my first portriat c&c please

tbaybucs

the subjects wanted a 60's style washed out kinda feel i did my best d300 sigma 105 mm 2.8 n0 flash or fill of any kind.
now i know the faces are shady but that's what they wanted. this is my first post please be kind :P

Mitchell

Greetings from Clearwater and welcome to Dgrin.

If this is what they wanted, then you delivered a decent backlit portrait. As you know, a bit of fill, even with a reflector, would have helped light up their faces and give more pop to this photo. I'm also not sure about the crop. While I usually like tight crops, this one would work better for me if his hand had not been chopped.

Bend The Light

Don't take this the wrong way, and this is not a critique of the models, but she's a lot taller than he is, and in this shot I am drawn to that. It looks incongruous. I think it may have looked better had you managed to level them up a little. Now I'm no expert, and I surely wouldn't have noticed this at the time, it is only looking afterwards that I would have seen it.

I like the back-lighting, and as you have delivered what they wanted then that is surely a great thing.

Qarik

I will comment on the processing. For vintage washed out look, you need to desturate your colors more, add some more exposure back and add a color cast..I see green cast now but mostly in the lower right coner only.

tbaybucs

thank you
thank you all for your comments. first i did no pp mayube a little sharpening.2nd she was standing on a stair higher than him on pupose.
i thought for sure whn i shot this the colors or the bg would be washed out so im stoked that i can fix this with a little ps thank you again for your valuable comments ( lakeland here)

Icebear

This is an image you can work with and get a nice portrait for them. I'd crop it tighter, above her hand. It's stuck in her pocket anyway. You got really nice facial expressions.

Travel

For your first portrait you certainly had an advanced subject and you did well. Normally you turn the bodies a little more but with big people you can't because then you see how thick they are, this you did well. How might you improve this next time. #1 raise the camera their bodies are closer to the camera than their heads so the bodies look big and the heads look small. With big people you may need to raise it a lot so the head looks big and the body looks small. #2 to reduce the size of the lady's body she can be behind him up to 1/2 of the width of her body can be hidden this way. This is done for two reasons , most women feel they could lose a few pounds and if she is very happy with the portrait the guy will be happy. That's enough for now. You did well in a very difficult situation!

tbaybucs

thank you all and i agree with all you have suggested they loved the image it is exactly what they wanted so i will do no more pp. but i will for next time

Hackbone

When photographing large people have them lean into each other. This helps to lessen their size and then crop it in closer. Bellies are acceptable in China but tend to be frowned upon here in the US. Good job getting them into the shade. Could you have moved the lady more forward or in some direction to lessen the blown out hair?

Leaning into the camera helps to demphaise (sp) the weight.