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Martina
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Any chance you can post the full size image rather than a postimage thumbnail? I’ve put postimage in my firewalls blocked sites list, but would like to see this larger before commenting on it.
how do i do that Thorsten. id love some critique here.
My friend is a hairdresser and asked me to do some portraits for him. I dont have lights or anything so I told him if wanted I would but I am not a portrait photographer. This is ok but only ok many many faults so id love critique.
It’s not a bad picture but i think the problem may be the context in which the image will be used.
This is basically a commercial shot that is highlighting a product. The product being your mates hairdressing.Whenever you see those pictures in the windows of hairdressers they are almost always the model up against
a white background, this means that the haircut ( the product ) is highlighted. In this case the background takes
away from the haircut.It’s a good portrait but a commercial shot it may need to be revisted.
However that is a very amateur answer to your question and i may be wrong.
John, if you sign up for an online hosting account you’ll be able to post a proper image on here from there. http://www.flickr.com/ (who I use) and http://www.Photobucket.com, to name a few both have free accounts. If ya sign up..go as far as ya can then post any issues you’re having here and we’ll sort ya…:-)
Lovely shot btw..I think your friend should be chuffed…but I’ll let the real portrait experts give ya the low down.. :D
Robbie
8)it doesn’t really matter what type of camera you’re using,
if you use a flash on top of it,
its gonna look like everyone else’s picture,
who shoots the same way-Some window light pictures,
with big reflectors,
like Thorsten has been showing recently
would be preferable,
just so long as you remove all the clutter from the backround-Graham has a point about the white backround,
though it doesn’t have to be slavishly followed-Remember, you have a say about all elements in the picture,
including the styling of the model-
If she’s wearing something that will take away from the picture,
you can always suggest that it could be changed-j
jb7 wrote:
Graham has a point about the white backround,
though it doesn’t have to be slavishly followed-j
Agreed, I would love see a little more imagination brought into this style of shot.
The only thing about this particular image is that all the colours seem to blend a little.
Which IMHO takes away slightly from the the point of the shot.As a portrait I do it is very good though.
Hey John – good to see you experimenting. Once you have enough contrast between the subject and the background you can pretty much create a good mask and create whatever background you want – the trouble with this background is that (in places ) you don’t have enough contrast as the colours are quite similar to your subject. Ideally because you are shooting hair and because she is blonde, i’d position her infront of a darker wall. I’ve been looking through a few mags lately and alot of the time they seem to light the model from above. Did you try bouncing the light off the ceiling ? The only trouble with this is that it would probably move the shadow behind her further down and you’d have even less contrast ?? Hmm… maybe i think too much. :)
Ali wrote:
Did you try bouncing the light off the ceiling ? The only trouble with this is that it would probably move the shadow behind her further down and you’d have even less contrast ??
You could try getting your hands on a Gary Fong Lightsphere as a cheap and portable diffuser, it does a pretty good job and it really does work. I recently got one and am pleased with it (got mine via eBay). This thread also mentions other options like A Better Bounce Card which you can make yourself. Both are cheap and affordable options to enhance a mounted flash unit.
stasber wrote:
You could try getting your hands on a Gary Fong Lightsphere as a cheap and portable diffuser, it does a pretty good job and it really does work.
I think Timmmmehhhhhhhhhhhhh bought one of these, would be really interested in seeing the results. If you have any sample images Stas i’d be interested in seeing them.
Ali wrote:
I think Timmmmehhhhhhhhhhhhh bought one of these, would be really interested in seeing the results. If you have any sample images Stas i’d be interested in seeing them.
Yep, and I think I know who is to blame for that :lol:
Siobhain is an example. Shame about the flourescent strips overhead. I don’t have any ‘classic’ portraits at the mo unfortunately, under more normal or natural lighting conditions.
I saw a quick exchange of goods alright :lol: I love that shot and i was hoping you’d say you used it on that. No wonder she had a smile on her face ;) Ok i don’t want to hijack this thread, i’ll pick your brain about this one via pm.
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