single photos Trishia

Hi everyone. This roll is my 1st attempt at adult model photography.

I was wondering if I have a chance...lol. Please rate and comment to

help out. Thank you...Kevin

If you are going to shoot color slide and then desaturate it in photoshop buy better slide film than kodak. That is your first mistake. Kodak's skin tones are really off and using a better color slide such as any Fujichrome will get you better skin tones. Better yet, why don't you try Agfa Scala B+W slide film, it is amazing. Now on the photo... it's too plain. I like the expression, but this photo is misleading, what is she looking at? The cropping also takes away from the photo too. Because you used Kodak slide film your photo is also lacking a little contrast. Use Agfa Scala B+W slide if you can find any, I suggest buying it from B+H from the grey market. Good luck.

Kodak Portra is not color slide film, it's color negative film. and in my opinion, produces the most natural flesh tones of any color negative film i have ever used. There is a couple of color shots using the portra in my folder. take a look. There seems to be some loss in quality in the jpeg compression process uploading to this site. They seem to get more shadows and less contrast if that makes since. That being said, the problems lie within my skills with lighting. Just haven't got the hang of it yet...but I'm working on it!! The shots in the "Taylor" folder are a bit better I think. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It is appreciated.

Hi kevin. Yes, the tones are too flat and grey-it's crying out for a bit of contrast (easily done in photoshop or similar programmes) The lighting is quite even although there is a shadow under the chin which can easily be softened with a reflector. This sort of lighting is known as flat or beauty lighting as it produces a soft and even light. Some people like it and some don't. I think it works for some things and I must admit to having employed that particular lighting quite a lot in the past. I don't think the pose is showing the best of your model. On a tight head shot such as this the eyes should be the focal point. You actually focus on the eyes-they usually make or break the photograph. We can't see Trishias' eyes too well here and they don't have catchlights. Catchlights are the points of light caused by the lighting source reflected in the eyes. Eyes do look lifeless without them. (apologies if you know this already!). I always use a red filter too as this smooths skin tones. I would also use black and white film if you intend the final image to be black and white. I like to use Agfa APX 100 or 400 Professional or Ilford HP film. I do think you have potential Kevin and I wish you luck. Please feel free to look at my folder if you wish as there are quite a lot of portraits there taken with and without flash!

I like it a lot because of her classical expression. It reminds me of old paintings. Hehe. Sure there are something things that could be better but I think the expression is great and the composition is good as well.

I am more in agreement wtih Joel's than the two preceding comments. I totally disagree about the lack of catchlights (only the placement of them is unusual). What I particularly like about this is her expression and the unconventional composition. In my opinion, the lighting works well. What would make this photo really sing would be to use a bigger aperture to soften the background, slightly lighten the skintone and darken the background considerably.