Nastya

Yuri Pautov · June 1, 2005

Priviet, dear friends!
Running risk of being putted to lunatic asylum (who else make photos and present them without payment to unknown people) I continue my portraits learning and training.
He is Nasya.
1

2

3

and, please, send me your opinion which one's better of these two:
4

or b&w
5

Spasibo for your comments and critique - they realy help me a lot to make better and better portraits...
Yuri

TassieD · June 1, 2005

G'day Yuri,

Outstanding, as usuall....:D I much prefer the colour version, the b&w is a little on the scareu side for my liking (but a good photo none the less).
When the photos first loaded to likeness to Meg Ryan hit me straight away...anybody else notice this or is it just me?

Enjoy your portraits Yuri...keep up the good work.

Cheers
David

JazzyJak · June 1, 2005

These are great, I think your portraiture is coming along all right Yuri. That first one just about knocked me out of my chair, her expression is so mischievous. And I also like the color version, the eyes in the B&W are just too intense for me. How do you find these girls?

USAIR · June 1, 2005

Yuri
I am quite sure she will be very happy with these

Good job as always

Thanks
Fred

BridgeCity · June 1, 2005

I agree, the color shot is much more flattering. Thanks for sharing your amazing shots Yuri.. it is always a pleasure to comment.

Angelo · June 1, 2005

beautiful as always. I like #2 best.

Nikolai · June 1, 2005

Yuri,
I like #3 and #4.
#5 has a certain vampirish look..

I was hesitating to say that for quite some time, but finally decided to come out of the closet...:-)
It seems that your latest portraits are mostly overexposed. You used to have very nice reach color and high dynamic range, but recently most of those pictures seem a bit flat.. Intention? Change in a workflow? High-key trend?

This is, of course, only my personal opinion and only because you've asked..

Love your work!

coldclimb · June 1, 2005

Awesome stuff Yuri! I like #3 the best, and as for the difference between the last two, the color one looks better to me. Keep them coming!

JubbaKing · June 1, 2005

Yuri, these are very nice. I like #3 a lot for it's cropping and her expression.

Peter Dumont · June 1, 2005

Hello Yuri !

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Priviet, dear friends!
Running risk of being putted to lunatic asylum (who else make photos and present them without payment to unknown people) I continue my portraits learning and training.
He is Nasya.
1

Yuri

Hello Yuri.

No. 1 is my favourite - great expression

The black and White pic to me seemed a bit overprocessed.

Taking these pics and giving them away for free is a great deal ;
many people around here would PAY her to be allowed to do that .

Bye,
Peter Dumont

Higgmeister · June 1, 2005

Hi Again Yuri,
#3 is my favorite for this set. Here eyes and expression match, they say the same thing. In #4, here eyes are far away but her expression seems to say something different. Just my opinion. Between the color and B&W, I like the color better, more complimentary. #1 has a lot of character to is and is also a wonderful shot. I guess I'm a bit partial to your tight cropping now that I've gotten used to it:D.

Thanks for another wonderful set,
Chris

Adrian van Ammers · June 1, 2005

Interesting choice

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Priviet, dear friends!

and, please, send me your opinion which one's better of these two:
Spasibo for your comments and critique - they realy help me a lot to make better and better portraits...
Yuri

The b&w makes her so much older and even a total different personality. I prefer color the color - you outdid yourself here -, but the b&w makes a very interesting picture. Did she like the b&W herself I wonder?

Steve Cavigliano · June 1, 2005

Yuri,

Another great set of a beautiful young woman with fantastic eyes

Where do you find these beauties?

I like the closeness of the 4th shot, but I like the skintone better in the 3rd shot. I love the sultry look in the 1st shot, but it seems to be lacking the contrast of the 3rd and 4th shots

Ahhhh, what do I know?....lol

Thanks for sharing these Yuri

Steve

snapapple · June 1, 2005

Hi Yuri,
I like #3 the best. I like the soft lighting and the natural expression. The others all seem a bit over bright. She has beautiful eyes... as do all of your beautiful girls. Great job as usual.

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

TassieD wrote:

G'day Yuri,

Outstanding, as usuall....:D I much prefer the colour version, the b&w is a little on the scareu side for my liking (but a good photo none the less).
When the photos first loaded to likeness to Meg Ryan hit me straight away...anybody else notice this or is it just me?

Enjoy your portraits Yuri...keep up the good work.

