Portrait Critique

Hello All,

 

I've recently been looking into becoming a professional headshot/portrait photographer as a side business. I've done a few TFP and am looking for professional critique regarding my lighting, model posture, and editing. Any feedback helps.

 

Thanks

 

Pretty subject. I'm not an expert but I'll tell you what I think. The eyes should be about a third down from the top. On the first shot you have too much torso. Her head is too close to the top of the frame. Leave some space or chop into her head more. The lighting is kind of flat and boring. Why is she looking off into space? It's cutesy but people don’t look at things that way unless there’s something you can show in the picture she’s looking at. People aim their head when they look at something. The catch light is on the whites of her eyes. That doesn’t look good it should be on the iris. A little more makeup, mascara around her eyes would make them look better. You chopped her arms off. Leave some space around her. She seems cramped.

 

 

The second shot looks better and is more of a portrait. The double catch light in both eyes doesn’t look as good as a single catch light in each eye which is normal. There’s only one sun, not two. Also, the catch light seem to come from the camera as if you were using a flash. They shoudl be at 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock for a more natural look. Too much space on the bottom, again her eyes should be a third down from the top. Move her to the right to center her better. There’s too much weight on the left. You need a headlight to separate her hair from the background and brighten it up a little..

 

 

Good luck nice job.

One more thing. The are a few loose hairs in the second picture hanging down on her neck. It makes her look sloppy. Spend the time with your subject to make sure her makeup and hair are perfect. Finally, I don't know what kind of facial expression you were looking for. But she seems very sad or intense in the second shot.

One more thing. The are a few loose hairs in the second picture hanging down on her neck. It makes her look sloppy. Spend the time with your subject to make sure her makeup and hair are perfect. Finally, I don't know what kind of facial expression you were looking for. But she seems very sad or intense in the second shot.

 

For stragler hairs, is this better? Also as far as lighting goes, I was doing vertical clamshell lighting, with two strip boxes.