A few photo critques!?

Question

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Give me your honest opnions. Without being ugly. Constructive is what im looking for. Thanks

I would really appreciate real honest opinions. Not so much just cute or i like this one and not that. Tell me why you like or dont. If you dont like the lighting, pose or whatever tell me what in your opnion would make it better.

Answer 1

Hello!

What jumps out right away when I opened the first photo is that you haven't done any post-processing on these. The color is muddy and it could really benefit from some very simple PS work to correct skin tones, correct whites, and saturate the rather dull, lifeless color.

On to technical crits of the photos themselves...

First one:
You've cut the foot off the gal sitting down, which is too bad. I like the contrast between their poses, but I think you would have flattered your models more if you'd had the woman standing and the man seated. The woman looks very heavy because of her pants squeezing her tummy up, and the bulky jacket also adds to the appearance of her size being larger. The right leg being extended out also makes the thigh look large with the lens you used. A good rule of thumb for posing women is, whenever you can, turn one shoulder or the other slightly toward the camera (unless your model is VERY petite) - this makes women look slimmer. She'll like the restults a lot more than if she's facing the camera full-on.

I'd also like this photo more if you'd framed them more to one side or the other. The black-and-red stuff on the wall is a little distracting - what if you'd moved them over to your right a few feet, then framed so that the standing figure was closer to the right side of your frame?


Second one:
This is a much more flattering look for this couple than the first one. The woman is behind the man, which helps to slim her a bit but doesn't detract from her pretty face. Fill flash in manual mode, keyed down quite a few stops could have lifted the shadows under her left eye without washing out the white of his shirt. You've got a little bit of post-processing to do on this one, both in terms of muddy color tone and correcting the redness in his face/getting rid of that zit on his chin.

Third one:
She's got a cute smile and the colors are much less muddy here, but if you'd framed it more loosely you could have preserved some negative space under her chin. This looks too chopped-off. I don't mind cutting the tops of people's heads off, but IMO cutting chins off or not giving them enough "breathing room" is cutting off part of your client's face. If you still have the original file for this shot, can you recrop with more room around her? Your boy needs skin tone correction again here. :)

Fourth one:
She has very striking eyes and her hair plus the fur trim on her hood make a cool composition. I think this is a nice photo, although I would have also asked her for a "serious look" for an even more dramatic shot.

Nice work all in all - they mainly just need some post work. :)

Answer 2

I'd say as portraits, only the second one and maybe the fourth one really comes close to being pretty good. But as snapshots they're all nice. The lighting is good and for the most part the framing is good. When I say portrait I mean compositional depth. Snapshots are photos that you'd see framed with your friends, not neccessarily bad photos, they just don't have much depth to them.

Answer 3

I like the 4th one

Answer 4

photos 1 and 2......
not balanced....... female not centered in horizontal plane of picture.
photo 3...campy... too close flash.... step back, use bounce flash and a telephoto, to NOT show so much red in males face.
photo4......
masterpiece......
perfect balance, great horizontal and vertical placement
model has beautiful eyes, and face structure, and NOT to much make-up, just enought to enhance her natural beauty.
gorgeous young lady...absolutely........
the fur (whether mock or real) around the face is a nice color touch, and framing for her beautiful face.

Answer 5

#1 colors seem flat, easily fixed in shop .In a photo like this be careful not to cut off the foot, like you did to the girl.
#2 Big improvement color wise, but I find the "totem pole" head position stagnant.
#3 Nice expose, good expressions Cutting off tops of heads; would have preferred in portrait rather than landscape.
#4 Good color but a flat on body, flat on face is not the most flattering.

In all, they are nice snapshots. My critique is to move you beyond the snapshot phase.

Answer 6

All compositions look great.
My favorite is the third one, both subjects happily smiling.
The last one is fun, the subject's eyes show happiness, and a smile is about to break out.
Very nice.

Answer 7

I like the second and 4th.

Answer 8

The first one isn't too bad, it's just the position for the girl isn't that attractive. I'm not saying she isn't attractive, I'm saying the pose is, the way she is sitting isn't a good pose. Or maybe it's just the sweater. It kinda looks like she has a "roll" there. And the fact that he is standing and she is sitting makes it seem unbalanced.

The second one isn't a bad one either and if you are looking for a full shot, I'd probably use that one. I just don't care for the looks on the faces, it's a little to "hard" and the pose, well I've just never been a big fan of that pose, it's overused. The third one is probably the best one, if you're looking for just a face shot of both people...happy looks.

It's hard to give constructive criticism when I'm not exactly sure what you are going to be using the pictures for. If its for a site page, like myspace..any of them. But if its for something professional...then none of them. The color in all of them is rather flat.

Answer 9

It is kinda constructive
the lighting just kinda makes them seem weird.

Answer 10

cute