Jaackil wrote:
I think these are excellent. You did a great job with the lighting. Personally, I do not like images that are too soft and over processed, I think these are pretty spot on as far as that goes. You softened the face enough but didn’t over do it. Here are my two critiques. The eyes, her left facing camera eye has a bit of brown in it. Did you consider fixing that? Personally I would have sharpened the eyes a little to bring them out more. They have great color overall a little sharpening would have made them really “pop”. The second thing I see is with the pose in the second image in each set. While technically very good they are not a flattering as the first. She has a little bit of deer in the headlights look. Also because of the angle of her shoulders she appears “heavier”. A little bit more of an angle would be thinner for her as it is in the first image in each set. Lastly, and this is purely personal preference I would clean up some of the flyaway hair. On the right facing camera side there is a little more than I would like.
Overall you should be very happy with these. I know I would be if I had gotten this result. You also have to keep in mind we are all photographers so we are going to see every little imperfection. The client and everyone else looking at these is going to see amazing images. Well done.
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Yes the brown spot is natural, her fiends would have notice it missing. I will look for some instruction on sharpening the eyes. I did see that stare in the 2nd photo. I shot these as she and my gal were going to the theater, although I had taken may snap shots of her in the past it was a little uncomfortable for her in front of the lights. I only had ten minutes so did not have time to get her to relax. I did see the fly away hair but was not sure I could correct this in LR without it showing in the back ground. Probably should have gone to PS to fix. Yes she is quite slender so I did not do her justice in the 2nd photo. I will take care to try some better body positions in future attempts. Thank taking the time to help.