Please critique my first home studio portraits taken this Christmas with an actual human being and not a mannequin head. These high-key portraits of my niece were shot with a Canon 80D, EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, and 2 Flashpoint speedlites: one key and one fill triggered by a Flashpoint R2 Pro. The speedlites were attached to a Godox 32x32 inch softbox diffuser and a 30-inch silver umbrella. I also used a 32-inch round reflector, to fill the shadow under her neck, in the shot where you can see 3 catchlights in her eyes. A JTL 160 strobe blasted the white seamless paper background. PortraitPro Studio 18 helped smooth her skin tones as I'm not yet up to speed on related Photoshop techniques.
Be as brutally honest as you care to be. As a retiree, I'd love to channel this hobby into a small business.
Quite frankly I think they are wonderful. Beautiful texture, excellent focus and good arrangements....
Bob
Clean HI-Key. Well done! Lighting is especially nice on #3. Only comment is I suggest you clone out the hole in the hair where you can see through. Tuning the hand to the side would also help slim the models hands.
Very nice work. Careful with retouching, though. Keep the portrait looking very much like the subject, minor flaws excluded.
--Bob
Schliemannski wrote:
Please critique my first home studio portraits taken this Christmas with an actual human being and not a mannequin head. These high-key portraits of my niece were shot with a Canon 80D, EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, and 2 Flashpoint speedlites: one key and one fill triggered by a Flashpoint R2 Pro. The speedlites were attached to a Godox 32x32 inch softbox diffuser and a 30-inch silver umbrella. I also used a 32-inch round reflector, to fill the shadow under her neck, in the shot where you can see 3 catchlights in her eyes. A JTL 160 strobe blasted the white seamless paper background. PortraitPro Studio 18 helped smooth her skin tones as I'm not yet up to speed on related Photoshop techniques.
Be as brutally honest as you care to be. As a retiree, I'd love to channel this hobby into a small business.
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Thanks for the feedback, Bob. I had a blast taking them. Live to ride, ride to live!
All good points, thanks, Tom.
Thanks, RM. I always worry about the amount of retouching. I actually toned down the effect that PortraitPro produced by half.
Thanks for the support, Longshadow.
Schliemannski wrote:
Please critique my first home studio portraits taken this Christmas with an actual human being and not a mannequin head. These high-key portraits of my niece were shot with a Canon 80D, EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, and 2 Flashpoint speedlites: one key and one fill triggered by a Flashpoint R2 Pro. The speedlites were attached to a Godox 32x32 inch softbox diffuser and a 30-inch silver umbrella. I also used a 32-inch round reflector, to fill the shadow under her neck, in the shot where you can see 3 catchlights in her eyes. A JTL 160 strobe blasted the white seamless paper background. PortraitPro Studio 18 helped smooth her skin tones as I'm not yet up to speed on related Photoshop techniques.
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First - how 'bout a different handle - Schliemannski is a bit too long.
Your niece is very pretty. Your images due her justice. Forget about photoshop techniques - you did exceptionally fine work without them.
Thanks for the helpful suggestions, Annie-get-your-gun. A username change request has been sent to Admin.
Schliemannski wrote:
Thanks for the helpful suggestions, Annie-get-your-gun. A username change request has been sent to Admin.
Was only three syllables...
Annie-Get-Your-Gun wrote:
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lol Schliemannski has one less letter in it than Anni-Get Your-Gun does and I didn't include the hypens….lol..
Oh Shliemannski…..great photo's
Tom DePuy wrote:
lol Schliemannski has one less letter in it than Anni-Get Your-Gun does and I didn't include the hypens….lol..
Oh Shliemannski…..great photo's
Very true, Tom. It's Annie. However - I believe my moniker is more simple.
I'm looking forward to more posts from Schliemannski. Maybe I'll master his name after a few more times. Happy New Year!
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