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CC Please! - 10-22-2009, 02:28 AM


Hey all! This is my very first senior style shoot and I've already learned a ton from my mistakes on the noise issue so I thought I'd post some that I've worked on and see what else I can learn! So, I downloaded Noise Ninja and I know these are all very soft but let me know what else you think! Thanks!
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10-22-2009, 04:09 AM


maybe try and implement the rule of thirds a bit more instead of having her right in the middle of the frame each time.

Other thing, just a personal thing, why show just feet??? I have never quite understood that, but I digress.

on your 3rd pic, maybe try some fill flash, then you could limit the overexposure in the background. For that matter, a little fill flash would have helped to bring out her eyes on all of them.

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10-22-2009, 09:30 AM


I've just always really liked the feet picture. Us girls, we LUV our shoes!!

Thanks for the feedback!
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10-22-2009, 10:30 AM


Personally, I like the face just how it is in pic 3, it adds a little mood. While I try for a properly exposed picture, "Properly" and correct are different terms.

I definitely agree with Dan tho, use the rule of 1/3rd more. You can always crop it in the 1/3rd if you have extra space.

Regarding the last pic, there's something I like and don't like at the time time. Good pose, I like the books, but perhaps if you could have spun a little to your right to get more books as the background and less window. The only reasons is that the light from outside is blowing out almost and give the picture a rather unused right side look to it. However, I realize you wouldn't be able to get the nice effect with the books being in line if you moved away from the axis some. My only thoughts to what might have worked may have been to use a higher aperture (f8, f11) to get more of the background outside in focus to make it less blown out.

Overall, I'd say your pics look very nice for your first go round. They look better than my first go round looked :)

Very nice poses, and bokeh control looks good. I like your background on the first picture.
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10-22-2009, 11:00 AM


Some things you can't fix after the photo is taken - but many things you can improve. Here are a few pointers...
  • You can always CROP to the rule-of-thirds...
  • Framing your shots at a slight angle can increase the visual interest...
  • When you have busy, blown out backgrounds, try filling the frame with your subject...
  • Add a little snap in photoshop (or other image editor)...

Here's one of your pics with the above techniques applied...
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10-22-2009, 11:09 AM


I meant that in my other post about cropping it after the shot, thanks for clearing it up Kevin, after re-reading I see it didn't come out quite like I wanted and seemed rather vague.

But yep, thanks for clearing that up :)
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10-22-2009, 01:04 PM


Thanks for all the tips! I've got lots to work on for next time! I'm going to go back and work on my cropping issues and see if I can fix some. Thanks!
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