Akilah - Class Of 2012 U of M

Bryce Wilson

Go Blue! Photographed last night between 6:15 and 8:00 PM with a very overcast sky.

Does 2 and 4 look too "strobish" to you?

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Yaflyyadie

Bryce:
As your question, my untrained eyes say yes.
To the ones that receive the pictures it might not be a problem, but I know your quality of work and have to honestly reply.
JMHO.
Carlos

kdog

2 maybe just a little, but 4 looks fine to me. I'm sure she'll love them, but you can always strive for better next time. Bigger/closer modifier maybe?

reyvee61

I'd that the strobe was a bit strong on some of these yes and I really like number five the most but I would tone down the amount of light on her right arm a bit.
Nice job on that one, one tiny nit on her pose, I'm not liking how her index finger "appears" to be poking the side of her head. Perhaps if she would have relaxed that a bit
Good work on this series overall.

divamum

I'm with kdog - 2 yes, 4 no. I also like 5, although I'd lose the writing on the deck (first thing my eye picked up, I'm afraid). Be careful on 3 how her skirt has pulled up under her - it exposes her legs in a possibly questionable manner (might bother some, won't bother others at all - ymmv).

Nice job overall!

Hackbone

It would not look so flashist if your falsh was equal to your bkg. In these instances they flash is too hot compared to the bkg. If they were closer in exposure it would be much harder to tell.

Mike J

You question seems to imply that looking strobist is a bad thing. I'm sure there are those that would disagree with that...
I don't know if #2 is looks too strobist but to me her face looks a little hot. I'm also not sure if the tree behind is catching some of the flash or not but the overall brightness of the tree is distracting to me.
#4 I have a similar problem with the tree trunk above her being too bright. The exposure on her face looks good to me though.
Now having said that, I really like #1.

Bryce Wilson

Thank you so much for taking the time to give input everyone. It is very appreciated!

Using some of your opinions, I've done a rework of sorts on both 2 and 4.

I'm on the fence about the storbist look. Part of me thinks outdoor scenes should look completely natural and the other part likes some of the drama that can be introduced with noticeable strobing.

Here are the "re-works".

Thanks again, Bryce

2 rework


4 rework


And...

Here's a black and white head shot that I kinda liked...