These are a lot of fun. I liked the shots with the added texture to the body painting. #15 in your gallery is the most compelling. I really like her cat-like pose and the PP on that one. My favorite of the series
#1 doesn't really do it for me; Not that it is bad, I just don't know what I'm looking at and why. It feels like an arm and two legs, nothing more. The way it was shot and cropped makes her arm feel really long as well. The light and the very dark shadows don't really do it for me either.
#2 I'm not sure where the light on her right comes from? It shows the background a bit there and her hairs which is a bit distracting but could easily be fixed in post. (Is that the same light I see in #3?) Her hair seems to almost blend in with the background, especially on the right. Do you have something that you can use as a hairlight? Posing, and expression seem slightly uncomfortable and unflattering to me. Maybe a little bit of a twist in the body?
On both #3 and #4 I am feeling like her face should have been painted as well; It almost looks like a head and a body were merged together.
I like #3 best of this set. The light on the right (the one I mentioned above) is a bit distracting though. I would have her turn her hand a bit so you shoot it from the side basically (like on #1, where the hand is nicely situated). That way it doesn't seem so big and present. It needs a bit more light on her hair I think. Posing is much nicer, overall the best of the bunch
The harsh shadows on the floor and the dirty floor on the last one really don't help the image. I would have shot it a little bit to the left, I think, showing a little bit more back, a little bit more curves. That would also help her left-foot which now seems to be directly attached to her right-leg.
Ok, so I am not a big nude photographer. I do have one coming up and I am doing my research to try and tackle this the right way.
I have to say though, when I see the painted shots, the first thing that came into my brain was Tony the Tiger from the Frosted Flakes commercial and her standing next to me screaming "Therrrrrrrrrrrre GRRRRRREAT!"
Please don't take this as criticism, cause it isn't. I jest. Good job!
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#1 doesn't really do it for me; Not that it is bad, I just don't know what I'm looking at and why. It feels like an arm and two legs, nothing more. The way it was shot and cropped makes her arm feel really long as well. The light and the very dark shadows don't really do it for me either.
#2 I'm not sure where the light on her right comes from? It shows the background a bit there and her hairs which is a bit distracting but could easily be fixed in post. (Is that the same light I see in #3?) Her hair seems to almost blend in with the background, especially on the right. Do you have something that you can use as a hairlight? Posing, and expression seem slightly uncomfortable and unflattering to me. Maybe a little bit of a twist in the body?
On both #3 and #4 I am feeling like her face should have been painted as well; It almost looks like a head and a body were merged together.
I like #3 best of this set. The light on the right (the one I mentioned above) is a bit distracting though. I would have her turn her hand a bit so you shoot it from the side basically (like on #1, where the hand is nicely situated). That way it doesn't seem so big and present. It needs a bit more light on her hair I think. Posing is much nicer, overall the best of the bunch
The harsh shadows on the floor and the dirty floor on the last one really don't help the image. I would have shot it a little bit to the left, I think, showing a little bit more back, a little bit more curves. That would also help her left-foot which now seems to be directly attached to her right-leg.
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I have to say though, when I see the painted shots, the first thing that came into my brain was Tony the Tiger from the Frosted Flakes commercial and her standing next to me screaming "Therrrrrrrrrrrre GRRRRRREAT!"
Please don't take this as criticism, cause it isn't. I jest. Good job!
Joe
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Montreal, Canada
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