Snow Girl Marie

Bilsen

Two firsts here.

My first outdoor shoot in the snow and the first time I used a gray card for white balance in RAW.

Still working on her full gallery but click the first image for it.







The Hi Key here is on purpose

TenThirteen

I like these, good poses, but I wish the backgrounds were better. The Hi-Key is my fave.

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Bilsen

Thank you both.

The next two sets from this shoot have less busy backgrounds. I'll have them up in a day or two.

To be honest, I was so intent on getting the snow white and her skin correct I probably was a bit distracted. Another reason I'm not a pro.

Icebear

Well, you sure got the exposure right. Good stuff.

Seneca

I think the images are good. I do think that some pp'ing would make them awesome.

zoomer

Looks like a fun outing.

Just a quick tip for outdoor portraits....if you are interested.
Make the photo first in your head, lighting comes first (find the good light, right time of day) give the the location and background second priority, once you find a good background and frame in good light then place your subject into the frame where you want them with the light hitting them in a flattering manner.
If you give the subject first priority then the background suffers.
You can put a mediocre subject in a great background setting in good light and get away with it, you can't get away with having a great subject in bad light with an ugly cluttered background.....for what it's worth .

Of these I like the high key best. I like the pose in the second one.

Bilsen

Thanks to Ice, Seneca and Zoomer.

Seneca, what sort of PP would you like to see?

Zoomer, of course I'm interested and thank you for the advice. In reality, my major fault (among many) as a model photographer is that I tend to focus so heavily on the subject that I often forget the rest. Even though I know it, I still do it a lot.

Take a look at her second set (Guys don't make Passes) for a way better background and treatment - I think.

NeilL

Yes, I have discovered too how essential a greycard custom WB is (it's not yet 2nd nature for me to do it, I still forget sometimes:cry.) It just makes the images look so much better - these shots are proof - and you can never get that same quality in post, and trying to is such a waste of time and effort.

I had a look at your gallery, as you know.

Neil

FlyNavy

Nice White Balance!

canoesailor

JohnGalt_ny wrote: »

Thanks to Ice, Seneca and Zoomer.

Seneca, what sort of PP would you like to see?

Zoomer, of course I'm interested and thank you for the advice. In reality, my major fault (among many) as a model photographer is that I tend to focus so heavily on the subject that I often forget the rest. Even though I know it, I still do it a lot.

Take a look at her second set (Guys don't make Passes) for a way better background and treatment - I think.

When you have a beautiful model, it's difficult not to.
I took a lot of nudes of my wife when we were younger and most of them have something wrong in the background or the pose. My mind seemed to blank out anything else and fixate entirely on her.

But we're in good company, even David Bailey fell foul of that, when he photographed Marie Helvyn. I saw his shadow in one and a lampshade then a door post in others.

Bilsen

Thanks John. Good to know I'm not alone.