Focus on the front eye is close enough (it looks like focus is on the hair). Crop could have been a little higher (more hair / less clothing) to bring the eyes more to 2/3th of the frame. Background blur is good, maybe a background with less solid green would have been more exiting. Looks like this was shot on a dark overcast day, with processing you could try to give it a bit more "sunny" look. Model could have turned a bit more with her shoulder towards the camera, maybe looking into the camera would have been stronger. Relaxing her mouth could improve her look, looks like she is biting her bottom lip. Overall, it's close to be a good image.
It's a good shot, but not great. Anyone can get a good shot, even with the cheapest cameras today - including cheap phones. Why not go at it from the angle of what the shot really needs to make it work, rather than just what you have on hand, to make it a great shot? Bring to the shot what it demands. In a shot like this one, there's no interesting light - nothing to highlight the hair, no back lighting, no rim light , no front light, - nothing. There's nothing to add a sparkle to the eye, or to add a glint in the background, so why bother? One thing many aspiring "natural light" photographers are slow to learn is that if you're going to use natural light (what ever that means) learn to recognize when you have next to nothing to work with. Shoot in the right conditions. Otherwise, learn to use flash, modifiers, and anything else you can to add something to your work when you have no interesting light, otherwise it's just a snapshot. In this shot, you seem to have had good diffused lighting, but that's just a start. You need to build from there to really make your shot pop. Visualize what you want, and go get it. Use anything and everything to make it happen. A lot of "natural light" photographers are really just saying "I'm scared to death of flash, so this is what I came up with." If the light isn't there - make it. If you can't or won't make the light, then learn to walk away when conditions aren't going to give you what you want. Sorry to be so harsh, and I'm not saying you're a natural light photographer. I'm just commenting on this natural light shot that I don't think hits the mark. Keep at it, as I think you have a great start to getting some great shots.
Hi Mike, I suppose that you are assuming that I would have had better angles available but that was not the case, anyways I take ur feedback. Not scared at all to use light modifiers at all but sometimes you just stick to the gear you have. As you said sometimes a phone is enough to get a winning shot. Much appreciated feedback !
Focus on the front eye is close enough (it looks like focus is on the hair). Crop could have been a little higher (more hair / less clothing) to bring the eyes more to 2/3th of the frame. Background blur is good, maybe a background with less solid green would have been more exiting. Looks like this was shot on a dark overcast day, with processing you could try to give it a bit more "sunny" look. Model could have turned a bit more with her shoulder towards the camera, maybe looking into the camera would have been stronger. Relaxing her mouth could improve her look, looks like she is biting her bottom lip. Overall, it's close to be a good image.
Thank you David ! Much Appreciated..
It's a good shot, but not great. Anyone can get a good shot, even with the cheapest cameras today - including cheap phones. Why not go at it from the angle of what the shot really needs to make it work, rather than just what you have on hand, to make it a great shot? Bring to the shot what it demands. In a shot like this one, there's no interesting light - nothing to highlight the hair, no back lighting, no rim light , no front light, - nothing. There's nothing to add a sparkle to the eye, or to add a glint in the background, so why bother? One thing many aspiring "natural light" photographers are slow to learn is that if you're going to use natural light (what ever that means) learn to recognize when you have next to nothing to work with. Shoot in the right conditions. Otherwise, learn to use flash, modifiers, and anything else you can to add something to your work when you have no interesting light, otherwise it's just a snapshot. In this shot, you seem to have had good diffused lighting, but that's just a start. You need to build from there to really make your shot pop. Visualize what you want, and go get it. Use anything and everything to make it happen. A lot of "natural light" photographers are really just saying "I'm scared to death of flash, so this is what I came up with." If the light isn't there - make it. If you can't or won't make the light, then learn to walk away when conditions aren't going to give you what you want. Sorry to be so harsh, and I'm not saying you're a natural light photographer. I'm just commenting on this natural light shot that I don't think hits the mark. Keep at it, as I think you have a great start to getting some great shots.
Hi Mike, I suppose that you are assuming that I would have had better angles available but that was not the case, anyways I take ur feedback. Not scared at all to use light modifiers at all but sometimes you just stick to the gear you have. As you said sometimes a phone is enough to get a winning shot. Much appreciated feedback !