Senior portraits...Megan

zoomer

Very shy girl, but really a lot of fun once she relaxed.
Natural light, d3 and 85 1.4 shot at 1.8.

mjoshi123

I like this set better than your previous sepia one, in this her skin looks much more natural. Beautiful girl.

wave01

i do like these nicely done 1 is my favourite

jeffreaux2

Really like the skin tones on these. Almost looks like a little TRD?
I like the second shot best. I think its the tug on the hair that sells it to me. A slight bend in that right elbow would have put it over the top. Thats being picky though.

I get consumed when shooting and often don't realize when a subject has slid themselves out of the desired pose and into something else. I get focused in on hand placement maybe....and they straighten a joint that was previously bent. It's a lot to think about.

Thanks for sharing.

kdog

Cute! #1 is the money shot. #2 is good too, but that busy graffiti is doing nothing for her.

Gotham

Very nice shots. It looks like you did a great job of getting her comfortable. My only criticism is that with her shape face, I think short lighting would have been more flattering (tough with natural light, so perhaps some flashes would have helped).

divamum

mjoshi123 wrote: »

I like this set better than your previous sepia one, in this her skin looks much more natural. Beautiful girl.

I love these, Mike - tons of personality, and the "all one colour" thing I felt in the previous shot is a non-issue in any of these. #1 is awesome - the kind of shot I aspire to!

zoomer

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment, appreciate them all.
What is a TRD?
I have to confess I don't pay that much attention to posing, I am a stickler for finding the light, then finding a background to put my subject into where they will look their best.
I place them in the frame where I want them and tell them to do whatever comes into their head, when the face looks good I click. They say what should I do, I say "I don't care". Then I interact with them to get the looks I want.
....so yeah I often discover later that some body parts didn't end up in the best places/orientation .
I take a lot of pictures. In a two hour portrait shoot it is not uncommon for me to take over 400 pictures.
One of the reasons I have gone to mostly natural light, much different atmosphere to the shoots.

If you don't like the graffiti you would hate the rest of her gallery....she was all about it.

Yes her face is quite round, and I did have to coach her about "locking in" to the camera. Angles were her friend. I should pay more attention to the short lighting, I will do that next time I shoot a round faced girl, good reminder.

Thanks, 1 was one of those shots where you are walking along and they just hit a spot where they look good and you freeze them. Take a quick shot and move on, this one came out nice.

Here is the rest of her gallery if anyone fancies a look:http://alloutdoor.smugmug.com/Other/Megan/22219100_6D9dHP#!i=1774559525&k=z2PmxFx

jeffreaux2

zoomer wrote: »

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment, appreciate them all.
What is a TRD?
I take a lot of pictures. In a two hour portrait shoot it is not uncommon for me to take over 400 pictures.

TRD is a mispell........I meant TRA. Totally Rad Actions - photoshop actions. The finishing has echoes of their "pool party" action.

400 frames in two hours? Sheesh.

I thought I was bad. Im grabbing ~100 per hour on average. I can't stand wading through that many files to edit.

zoomer

No worries, I can't type either. I think what you are seeing is one of the filters in Lightroom, messes with the contrast a bit.

When I use off camera flash I shoot about the same amount 150-200.
With natural light the count goes way up. I delete most of them in camera...it goes really quick.

Sam

By looking at her images one would never guess she is shy. Nice job. Wish I could find fault so I could say something other than "nice job".

Sam

Bilsen

Beautiful series throughout.

You definitely got her personality and the skin tones are flat perfect!

Gary752

divamum wrote: »

I love these, Mike - tons of personality, and the "all one colour" thing I felt in the previous shot is a non-issue in any of these. #1 is awesome - the kind of shot I aspire to!

They all look good, but #1 is the one I would print HUGE for the wall, or to display in the studio if you have one. Those eyes are incredible!

GaryB

avangardphoto

I like #2. Great shots. Thanks.