Miguel

Angelo

I was asked to shoot an employee portrait for a birthday celebration...

I'd love to hear feedback. Thanks.



edit: with suggested corrections






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Richard

Nice shot. I would try to do something about the shiny spot on the forehead. While you're at it, the blue/gray blob in the upper left and the two light orange spots on the right could all be eliminated fairly easily. Picky, picky.

Cheers,

saurora

Watch your background and keep in mind Angelo, that I don't follow my own advice! Looks like you might have been able to turn your direction slightly and miss the dark object on the floor (mat?). His hair gets somewhat lost against it. Nice expression and I like the angle you shot from. I always have horizons running through my subject's heads, so I'm not sure I'm qualified to voice an opinon.

Angelo

OK, I addressed your suggestions.

Antonio Correia

Different shirt ? Another color contrasting with the background ?
Nice catch light !

Angelo

Antonio Correia wrote:

Different shirt ? Another color contrasting with the background ?
Nice catch light !

Antonio - unfortunately that wasn't an option but thanks for looking and for the suggestion.

System

nice shot, angelo-

neat perspective-

Flyinggina

Really nice, Angelo, I'll bet your subject is really pleased.

Virginia

saurora

Nice improvements!

ian408

I like the angle. Maybe lighten the shaded area behind his head a little
bit so that he stands out.

Angelo

gefillmore wrote:

nice shot, angelo-

neat perspective-

thank you George!

Mitchell

I like the angle on this shot.

Personally, I think the skin tones are better on your first version. Looks a little washed out on the second.

Angelo

Flyinggina wrote:

Really nice, Angelo, I'll bet your subject is really pleased.

Virginia

He was... he was surprised at how good it came out...

I think I was insulted

Tentacion

Hola Angelo from Los Angeles...

Looking at the photos I really like the color tone of the 1st one with just a bit of lightening up, I would use a healing brush perhaps to get rid of the glare on his forehead. I would definently be careful of background distractions with this sort of perspective (which I like btw Have done a few like this.)

Photo 2 for some reason to me is just a TAD too bright...you lost the nice tones of the shirt and texture detail, and for lack of better words his skin tone doesn't look natural to me....

He is of latin origin right?? That skin tone usually has more Yellow than Cyan hue tone. I might have just brought down the magenta in the first shot, and added a touch of cyan to it.

And if he had no objection to it...I might have removed the "Beauty Marks" that are very prominent on his right side. I also like that twinkle he has in his eyes....I would have done a selective lasso on the pupil, added a touch of contrast, dodge the catchlight a bit, and then hit it with a touch of unsharpen mask...and then at very low opacity hit is with the sharpen brush for added kick, To bring out his eyes...

Regards,
Donna

Angelo

saurora wrote:

Nice improvements!

thank you

thanks for the advice

Angelo

ian408 wrote:

I like the angle. Maybe lighten the shaded area behind his head a little
bit so that he stands out.

Thanks Ian. An excellent example of the PS skills I need to develop.

Angelo

Mitchell wrote:

I like the angle on this shot.

Personally, I think the skin tones are better on your first version. Looks a little washed out on the second.

Hey Mitch: You're right, they are. I rushed through the second version addressing the light issues suggested earlier and didn't properly adjust curves before saving.
Thanks for looking

Angelo

Tentacion wrote:

Hola Angelo from Los Angeles...

Looking at the photos I really like the color tone of the 1st one with just a bit of lightening up, I would use a healing brush perhaps to get rid of the glare on his forehead. I would definently be careful of background distractions with this sort of perspective (which I like btw Have done a few like this.)

Photo 2 for some reason to me is just a TAD too bright...you lost the nice tones of the shirt and texture detail, and for lack of better words his skin tone doesn't look natural to me....

He is of latin origin right?? That skin tone usually has more Yellow than Cyan hue tone. I might have just brought down the magenta in the first shot, and added a touch of cyan to it.

And if he had no objection to it...I might have removed the "Beauty Marks" that are very prominent on his right side. I also like that twinkle he has in his eyes....I would have done a selective lasso on the pupil, added a touch of contrast, dodge the catchlight a bit, and then hit it with a touch of unsharpen mask...and then at very low opacity hit is with the sharpen brush for added kick, To bring out his eyes...

Regards,
Donna

YIKES!!!!!

Donna, you raise all good points and some I've explained but I am not very skilled in photoshop so most of your recommendations will come after a much longer learning curve. D

Tentacion

Angelo wrote:

YIKES!!!!!

Donna, you raise all good points and some I've explained but I am not very skilled in photoshop so most of your recommendations will come after a much longer learning curve. D

My most humblest apologies Angelo....

Angelo

Tentacion wrote:

My most humblest apologies Angelo....

none necessary

Tentacion

Angelo wrote:

none necessary

Thanks for letting me play Angelo....Hope it meets your needs...

Donna

PaulThomasMcKee

Great Capture Angelo!

Nicely done post work Donna.

Tentacion

Thanks Paul...it was a great photo to begin with.