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[C2photo]

hey all a few posts ago i uploaded a few images to get critique on, got some get advice back and here i had a client in today, she wanted this style of photo of herself for her book, please tell me how i did, open to how i could hav improved these , i know the picture itself is abit boring but this is what my client wanted... feedback please on the lighting please im only starting to learn about lighting so dont b rough lol

the quailty has been reduced for upload and these are images straight from camera with no editing,

would appreciate feedback please

 

[C2photo]

how do u delete a post on tp??? no replies to my post so i feel silly now and want to delete it lol its obviously toooo boring to even comment on, its ok thou i totally understand tp people il try and post something more interesting when i get use to my lights and dare to be creative later folks xxx

 

[CT]

LOL Steady on Audrey no need to delete anything.

The lighting looks good and given the lady's age I can see why she'd want this type of image for a book jacket, so I think you've got the general style right.

No1 is the best for me as the position of that hand in the other two shots looks a bit awkward and contrived. If you were shooting it again I'd say do you really need that hand up to the face at all?

As it stands No1 is the most natural for me though - good effort!

 

[Garry Edwards]

how do u delete a post on tp??? no replies to my post so i feel silly now and want to delete it lol its obviously toooo boring to even comment on, its ok thou i totally understand tp people il try and post something more interesting when i get use to my lights and dare to be creative later folks xxx

I think you need to click on the exclamation mark 'road sign' bottom right and send a message to the mods/admins.

I haven't made any suggestions for improvement because I don't know what you were trying to achieve, so can't really offer any useful advice - perhaps you should explain the purpose of the shots?

 

[feek]

how do u delete a post on tp??? no replies to my post so i feel silly now and want to delete it lol its obviously toooo boring to even comment on, its ok thou i totally understand tp people il try and post something more interesting when i get use to my lights and dare to be creative later folks xxx

Audrey, don't panic, there are so many posts per day, that it sometimes takes a while for people to comment on photos. Your photos are good, and although I know little about studio lighting, I would say you have done a good job on these.

LOL Steady on Audrey no need to delete anything.

The lighting looks good and given the lady's age I can see why she'd want this type of image for a book jacket, so I think you've got the general style right.

No1 is the best for me as the position of that hand in the other two shots looks a bit awkward and contrived. If you were shooting it again I'd say do you really need that hand up to the face at all?

As it stands No1 is the most natural for me though - good effort!

 

[Richard King]

my 2 observations is is that you seem to have a lot of light fall of towards the lower part of the lady. This could be intentional, using a reflector could help.

You could add a bit of definition to the shot by slightly lighting the background, with a small pool of weak light behind the subjects head (look at the original shot carefully). You could also use a hair-light (sparingly) to make the sitter look a little more defined and three dimensional

The pose of the first model is quite open and she is leaning forwards, it has a warm feel about it. The pose on your sitter is slightly different, it looks a little more closed, she is slanting away from the camera in the first shot

 

[PhotoTalk]

Agree mostly with what Richard says above, although if you were trying to achieve a completely black b/ground then the model could have had more distance from it and the lights positioned to prevent spill. As it is, we can see creases in the paper, etc. (will be easy to fix in pp software though). I like image #1 but what lens were you using? doesn't look exceptionally sharp but that may be due to pp?