Portrait whenever someone lets me.

B Joyner

My son was kind enough to pose for me again.
Looking for any tips on posing, lighting, processing.
Thanks

http://brianjoyner.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Portfolio/15673157_AWrWm

Qarik

this one is pretty good.

reyvee61

Very nice, the only nit I have is with regards to his eyes...a little more light would be great....

Hackbone

Good lighting and lighting pattern but get more light into the eyes. You've given him whats called "racoon eyes". Bring you main light a little lower to get better catch lights in the eyes. Your eyes are the "Windows to the Soul". If you were to have this print judged they would say the background is way too busy and takes attention off the subject.

zoomer

Nice shot, You could probably crop the bottom to just above where the string tighteners on the guitar are.
Good looking young man.

FlyNavy

Very nice!!! I too would like to see a bit more of the eyes.

B Joyner

Thanks for the comments. I thought that too about the eyes being too dark. I played around a little with the dodge brush to try to lighten them up a bit, but I just couldn't get it to look right. So I left them dark. I guess I should have experimented a little more. My lights were actually set up trying to get a different shot altogether. As usual it seems my favorite pic was the one I wasn't trying for.

Thanks again I will keep working at it.

B Joyner

Does this seem better. I always think I either do too much or not enough. These old eyes of mine make it hard to tell.

Hackbone

Its the catch lights in the eyes that bring an image to life. They are there but barely.

B Joyner

One more try at this. I tried to bring up the catchlights also lighten the eyes and the the area around them.
Does this look better or did I go to far?

Hackbone

Aren't the eyes sooooo much more alive!

briandelion

Much better!

VayCayMom

that is much better his eyes have come alive! Good job.That is a very nice portrait, I like the background, the guitar, the tee shirt, it tells a story about this young man.

toddb

way better with the brighter eyes -- great pic and nice work bringing them out.

chris.vultaggio

Nice job - maybe a tad too far with the eyes, they seem too bright in relation to the rest of the face - a little more heat on the guitar would have bounced some light back up into his eyes and given a cool reflection.

Also, could be a bit sharper and the hands look a little too hot. Good job with shaping the shadows on the face and nice separation from the background.

JustinThyme

Nice job when catchlights added!