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[mjlapon]

 

[rajooc]

This is pretty good for a beginner. You seem to be taller than your subject, she appears to be looking up slightly. Eye level camera level needed. Not a big deal. I could be wrong here though.

For a curvy subject check out on youtube many suggestions on posing.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[geru]

Pretty good for a beginner. As suggested try you tube for posing help.

White balance seems to be off

Use the camera in portrait mode

Off camera fill flash would have helped to illuminate the eyes and sockets shadows as well as provided a catch light.

Tilting the head camera right a little would remove the lines on the left side of the neck.

Focus on the eye nearest the camera and then recompose if needed

I'd have come in a little closer and placed the subject more off center

Great shot and a great model, she appears to be comfortable in front of the camera

 

[mjlapon]

Pretty good for a beginner. As suggested try you tube for posing help.

White balance seems to be off

Use the camera in portrait mode

Off camera fill flash would have helped to illuminate the eyes and sockets shadows as well as provided a catch light.

Tilting the head camera right a little would remove the lines on the left side of the neck.

Focus on the eye nearest the camera and then recompose if needed

I'd have come in a little closer and placed the subject more off center

Great shot and a great model, she appears to be comfortable in front of the camera

Thank you! She is a great model! Your advice was very helpful and I will definitely keep it in mind for next time!

 

[mjlapon]

This is pretty good for a beginner. You seem to be taller than your subject, she appears to be looking up slightly. Eye level camera level needed. Not a big deal. I could be wrong here though.

For a curvy subject check out on youtube many suggestions on posing.

Just my 2 cents.

Eye level -- Will keep that in mind from now on! Thanks for your help!

 

[bofo777]

IF you could do this without a lot of PP…the best way is learn how to use a light meter and off camera flash…John

 

[mjlapon]

IF you could do this without a lot of PP…the best way is learn how to use a light meter and off camera flash…John

i love that. I do need to look into a light meter and off camera flash... and also learn more about photo editing lol

 

[Nick_Brisbane]

Well done on having a go at portraits its good fun.

My thoughts.

As alluded to in the last post your white balance is off. Her face has a greenish caste - what white balance setting did you have?

When posing your model look out for direct sun - her hair bottom left has been blown ie overexposed too much so you cant retrieve the hair in post.

Think about cropping the space above her head.

Re poses- these may help:

http://digital-photography-school.c...-in-action-7-sample-poses-21-different-photos

http://digital-photography-school.c...-poses-to-get-you-21-different-photos-part-ii

 

[dka91]

Not bad for a first try!

The others have kindly covered all the major points, but yes a bit of fill flash and separation between the background and the subject will help alot.

Also you can see how somebody has managed to improve the image with editing, so Id say try and get an inexpensive program to do some basic edits to gain practise straight away.

Good luck and keep posting!!!

 

[mjlapon]

Well done on having a go at portraits its good fun.

My thoughts.

As alluded to in the last post your white balance is off. Her face has a greenish caste - what white balance setting did you have?

When posing your model look out for direct sun - her hair bottom left has been blown ie overexposed too much so you cant retrieve the hair in post.

Think about cropping the space above her head.

Re poses- these may help:

http://digital-photography-school.c...-in-action-7-sample-poses-21-different-photos

http://digital-photography-school.c...-poses-to-get-you-21-different-photos-part-ii

To be honest, I'm not sure since I am so new to things I just played around then used the portrait setting. But thank you for your advice!

 

[Nick_Brisbane]

Have a read of these:

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm

http://digital-photography-school.com/megapost-learning-how-to-use-your-first-dslr

 

[Michael Thomas Mitchell]

1 - Subject is underexposed. Most likely, your camera saw all that heavy backlighting and brought down the exposure too much. Try spot metering next time. You might also consider putting some flash on your subject. Most beginners do not think about flash outdoors. In reality, that is sometimes where it is most helpful.

2 - Trees. There's nothing inherently bad about them, but amateurs and beginners flock to them. Don't always feel like you have to have your subjects standing beside or in front of trees when they are outside.

3 - Many overweight subjects would like to appear slimmer in their portraits. The technique for achieving this is called "corrective posing". If you want to make your subjects happy, you can't just snap with them in front of your lens. You have to learn, rather, how to make them look their best. And everyone is different!

4 - Composition is not bad, over all. At least the subjects face is not dead center! It's tough to tell what type of instinct you have for composition with just a single photo, however. But this one photo does not have me ringing any alarms.

Best of luck