Shooting Rita
Headshot of my go to gorgeous model. Critiques, opinions, comments, etc. are welcome.
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Alan Brown
Bluristic mirror mode
I must admit I have been lax in both my shooting and posting recently, perhaps due to the fact my wife has now retired, and we are spending a LOT more time together doing various activities.
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Last: Jul 28, 2026
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Last: Jul 27, 2026
Don L
An afternoon out on the water
It was mid September late in the afternoon, a group of sailboats were out on the water enjoying the weather, there was a soft breeze blowing, pushing on the sails.
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Last: Jul 27, 2026
2 Comments
Pictures 1, I like the lighting and the feeling in the portrait. What I would do different is shooting it without the right arm up like that, it distracting.
Picture 2, once again I like the lighting and the feeling in the portrait. What I would do different is not to raise the arm towards the light, because it then becomes the brightest part of the image.
In general, It looks like you are shooting youre pictures underexposed which makes you loose a lot of colour in the eyes.
Also the retouch is way to hevy for my taste, to smooth skin and to white eyes. But thats just my personal opinion.
Thank you for the critique and your time. Nice tips with the arms, I will take that into consideration.
About the underexposure. My lights are continuous and are not too strong (unfortunately) All the studio cost me less than $200. I can only do so much lol. I was at ISO 400 at f/3.5 on these pictures. If I had gone any further up, I would have had grain. Maybe that is why they look underexposed.
Thank you so much!