Sabrina

LiquidOps

Sabrina hopes to audition for the LA Philharmonic

C&C always welcome (I gotta get better somehow)

Steven

schmoo

The Philharmonic, woo! What does she play? Good luck to her and I am very envious

The blown out bit on her hair is really drawing my eye. I am no portrait photographer but I know that some backlit photos can cause very pleasing halos around the subject. However, despite the great detail you captured on her face, I can't get over that one bright bit on top. Also he features are a bit on the flat side, most likely from the light behind behind her. I think useful shadows could make her pop out a bit more.

I'm just learning too, so I'm all ears for the advice of the real folks.

ShepsMom

I agree with schmooo regarding bright spot above her head. Have you tried playing with shadows on this? I think shot also can use some contrast as well. Cute girl and good luck in Philharmonics!!

snapapple

:dgrin Agree about the blown out spot on the head and the flatness. Some contrast on the face would round it out. Sometimes we just can't do anything with the bright sun. Did you shoot in RAW? Maybe you can slide down the exposure and start over. Or maybe the shadow/highlight feature could help.

She's a pretty girl and I wish her luck with the Philharmonic.

Seneca

Cute...a little bright, but nice photo overall.

LiquidOps

Thank you all so much for your honest comments as well as your well wishes. I will definately pass this on to her and I'm sure she'll love it.

In regards to the picture...

I took a slightly different crop and added some contrats. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.



Thanks in advance,

Steven

LiquidOps

got bumped to another page

hoping to get a few more comments on this one before it dies completely

Thanks again

Steven

urbanaries

LiquidOps wrote:

got bumped to another page

hoping to get a few more comments on this one before it dies completely

Thanks again

Steven

i like this edit a lot better, and also like the simpler treatment of her name in the frame, as well. Beautfiul girl!

kisi

urbanaries wrote:

i like this edit a lot better, and also like the simpler treatment of her name in the frame, as well. Beautfiul girl!

the emphasis is more on her eyes in the new version, it looks much better

LiquidOps

Thank you both for stopping by again and taking a look.

I have another shoot with her today, this time she's bringing her Trumpet (and this shoot is planned). She loved the shots from the last one, so I'm hoping for even better results this time.

Thanks again,

Steven

Cuties02q

Nice shot...the 2nd edit looks much better

LiquidOps

Cuties02q wrote:

Nice shot...the 2nd edit looks much better

Thanks for stopping by again and commenting

She was really happy with that one.

Part II of our shoot was today... I started a new thread

Steven