This was my first nude shoot.
Feel free to give any advice on shooting nudes.
Thanks,
Dr T
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Hi Torsten,
welcome to GF (and to Dgrin, for that matter:-)
You have some good stuff in that gallery.
I was a bit surprised to see BW image from the "aspens" - the colors are beautiful. I'm not saying you should not do what you please (and some other BWs in that gallery are much better), but some full color ones are not too shabby either. Also looks like you got some good light.
Posing-wise you got a mixed bag. Some poses are OK, some are not (e.g. shooting "up the butt" rarely works). Apparently both you and your model are fairly new to this. It will come, just keep analyzing your own work (which is difficult) and work of others (much, much easier;-).
My biggest grudge here is that your model looks extremely tense - probably because it's one of her first times shooting nude.
Also, she often looks in a general direction of the camera, but not to the camera. It's a big no-no. I always keep telling my models right off the bat: "if you're not looking straight to the camera, I need you to look at least 30, if not all 45 degrees away, otherwise it will look sloppy".
HTH
Nikolai
I realize this is a b&w image, but it conveys a sense of "cold" to me. Not sure if that was your goal or not. The look on her face plays into this as well.
Also, the plant/stick in front of her left leg is distracting, although you probably didn't even notice it when you were shooting.
I like the shot, and I think the direction of the model's glance implies that someone or something is threatening or chasing her. She looks tired and vulnerable, kinda like a late ninteenth century pulp novel heroine. You might try some soft focus, grain, vignette on it.
At the same time NEVER disregard Nik's advice without seriously considering what he has to say.
John :
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I like it. It has a compelling, melodramatic silent movie feel.
"Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed." Garry Winogrand Avatar credit: photograph by Duane Michals-picture of me, 'Smash Palace' album
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welcome to GF (and to Dgrin, for that matter:-)
You have some good stuff in that gallery.
I was a bit surprised to see BW image from the "aspens" - the colors are beautiful. I'm not saying you should not do what you please (and some other BWs in that gallery are much better), but some full color ones are not too shabby either. Also looks like you got some good light.
Posing-wise you got a mixed bag. Some poses are OK, some are not (e.g. shooting "up the butt" rarely works). Apparently both you and your model are fairly new to this. It will come, just keep analyzing your own work (which is difficult) and work of others (much, much easier;-).
My biggest grudge here is that your model looks extremely tense - probably because it's one of her first times shooting nude.
Also, she often looks in a general direction of the camera, but not to the camera. It's a big no-no. I always keep telling my models right off the bat: "if you're not looking straight to the camera, I need you to look at least 30, if not all 45 degrees away, otherwise it will look sloppy".
HTH
Nikolai
Dr. T
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Also, the plant/stick in front of her left leg is distracting, although you probably didn't even notice it when you were shooting.
Keep shooting!
At the same time NEVER disregard Nik's advice without seriously considering what he has to say.
Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
D3s, D500, D5300, and way more glass than the wife knows about.
It is about how that thing looks photographed." Garry Winogrand
Avatar credit: photograph by Duane Michals- picture of me, 'Smash Palace' album