Took that one in old town Plovdiv, Bulgaria during sunset.
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High School Senior Portraits
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It's interesting as a lomography type shot, but I have some concerns with it as a senior portrait. There's a lot of debris in the picture - cigarette butts, a tag on the bench, etc. - that is distracting. I think you made the choice of this angle to keep the sun in position behind her, but the front of the bench really blocks the subject in the composition, and the flare on her face affects the main thing we want to see. And finally, I find this problem with benches too, she seems too relaxed and sunken in the bench. I think with a few small changes this could have been a much better capture.
Thank you for the advice. I agree about the cigarette butts that they are distracting, but sometimes I try to keep the pictures as natural as possible(as if they were taken before post processing), but sometimes I do remove them. Also about the angle, I do kept it for the sun position behind her.And finally I complately agree "she seems too relaxed and sunken in the bench", I don't really know how to position a model, I find it hard even after I watched a few videos on youtube.
I think I rated it a five because of the super relaxed pose. I don't like a pose to be too posed and love it when a model relaxes.
My only small gripe is that I would have liked the face to be a little brighter but other thàn that, I think it's a great photo, nice one...