![Veronica thank you for your submission. As general comments , you have passion for portraits, but the equipment you have now does not help you much. What camera do you […]](https://academy-of-photography.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Vira-450x190.jpg "Abby, Vira and the girl on the bridge – photo critique")
Veronica
thank you for your submission. As general comments , you have passion for portraits, but the equipment you have now does not help you much. What camera do you use? I can see understanding on composition and good taste in selecting the subject, background and style. You are a good photographer and I believe you can be an outstanding shooter if you spend a bit more money on your equipment and a bit effort with your shots.
Girl on the bridge
Image above has the good composition. Too much contrast with the dark concrete, it is disturbing as it competes with the subject, which is clearly the girl. Also the subject is underexposed. you have exposed the background and not the subject correctly.Also the image is too busy for my taste, I would try to get a similar shot just with a simple building facade background, but if you are after the industrial look, maybe the background a bit more blurry.
The pose is nice…needs more visual power, stronger and again, subject to stand out more
Abby
Nice portrait, good composition, good depth of field approach. The subject integrates well in the image, the hat is not helping. If you watch the composition tutorial , the face proportion are a beauty component. in this case, even if the model is beautiful the cropped face is not visually appealing. Again, if you would have better equipment, the image will have stronger impact, in terms of colours, contrast etc.
Vira
Nice black and white portrait, good crop, nice blurry background. all good in this image.Is this you?
Veronica
thank you for taking the time for your submission. I would be interested to see some more work from you in the future as I believe you are on the right track
Christian
Christian,
thanks a lot for reviewing my work!
The first two images were taken with Nikon D90 and 50mm f1.8 lens. Totally agree with you about the first image — the background too busy, the concrete too dark. I think a flash might have been helpful that day which I didn’t have in my possession.
I have a question regarding contrast and colours in “Abby portrait” and generally. Can it also depend on the picture control chosen? Those images were taken in neutral. Which one do you shoot in?
“Vira portrait” is not me, she’s a friend) It was taken 3 years ago with Pentax K10 camera and Sigma 18-200mm f3.5 lens. It was sort of a candid shot.
I shoot with Nikon D90, 50mm f1.8 and 18-105mm f3.5, recently got an SB700 flash. Flash really improves the images, I could see the difference already.
Regards,
V.
Veronica
I shoot the “landscape” colour style on my Canon 5D Mark II. I believe this is the best colour balance.