Saturday's Senior

DavidS

These are awesome as usual Jeff! Your work always inspires me. I love the processing, lighting, poses and the great way you captured his interests.

urbanaries

These are Great!
Love the pose, overall composition and yummy depth of field in 1. (The monotone conversion ain't bad, neither!)

I think I prefer #3 to number 2, it looks a bit more masculine. #4 is very nice although could be cropped tighter depending on size they order. Can't find #5, but have to agree with Seneca on the ferns in 6, if they weren't sooo close to his face they would be ok. Reeeeally like the detail shot of #7. Nice composition! I am liking the pose and BW in 8 but not the white vignette?

9 is my favorite. Great shooting angle, nice shadowing, brickwork, very very cool vision and execution, my friend!

Also like the rest in uniform, but the ones from the second set I think I like better for some reason.

Awesome model, creativity and as always...lighting!

jeffreaux2

Nikolai wrote:

The heavier it is, the smaller your "pull" will be.
And I have three words for you, my friend:
"Practice, practice, and practice"!

Yes...I know this....I just have to use the lens long enough to find out my weaknesses...and strengths with it. Optically, it is fantastic, but some time will be needed actually shooting and handling it.

Thanks for the encouragment

jeffreaux2

DavidS wrote:

These are awesome as usual Jeff! Your work always inspires me. I love the processing, lighting, poses and the great way you captured his interests.

Thanks David.

jeffreaux2

urbanaries wrote:

Love the pose, overall composition and yummy depth of field in 1. (The monotone conversion ain't bad, neither!)

Thanks....his shoes didn't really "match" any of his clothing, so monotone was my choice. I also purposely avoided having his feet in many of the frames. The conversion is just one of the ones that is included with LR.

I think I prefer #3 to number 2, it looks a bit more masculine. #4 is very nice although could be cropped tighter depending on size they order. Can't find #5, but have to agree with Seneca on the ferns in 6, if they weren't sooo close to his face they would be ok. Reeeeally like the detail shot of #7. Nice composition! I am liking the pose and BW in 8 but not the white vignette?

I mostly dont crop until they order....you know that!
I almost always use dark vignettes, but the lighter one suited this...IMO. Call it exploring?

9 is my favorite. Great shooting angle, nice shadowing, brickwork, very very cool vision and execution, my friend!

I had shots like this in my head before the shoot, but couldn'
t quite pull it off in daylight. On the way home, I saw a light....brick....and pulled over for the shots. Can you believe all that light from a single fixture....at ISO800?

Also like the rest in uniform, but the ones from the second set I think I like better for some reason.

Awesome model, creativity and as always...lighting!

Thanks Lynne. The shots in the street ought to look very familiar to you....since I basically stole that idea from.......

I appreciate your opinions, and thanks for taking the time to comment!

Photosbychuck

WOW, I like all of them.
Thanks for posting

Keep up the good work...

jeffreaux2

Photosbychuck wrote:

WOW, I like all of them.
Thanks for posting

Keep up the good work...

Thanks Chuck...I appreciate that!

Agnieszka

Hi there!! Joining the discussion a bit late ... sorry .... I am IN LOVE with this set!!! What a series of great photos!!!! My favorite is #2 .... you got to love his expression in that one - must have a big ladies-fan-club.

You got so many different poses & looks, something I certainly admire having seen some of your senior-outcomes. I also LOVE your PS work on these! The colors / vignetting / crops look spot on. Hmmmmm, what should I say? I love them all

jeffreaux2

Agnieszka wrote:

Hi there!! Joining the discussion a bit late ... sorry .... I am IN LOVE with this set!!! What a series of great photos!!!! My favorite is #2 .... you got to love his expression in that one - must have a big ladies-fan-club.

You got so many different poses & looks, something I certainly admire having seen some of your senior-outcomes. I also LOVE your PS work on these! The colors / vignetting / crops look spot on. Hmmmmm, what should I say? I love them all

Thanks Angie...and welcome back to DGRIN we have missed you!

eL eSs Vee

jayegirl wrote:

Awesome! As usual, I am out of adjectives!

So am I. So, I'll just say, "Number nine! "

Of course, they're all great!

jeffreaux2

eL eSs Vee wrote:

So am I. So, I'll just say, "Number nine! "

Of course, they're all great!

Thanks Lee. I really appreciate the kind remarks.

jeffreaux2

Well, I threw a 10 x 10 book together to display Garrett's portfolio.

If anyone has time to take a look, Id appreciate comments or suggestions on the book.

(link) To The Book (link0

Agnieszka

Looks GREAT to me!!! clap

Just a tiny little remark (that's just me being VERY picky). I think I would crop #15 a bit tighter, so the distance between his back / jacket and the edge of the photo is the same as in #14 - If you know what I mean ...

Love it, love it, love it, you did a great job!!

jeffreaux2

Agnieszka wrote:

Looks GREAT to me!!! clap

Just a tiny little remark (that's just me being VERY picky). I think I would crop #15 a bit tighter, so the distance between his back / jacket and the edge of the photo is the same as in #14 - If you know what I mean ...

Love it, love it, love it, you did a great job!!

Thanks Angie,

I am going to show this to his parents, but plan to print a copy for myself whether or not they want one. I plan to use it as an example of another way to display portraits of this type.

Guess I need to put a book together for my female clients as well...


Good thing I have all this free time on my hands and am too cranky to go anywhere.

RBrogen

Hey Jeff, some great shots here. I really like #8...that's album cover material there!!!

jeffreaux2

RBrogen wrote:

Hey Jeff, some great shots here. I really like #8...that's album cover material there!!!

Thanks,


Say, what are your plans for that raggedy old 1st generation 5D?