while, how long is a while?
February 20, 2013 at 9:14 pm #6954marchenland
ParticipantI definitely think you have some work to do. You have a lot of harsh shadows from using a flash too hot and too close. I think you’re using your on-camera flash; avoid that. Quite a few shots are done in mid-day, and you’ve attempted to save that by putting your families in the shadows of a tree, but you end up with over-exposed backgrounds, and / or underexposed people.
In this one, the lighting is harsh, but worse, the child’s back is turned. That’s an “oops, delete,” shot, not a post-online shot.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=441133495923627&set=a.449709578399352.92082.303749592995352&type=3&permPage=1Likewise, this one. It’s a snapshot. Mid-day sunlight is harsh, and only one person’s face is fully visible. (Profiles are not generally flattering.)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=441133639256946&set=a.449709578399352.92082.303749592995352&type=3&permPage=1I assume you cut out the background on this. The posing is snap-shot-ish, and the lighting is poor; the photoshopping is sloppy especially along the child’s right arm. I think I see some odd clone-stamp artifacts on her left arm, too.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=431332216903755&set=a.449709578399352.92082.303749592995352&type=3&permPage=1In the green-kissing-children pic above, the angle is fine to me, but the cut-off feet bother me. Take a little more time to set up your shot. You DO have some good shots, so you can do it. Right now, you  need to learn to make the good shots consistently, to make them the rule, not the exception, and to delete more shots.
Sorry to be harsh; I think you have promise, but you’re not ready to go pro yet. Good luck!
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