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i like the idea of #1, but i would have taken the shot of the phone of him holding it and have the subject be on the phone with the him blurred in the back. does that make sense? I think the lighting in the second one is really good! the pose in the #3 is a little odd and he looks like hes hunching down.
Hi Doog...
I'm a little confused about what you're saying in #1. I know you think he should be blurred (I had that idea too), but what should be on the phone?
Post production like on number 2 (and I'm not knocking it, just saying it is WAY more work than I'd ever put into...anything) is why I don't shoot seniors. Light is a little hot on those portraits (the side light) and I think it would look cooler if you mirrored one of them so the side light was banging from both sides rather than the same.
Hi Doog...
I'm a little confused about what you're saying in #1. I know you think he should be blurred (I had that idea too), but what should be on the phone?
id say have the phone be the center of attention and on the phone be him so it looks like you are taking a pic of him taking a pic of himself. does that help?
I think I would like #1 with a horizontal crop. The point of impact is the viewer and it's tough to see. I think the background is too busy for my eye.
#2 your lights are hot and the two images are not of the same intensitity but that is just nit pickin. But I don't think it is as masculine as it needs to be for a guy. Maybe more grunge.
#3 is OK but he is hunched over. For me the bad posture kills it.
You have some great ideas here just need to be reworked some.
Just my opinions so take it or leave it.
In general very nice I agree with the above that the first shot could have been nicer landscape oriented maybe. That would have brought out the iPhone and the photo on it a bit more as well
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I'm a little confused about what you're saying in #1. I know you think he should be blurred (I had that idea too), but what should be on the phone?
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id say have the phone be the center of attention and on the phone be him so it looks like you are taking a pic of him taking a pic of himself. does that help?
#2 your lights are hot and the two images are not of the same intensitity but that is just nit pickin. But I don't think it is as masculine as it needs to be for a guy. Maybe more grunge.
#3 is OK but he is hunched over. For me the bad posture kills it.
You have some great ideas here just need to be reworked some.
Just my opinions so take it or leave it.
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