Ok this was not easy to do To find a nice lighting with 1 halogen lamp, I tried to use the halogen lamp on the background and flash on her but the lighting was flat then, so I skipped the flash, I wanted some shadows in her face, It took a lot of tries to moving the lamp around and stuff :) For the background I used brown paper.
Thanks to my model Anna :)
And her boyfriend Krissi who was patiently holding a white cloth in front of the halogen lamp the whole time :)
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Lighting: Nicely done, but is a bit too dark on the right and you lost detail in her hair for it.
Pose: works well.
Background: compliments the portrait nicely.
Great composition/placement of your model - eye level and direct look into the lens engaged me immediately. you've worked wonders with the light/shadow making this a unique and well done portrait. One of my ribbon picks
Well done! One of my favorites in this group. One of the few softly lit shots that work well, too. I wish there was a little more saturation in the color because the hair and eyes look like they could be quite rich. I like the drama of the dark areas, but I might have burned in the left background a bit to pull the balance away from the heavy right side.
I like the colors in this picture - the background, her hair, her eyes and skin tone. The lighting on the face is good, focus is sharp. What I cant get past is that the pose seems uncomfortable. Perhaps if you included the bottom arm, or just a little more context all around. 6
Great eyes, nice job on them. I feel like maybe you're a bit too high and shes not as comfortable looking up that high (obviously, you did this to make her open her eyes a bit ... just maybe it's too high). Also, perhaps a little too dark on the right, but maybe not ... nice.
Intense, I love it. The brown gradient at the back, the lighting, and the model's colouring all go together to make this a really beautiful portrait. Great stuff.
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