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Hmmm, how can I put this nicely? Let's just say I'm not in love with these photos.

In image #1, the focus is off. It looks to be on the tip of her nose, instead of here eyes, where it should be. The image is pretty soft all over. Also, I find the lip piercing to be very distracting (I realize it's the in thing these days, but she's a very pretty girl and it distracts from her eyes). Also, it's a bit grainy for my taste. Were you using a high ISO? Unless you were going for the film grain look it detracts from the headshot. Headshots (if they're to be used to get modeling or acting jobs) should be a straightforward representation of the person and how they look. Nothing fancy.

In image #2 the color balance is all over the place. Her skin is a bit green. Were you using a flourescent bulb? You need to white balance the photos.

Image #3 the same thing, green skin.

Image #4 has the most possibilities. But the shadow on her hair bothers me. You need to use a reflector (or reposition it if you used one). Also the light is very hot on her face. You had the light too close to her. Were you using a bare bulb? A little diffusion goes a long way.

But, hey, you're off to a good start. It takes a bit of tweaking, but it can be done.

Good luck and keep t it.
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DeanT
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I live in NYC, land of headshots, in addition to LA. Those would not get her any work.
Maybe it's a portrait, but not a headshot in the common usage.
 
Just like many people noticed, I think she made herself looking worse with the lip ring and the heavy mascara. But the light is good, and I didn't notice distracting grain grain or focusing problems. I like the light that hits the front of the hair, but not the top, and then a kick light from behind.

Looks like you blew here skin a bit to hide skin defects. To photographers, that looks like focus issue, but women likes it a lot.

Colors on the last shot look the best, and after viewing thousands of photo effects, I'm tired of the colors cast on #2 and #3. But I understand many people still like these effects.
 
Don't know what you're noticing as far as the focus in image 1 but the focus is directly on her eyes...don't know about the grain either as these were all shot at iso 200. As for white balance the color toning is intentional. It's also worth nothing that the images that are slightly less ordinary are for her own personal use...
deant said:
Hmmm, how can I put this nicely? Let's just say I'm not in love with these photos.

In image #1, the focus is off. It looks to be on the tip of her nose, instead of here eyes, where it should be. The image is pretty soft all over. Also, I find the lip piercing to be very distracting (I realize it's the in thing these days, but she's a very pretty girl and it distracts from her eyes). Also, it's a bit grainy for my taste. Were you using a high ISO? Unless you were going for the film grain look it detracts from the headshot. Headshots (if they're to be used to get modeling or acting jobs) should be a straightforward representation of the person and how they look. Nothing fancy.

In image #2 the color balance is all over the place. Her skin is a bit green. Were you using a flourescent bulb? You need to white balance the photos.

Image #3 the same thing, green skin.

Image #4 has the most possibilities. But the shadow on her hair bothers me. You need to use a reflector (or reposition it if you used one). Also the light is very hot on her face. You had the light too close to her. Were you using a bare bulb? A little diffusion goes a long way.

But, hey, you're off to a good start. It takes a bit of tweaking, but it can be done.

Good luck and keep t it.
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DeanT
http://www.tomasulastudio.com
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You're saying then that you applied a red/green duotone to these pics in PP? Can't complain then as color is subjective. Personally I don't buy it but what the hey? Its your image.
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BigPixel / Hawaii
 
I understand, you are right color is a very subjective thing; I normally don't go to quite that extreme as most of my color toning is usually subtle. Split toning was added in lightroom...
BigPixel said:
You're saying then that you applied a red/green duotone to these pics in PP? Can't complain then as color is subjective. Personally I don't like the result but what the hey? Its your image.
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BigPixel / Hawaii
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Still wondering if your trying to blow smoke up my okole but I'll take your response at face value.

Still think the mages are weak with a bad color balance.
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BigPixel / Hawaii
 
Sure I did. I commented on them.

I'm saying that your post processing does nothing to enhance these images for me. That's a personal evaluation only. Others might think otherwise.
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BigPixel / Hawaii
 
thegreatj said:
Is it green? Yes, however I wouldn't consider duo-tone "white balance."
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According to the Wikipedia a "Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of one contrasty color halftone (traditionally black) over another color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and reds."

The processing you have used is more like skewed colors. If it were faded a little, desaturated some, and weathered a bit, I would think it had been an attempt at aging the photo.

You might try the shot as a duotone, tritone, or quadtone. I think it would be more appealing.

Here is a duotone using Pantone Process Black & Pantone 484 CV (a brown) then converted to sRGB for the jpg.



For the record, I too find the lip ring distracting (I admit my bias against the stupid things). It is perfectly understandable why it has to stay, but what a shame on such a pretty girl.

-Gene L.
http://www.ttl-biz.com
http://www.studiography.blogspot.com
 
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