Kerala

This man was the boatman on a trip on the backwaters. I'm trying to

improve my portait photography and would value comments. Thanks

This one jumped right out at me. Nice composition. I also like how you eliminated everything but your subject. Nice and tight.

It also looks sharp ...nice job.

Nice crop, wonderful expression...

Hi Jamie! The composition and cropping are very good. The only thing I would comment on is that ypur subjects face is totally in the shade-caused, no doubt by the hat he's wearing. You need to use some fill in flash and/or a reflector to get some light in there! A reflector can be as simple as a large piece of white cardboard. Flash is useful even during the day-a lot of people thin you can only use flash inside or in low light conditions. The eyes would also benefit from some catchlights. A catchlight is a spot of light in the eyes caused by flash or by reflection. Eyes tend to look lifeless if a catchlight isn't present. You can photoshop them in-it gives thes eyes a sparkle and can make a major difference to a portrait. Whilst we are on the subject of eyes, with a head and shoulders portrait such as this, focus your lens on the eyes! If you want to see examples of catchlights, you're more than welcome to have a look at my folder on this site! Hope that's been of some use to you Jamie and welcome to the wide world of photography!