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Natural Light Portrait - What do you think?

Hi guys,

I recently shot this naturally lit portrait and I would love to hear your critique or opinions.

Thanks!

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I think it looks good. But I'm wondering if dodging her face just a bit would help. My eye kind gets drawn to her neck because its lighter than her face. I could be totally wrong and it may not look realistic anymore! LOL

Thanks for the feedback! Now that you mention it, I can see that the neck is indeed much brighter than the face.

Also I should have probably noted that the image is already retouched (included dodge and burning).

I really like it...nothing jumps out as something to criticize. Can I ask...did you dodge her face or did you use a wonderfully soft reflector of some kind? Nice job.

Thanks for the feedback! I did some dodging (which you can see in comparison photo in comment above), but the sky was totally overcast that day, so the light was very soft as it was.

Do you D&B using a mouse?

No, I use the wacom art tablet. Definitely worth the price.

Nice! Not that I should even be asking the question, I don't D&B at all yet haha. But it definitely seems like it'd be more intuitive with a tablet.

Well done subtle retouch i think overall its pretty nice. To add some nice depth effect maybe adding circular gradient curve onto her face would add some accent, apart from that no real more comments I've got. Good work.

That's a great idea, I'll definitely play with that a bit. Thanks!

You nailed it. Cute model too.