Hi everybody! I'm new here!
I've been shooting for my wife's fashion blog for the last couple of years and checking up on fstoppers and other sites to try and learn more about photography.
I created an account because I was hoping somebody with more experience and a better eye could take a look at some of my photos and offer some advice. I know there are lots of ways I could improve and I'm always curious if there is something obvious that I'm missing.
My "portfolio" is on smugmug ( https://michaelleahy.smugmug.com ) and is a mix of fashion and travel shots.
My gear is a Nikon D750, Nikor 85mm 1.8g, and a Sigma 35mm 1.4.
I have some older shots on my instagram that aren't on the smugmug account. ( https://www.instagram.com/mp_leahy )
Thanks to anybody that is willing to take the time!
The best advice I have for you is to streamline your website a bit more. First of all, only show your absolute best images - especially in terms of fashion - since 5 amazing images will always be better than 300 "okay" ones. Furthermore, when I say streamline your website, I mean create "master folders." For example, have one folder that contains all of your travel photography - within that folder you can have subfolders for each country or whatnot. Then have a master folder for all of your commercial/fashion work, with subfolders of different ads and the such possibly.
What I am getting at here is that you want it to be as streamlined as possible. You do not want clutter and you also do not want to have hundreds of pictures that are simply "okay."
Less is more.
In terms of your actual pictures - they are not bad whatsoever. However, there is always room for improvement, and I would start by having more eye contact from your model. Most of your images have her looking away from the camera, which can be great if the image reveals more of the environment. But in many - if not all - of the photos, this is not the case. As the cliche saying goes, "The eyes are the gateway to the soul." Without having any eye contact with the model, there is very little (if any) connection between the viewer and said model, which tends to make the image less powerful.
I truly hope that helps you out and that everything I said is easily understood. If you need any further clarification or want more help, please feel free to let me know!
Thanks for responding! I'll definitely change up the site and the next time we go out to shoot we'll keep eye contact in mind.
Other areas I try to work on are editing skin tones in Lightroom. I try for warm and natural tones but I feel like it's a struggle to get the right balance of RGB. I just ordered a white balance card so I'm hoping that helps.
Thanks again for the tips!