Cheers
David

Spasibo, David!

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

JazzyJak wrote:

These are great, I think your portraiture is coming along all right Yuri. That first one just about knocked me out of my chair, her expression is so mischievous. And I also like the color version, the eyes in the B&W are just too intense for me. How do you find these girls?

Believe me or not - just on the streets...
Spasibo for your comment and critique,
Yuri

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

USAIR wrote:

I am quite sure she will be very happy with these
Good job as always

Thanks
Fred

Spasibo, Fred!

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

BridgeCity wrote:

I agree, the color shot is much more flattering. Thanks for sharing your amazing shots Yuri.. it is always a pleasure to comment.

Spasibo!
Yuri

BigAl · June 2, 2005

I really like no 1 & 2 Yuri. She has a naughty look about her.

As usual, excellent exposures!

regards
alan

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

Nikolai wrote:

I like #3 and #4.
#5 has a certain vampirish look..

I was hesitating to say that for quite some time, but finally decided to come out of the closet...:-)
It seems that your latest portraits are mostly overexposed. You used to have very nice reach color and high dynamic range, but recently most of those pictures seem a bit flat.. Intention? Change in a workflow? High-key trend?

This is, of course, only my personal opinion and only because you've asked..

Love your work!

Spasibo, Nikolai, for your critique...
Hmm... You know... I prefere cloudy says - perfect weather for portraits - the light is spread from all-around...
Now we had some very bright sunny days... I think this must not be the reason for stopping my people's photography, a? :-) Adn as you know sometimes my 'photosession' starts unexpectedly - just see a man / woman, ask 'May I take a photo?'. Maximum I can do - looking around for appropriate background and (oh!) some shadow...
Maybe this is a reason ...
Spasibo,
Yuri

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

Adrian van Ammers wrote:

The b&w makes her so much older and even a total different personality. I prefer color the color - you outdid yourself here -, but the b&w makes a very interesting picture. Did she like the b&W herself I wonder?

Spasibo, Adrian!
Yes, she said she *never had* such wonderful photos (Oh!)
Yuri

Nikolai · June 2, 2005

Sunny days..

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Spasibo, Nikolai, for your critique...
Hmm... You know... I prefere cloudy says - perfect weather for portraits - the light is spread from all-around...
Now we had some very bright sunny days... I think this must not be the reason for stopping my people's photography, a? :-) Adn as you know sometimes my 'photosession' starts unexpectedly - just see a man / woman, ask 'May I take a photo?'. Maximum I can do - looking around for appropriate background and (oh!) some shadow...
Maybe this is a reason ...
Spasibo,
Yuri

Possibly.. Those that liked most were winter time or indoors... So maybe it's just excessive light.. And our sonys, at least from my experience, tend to overexpose in such conditions..
Anyway, thank you for you answer - and I want to see more of your beautiful subjects

Cheers!

Seamus · June 2, 2005

Yuri, I haven't had the opportunity to photograph people and I study your pics for composition and lighting. They are exceptional. This series captures a very pretty young lady perfectly.

Seamus.

Otto Behrens · June 2, 2005

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Priviet, dear friends!
Running risk of being putted to lunatic asylum (who else make photos and present them without payment to unknown people) I continue my portraits learning and training.

Spasibo for your comments and critique - they realy help me a lot to make better and better portraits...
Yuri

Hi Yuri,
# 4 is my fav. She has a very clean skin, maybe she need a little more sun tan.
Or did you do the clean skin with much Photoshop.

# 3 is nice too, the background disturbs me only.

How old is this young lady?

Otto

Yuri Pautov · June 2, 2005

Seamus wrote:

Yuri, I haven't had the opportunity to photograph people and I study your pics for composition and lighting. They are exceptional. This series captures a very pretty young lady perfectly.

Seamus.

Spasibo, Seamus!

Yuri Pautov · June 3, 2005

Otto Behrens wrote:

Hi Yuri,
# 4 is my fav. She has a very clean skin, maybe she need a little more sun tan.
Or did you do the clean skin with much Photoshop.
# 3 is nice too, the background disturbs me only.

How old is this young lady?

Otto

What about phone number :-)?
Lol
She's a student.
I didn't use healing brush a lot. You know... youth...
Oh,
(Don't know why, but Mery Hopkin's "Those were the days my friend" came to mind...)
Spasibo,
Yuri

Phil U. · June 3, 2005

#3 & #4 for me

Nastya

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