I did a photoshoot with a couple of my friends. Would really like some feedback on how to improve. Any critic would be welcome. I really want to improve my portrait photography.
Thanks
I did a photoshoot with a couple of my friends. Would really like some feedback on how to improve. Any critic would be welcome. I really want to improve my portrait photography.
Thanks
Stop Clipping your blacks...
thanks for the input mate. :)
Well I would assume that if you clip blacks that much you might have uncalibrated monitor, or too bright setting for your monitor. Pretty common problem when starting retouching photos. I like the mood of the photos, but you're using like 40% of whole light spectrum there? I like toned down colors here, they do the job when it comes for a darky and creepy look. To improve further I would think abit more about background - it can add alot of value into the scene. Additionaly, composition rules might be in handy when I look at first photo. They are not rules in fact, I like to do something opposite, but in this case I dont feel it works.
Hope it helps,
Cheers,
Thank you very much for your input. yeah I do not have a calibrated monitor. I'm planning to get that in the near future. probably coz I'm still pretty green in the retouching and photo in general. But really want to improved my photos.
What do you mean by the 40% light spectrum? I don;t understand that part.
For the composition wise I did try to break the rule and put the model to the left to create an uneasiness when people look at the photo. probably it didn't work here.
Btw, thank you very much for the critique, I'm tired of people just say they like my photos but never any criticism for them. It made me hard to improve myself.
Help a lot
Cheers
About 40% light spectrum - it's not exactly light spectrum, I was wondering will this be confusing using this wording. Try analyse histograms of photos you do like very much and take notice of the distibution. Then open your photo and compare that distribution (for me it looks like it is pretty moved to the left part). Yet keep in mind that in real art there is no such thing as "correct". Maybe that was your intention to bring dark mood to the photo. On very dark photos it's common that histogram distribution is pretty simmilar. What I wanted to say that I think generally lighter part of the image still have plenty of room to be lighter and sustain this dark mood of the photo in general. Uhm hope it's bit more clear now.
Owh okay, now I understand your point. Thanks for the explanation. I'm starting to look the histogram of other photos to get a better understanding of it.
Oh you go and clip the blacks with your bad self if that's what you want! Heck, you called this little exhibit "playing with dark" anyway. I think Pablo Picasso said know the rules so you can break them. Granted you can lose details that you *might* want in your image. I love the pose in the first image, the slightly hunched pose often looks like bad posture or forced, but I like it here. Obviously it helps that the model is gorgeous. The left hand on the male model seems too bright, it stole my focus, and I'm only guessing that was not your intent.
Well it's my first try doing this kinda shot. To be quite honest I don't really know what I'm doing. Just trying some trial and error. And because many the comment say about the clipping the dark thing I started looking what it ment. It's a new term that I've just encountered.
For the man I didn't reallize that the hands was too bright. Thank you very much for pointing that out :)
Google Albert Watson. Shadow detail is overrated.
Just googled Albert Watson. Well the difference with mine is that I didn't actually intended to lose all of the detail in the black. It's just my mistake probably. But thank you for pointing out Albert Watson.
On the second photo the model's fist is brighter than his face. That's a distraction I think.
It surely is, thank you for pointing it out. I i didn't realize it before. But since you've (& Joseph) pointed it out I found it distracting as well. Btw, thank you for taking the time to critique my photos :)
Great effort. A simple flag on the light, I find white mesh works well and you can fold on multiple layers to knock the light down rather than using a solid black flag on the light will take that out on your next attempt.
Thanks mate. Sure will try that the next time I'll do this kinda shot again.
Like it! 100%
Thank you very much :)