Josh

JakeEbersole

Getting sick of seeing my brother? Here's another informal shot from this afternoon. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Jake


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D200 and 50 1.8. 1/2000th, ISO 400, f/2.

Mitchell

Jake, I think this is one of your better portraits of your brother. I like the sharp eyes and shallow DOF. Your conversion is also quite good.

I'm wondering if you need to branch out a bit and get more creative with your composition and cropping. I'm a big fan of tight crops like this one, but I wonder if you could broaden your horizons with some more creative efforts.

divamum

I like this shot a lot - soft light well exposed, sharp eyes, nice "meltaway" effect from the shallow dof and it's a lovely conversion (what did you use to convert?). Mitchell's point is a good one - it's a little "dead center and square on" and I might have preferred a little less off the top of the head - but it's still a good shot.

JakeEbersole

divamum wrote: »

I like this shot a lot - soft light well exposed, sharp eyes, nice "meltaway" effect from the shallow dof and it's a lovely conversion (what did you use to convert?). Mitchell's point is a good one - it's a little "dead center and square on" and I might have preferred a little less off the top of the head - but it's still a good shot.

Thanks. I converted with CS3. I'm on my iMac right now which doesn't have PS, but when I get to my other computer I can tell you a more about how I did it. I'm about to go out right now to go take some more pics. I'll post those up in a bit.

Caspian

I agree with the other two comments. I will add that you seem to be listening to the comments you are getting and doing a nice job applying them. Keep them coming.
David

ian408

It's a nice portrait but the one thing I find "missing" is a little catch light in the eyes.

Surfdog

Steady improvement, Jake. I like that you are willing to take criticism from others, then use it to make your work better.

My next suggestion - Find a girl to photograph. Your brother is probably a great guy, but for some reason girls are much more inspiring.

divamum

ian408 wrote: »

It's a nice portrait but the one thing I find "missing" is a little catch light in the eyes.

Actually, I think a bit of dodging the existing highlights could bump it up; there's a natural-light catchlight there (at the top of each eye), it's just rather subtle as it stands.

JakeEbersole

Caspian wrote: »

I agree with the other two comments. I will add that you seem to be listening to the comments you are getting and doing a nice job applying them. Keep them coming.
David

Thanks. I've got some shots from this evening that I really like that I'll post up here in a bit.

ian408 wrote: »

It's a nice portrait but the one thing I find "missing" is a little catch light in the eyes.

I'll try and add that next time. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in everything I forget about the little things.

Surfdog wrote: »

Steady improvement, Jake. I like that you are willing to take criticism from others, then use it to make your work better.

My next suggestion - Find a girl to photograph. Your brother is probably a great guy, but for some reason girls are much more inspiring.

Yes, I agree 100%. Plus I can pose girls better than guys. .

divamum wrote: »

Actually, I think a bit of dodging the existing highlights could bump it up; there's a natural-light catchlight there (at the top of each eye), it's just rather subtle as it stands.

I'll try that. Thanks.