Allie Standing

Photosbychuck

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Swartzy

You've got a great looking model
Scope out some bg's that compliment her....nothing busy...bring her out aways from the bg as well for some shots. Have her move slowly, talking with her as angle of face, body, arms, one foot toe down, etc. Move around her as well for different camera angles as you talk with her..stay in communication with your model and she'll look "less" rigid in posing. Get low, get high, get angled...zoom in so she fills the frame and not the surroundings.

Some food for thought.

evoryware

Regarding the background, I see a brick wall you could have used right behind her on her right side.
Or you may have been able to use the bigger pole from the other picture since she's standing. Pick a white point from her shirt and lessen the shadows, IMO.
Let me know if you want me to remove.

Flutist

I think that bg is fine, but I think it would be better suited if the model was in sharp focus and the bg blurred out

SloYerRoll

I'm only posting this because C&C was invited...

I'd work on a few things that people already touched base on and a few others.

- The model is way to stiff for a full body pose. She has decent curves but you don't capture them. All I see is a "say cheese" pose all in anticipation for the shutter then she relaxes. Get her to relax before you take the shot.

- The b/g is a bit busy. But I'm amazed that no one has commented that it's crooked as well. This can be corrected in pp. But should have been more thought out on location in regards to either creating a more shallow DOF or different b/g altogether.

- The shot is definately underexposed. Once again, this can be corrected in post. There's a time for dark shots and I'm a big fan of them. But a shot of a cute girl in the summertime (or looks to be summer) is not one of those times.

neastguy

im a rook, but it looks to me you need more light on the subject..:D

cmason

neastguy wrote:

im a rook, but it looks to me you need more light on the subject..:D

Not sure about having her stand in front of a pole, having it come out of her head and between her legs is very awkward.

Flutist

Looking at it again. The steps and column behind her, would make for a really relaxed pose as another poster above had mentioned an issue with her stiffness.

evoryware

Oh I thought I did mention it. I did adjust the straightness of the pole in my edit.

Photosbychuck

Thanks for all the comments!

dogwood

Swartzy wrote:

Scope out some bg's that compliment her....nothing busy...bring her out aways from the bg as well for some shots. Have her move slowly, talking with her as angle of face, body, arms, one foot toe down, etc. Move around her as well for different camera angles as you talk with her..stay in communication with your model and she'll look "less" rigid in posing. Get low, get high, get angled...zoom in so she fills the frame and not the surroundings.

Some food for thought.

WOW! This is some of the best advice I've seen here in regards to shooting people. If only I had read this (and taken it seriously) when I first started! Very, very, very good advice here.

Swartzy

Aw shucks Pete
It weren't nothin