twr25 Loc: New Jersey

Beautiful natural lighting from a window

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Nice capture. Great model and natural lighting. Wish she lived next door to me.

toxdoc42

nice attempt, try cutting down the light a bit, hopefully there is enough data to manipulate.

PaulG Loc: Western Australia

A bit blown out, light-wise, but the opportunities with this kind of lighting are endless. Do some more and experiment (big time) with exposures.

ImageCreator Loc: Northern California

Side pose is not flattering. Her nose looks enormous.

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

Yeah, but too much of it. Too bright.

JohnFrim Loc: Somewhere in the Great White North.

Here we go again -- is this making comments about the model and not the photograph?

I happen to agree with the comment. Sure, the model is what she is, but there are options.

The photographer has to see the good, the bad (and the ugly, just to complete the expression; does not actually apply here), and then draw out the best he/she can using all the control they can exercise over pose, lighting, setting, extras, etc. We have seen shots of this lady before, and I agree that side profiles are less flattering than a more straight-on view where the nose might not feature as prominently.

And that critique IS commenting about the photograph.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Yes, a little overexposed. I would have bracketed this shot and I would have her pose with her face toward you or a little less of the side profile.

sbohne

When you photograph in the studio, do you show the studio light or lightbox in the portrait? In the closeup profile, waaay too much white of the eye showing. Great model, but I think profile is not her best view. Just my 2¢

toxdoc42

have you tried using post-processing? if you have a RAW image you might be able to recover details.

twr25 Loc: New Jersey

These were shot in RAW and I can manipulate. I had to recalibrate my screen as they did not look this bright when I uploaded. In fact the computer is currently being repaired, boot drive failed. No loss of photos as I have several 5tb backup drives. These photos were entirely natural light, no reflectors or lighting. I do some touch up to skin, blemishes but try not to alter things like her nose. She is truly a girl next door, not a pro model, and I give her all the photos. I do not want to offend her by over post production to where it does not look like her. She has a med / big nose in real life. After a few kids, her nipples are not as erect as some other models. Most of her photos are for Instagram or FB, her "selfies" are horrible lol … so I take a lot of non nudes. I give her a lot of credit to allow me to photograph and put her files here. Hopefully, I'll have some new ones to post soon.
I do have a "style" and tend toward the HDR, bright colors, etc. In this case I totally agree with the comments as to brightness and loss of detail. Perhaps I will repost or just make some new ones. Many of the models have flaws and we all have out preferences as to somatotype, hair color, themes etc. I usually skip comment if I really dont like the model bc it's not really about her but the photo in general. Anyway I appreciate the feedback and will be back in business with a new HD and recalibrated screen.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Love the model; she has a Mona Lisa smile. Beautiful.

twr25 Loc: New Jersey

This amateur, single mother, model is looking for modeling jobs in North NJ. if anyone needs her a model please contact me and I will put you in contact. twr25@verizon.net. She is NOT looking for hookups lol.

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

Maybe it really is?

JD750 Loc: SoCal

I see (over) exposure has been already been mentioned. That is the one thing that detracts a little bit. Maybe you can take the highlights down a bit?

Very nice "girl next door" pic. Love the setting by the window with the screened soft light.