Rica-3: A few more from yesterday.

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

A few more from yesterday.

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dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Got great ones this time. Showing off her beautiful face.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice photos.

slo Loc: Longmont Colorado

Nicely done, pretty girl. #2 is my favorite.

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

wayne-03 wrote:

A few more from yesterday.

Very nice! I like #1 best.
Steve

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

I realize this is a personal taste thing, but shooting directly in to the shoulder for #'s 1, 2, &4 is not the best angle. There is as much real estate on the upper arm as there is on the face and they compete for attention. Especially in 1 and 2 where her face is directly over that bare skin. It is not as noticeable in #3 as it is more of a 3/4 length, her face is not over that shoulder, and the shoulder is not as big a percentage of the image.

When I photograph anyone (men as well) as head and shoulder shots, I have them wear long sleeves - or at least to the elbow. Preferably dark colors like black, navy, brown, gray, etc.

If the dress is the REASON for the photograph, then of course sleeveless is fine since it is the dress that is important. When the face is the star, the bare shoulder has to go.

All just my opinion.

Shoulder issues aside, these are nice,

But the backdrop looks like a wrinkled/creased sheet.

papa Loc: Rio Dell, CA

You obviously have some technical savvy, but with too much specular light that's totally blown out cheeks, forehead and nose and cannot be recovered at from these downloaded samples. I hope you have RAW files with enough info to bring them down. If not it's a lighting lesson, huh? In that case it's a reshoot and drop the exposure 1/2-2/3 stop for these high key

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

papa wrote:

You obviously have some technical savvy, but with too much specular light that's totally blown out cheeks, forehead and nose and cannot be recovered at from these downloaded samples. I hope you have RAW files with enough info to bring them down. If not it's a lighting lesson, huh? In that case it's a reshoot and drop the exposure 1/2-2/3 stop for these high key

I meant to address those blown highlights. Actually it is a very simple thing to repair that and no need to have th raw file.
In Photoshop, use the Clone Stamp. set opacity to around 30-40% and mode to darken. Then just sample the correct skin near the offending area and paint it in. Sample attached.

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papa Loc: Rio Dell, CA

CaptainC wrote:

I meant to address those blown highlights. Actually it is a very simple thing to repair that and no need to have th raw file.
In Photoshop, use the Clone Stamp. set opacity to around 30-40% and mode to darken. Then just sample the correct skin near the offending area and paint it in. Sample attached.

I see you've saved a blown shot, but does that improve your lighting? If you were to reshoot this with all your lights set back proportionately, then it wouldn't look so flat in your fixed in PS shot. Of course, if there's no possibility to reshoot, then the fixed image will have to do, huh? By the way, we all need the RAW file just for this any many other uses.

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

papa wrote:

I see you've saved a blown shot, but does that improve your lighting? If you were to reshoot this with all your lights set back proportionately, then it wouldn't look so flat in your fixed in PS shot. Of course, if there's no possibility to reshoot, then the fixed image will have to do, huh? By the way, we all need the RAW file just for this any many other uses.

If you are addressing me, this is not my image. I was just showing how to address the blown spot on the arm. I agree that shooting raw is better but this particular fix can be done just as easily to a jpg. I was not addressing his lighting - just how to repair a blown highlight.

Stanhope Loc: New York City

Such a gorgeous kid.