Ohhh i dig these. I like where your going with the ideas. What's your lens and lighting setup lookin like? The middle is my favorite! i like the one with girl covering her eye too. it does look like it is a tad out of focus. Though. Try closing your aperture a bit say around f4 or f5 and that should help with out of focus images. I know the popular thing seems to be to shoot at the widest aperture possible but shooting stopped down can really improve your work don't be afraid of those smaller apertures! :D for the girl with the bloody hands try experimenting with pulling your subject away from the wall so you don't get those shadows behind her. Yer doin good keep experimenting and keep shooting!
Thank you! My lens is a Nikon 18-70 mm and to be completely honest, I use my own lighting aka a handheld light from Walmart, and then I use the flash on my camera. No professional lighting equipment actually haha.
The bloody hands one doesn't work. It looks like too much forced emotion and there is nothing shallower. That you've messed up the blood sfx - real blood doesn't form those streaks, so what you've done looks like an accident with raspberry icecream syrup. But if you're going to work with themes like violence or self-harm, you really need to bring more to the table than "This would make a cool shot!"
The male close-up is very good except for the suggestion of blood. (Which I only get from the third shot.)
The first shot just looks messy. That can work as a deliberate style thing, but I suspect that wasn't what you were doing. The eye is soft - that's fine as long as it was deliberate, otherwise put a focal point there. The arm and hand look fat because of perspective problems from shooting close. Shooting from further away with a longer lens would fix this. You don't have to do that - but it's good to be aware of the choice.
A lot of people will tell you not to shoot direct flash. Ignore them - read about Helmut Newton, Jurgen Teller, Terry (the Creep) Richardson, Henrik Purrienne, etc. But learn to use direct flash as well as you can - try gelling the flash with a gold tone and experimenting with flash compensation.
Ohhh i dig these. I like where your going with the ideas. What's your lens and lighting setup lookin like? The middle is my favorite! i like the one with girl covering her eye too. it does look like it is a tad out of focus. Though. Try closing your aperture a bit say around f4 or f5 and that should help with out of focus images. I know the popular thing seems to be to shoot at the widest aperture possible but shooting stopped down can really improve your work don't be afraid of those smaller apertures! :D for the girl with the bloody hands try experimenting with pulling your subject away from the wall so you don't get those shadows behind her. Yer doin good keep experimenting and keep shooting!
Thank you! My lens is a Nikon 18-70 mm and to be completely honest, I use my own lighting aka a handheld light from Walmart, and then I use the flash on my camera. No professional lighting equipment actually haha.
And I will try doing an aperture or f4 or f5 as well as getting farther away from the wall! Thank you again! :)
The bloody hands one doesn't work. It looks like too much forced emotion and there is nothing shallower. That you've messed up the blood sfx - real blood doesn't form those streaks, so what you've done looks like an accident with raspberry icecream syrup. But if you're going to work with themes like violence or self-harm, you really need to bring more to the table than "This would make a cool shot!"
The male close-up is very good except for the suggestion of blood. (Which I only get from the third shot.)
The first shot just looks messy. That can work as a deliberate style thing, but I suspect that wasn't what you were doing. The eye is soft - that's fine as long as it was deliberate, otherwise put a focal point there. The arm and hand look fat because of perspective problems from shooting close. Shooting from further away with a longer lens would fix this. You don't have to do that - but it's good to be aware of the choice.
A lot of people will tell you not to shoot direct flash. Ignore them - read about Helmut Newton, Jurgen Teller, Terry (the Creep) Richardson, Henrik Purrienne, etc. But learn to use direct flash as well as you can - try gelling the flash with a gold tone and experimenting with flash compensation.