I wanted to have a little fun with this one, which I think I did. Once again I am my own model, thus the reason my right arm is a little more obvious than I would like (hand held camera).
Despite my arm being there I still like the shot. I know there is a little glare I think as well on the lollypop. However overall I am once again happy. I generally suck at lighting, so its not as bad as it has been in the past.
I used my cameras flash for this shot. Although I had to majorly defuse it with 2 x 4 ply tissue. (Its a very bright flash). Still a little too bright, as the shot was a little washed out, but that was easy to fix with the brightness/contrast tool.
I also neat imaged the shot, which is why the softness. however I like softness on portraits.
My hair is up, to kind of make me look like eating the lollypop has brought me back to my childhood.
Even the tshirt I am earing was on purpose. I wanted a light color to go with the bg, and also to make the subject stand out more.
I hope you enjoy. I am guessing 4.8.
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Great shot. I'm impressed with how you did it with a hand-held! Don't know if you can mount an external flash. You might want to try bouncing the flash. It'll create a softer effect and loss the shadow of the lollipop.
the lighting is really harsh here. Looks like a self portrait. try using a tripod and a couple of lights on the side of you or go outside and use natural light. that should help get rid of the shadow.
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