Jenn - Long Beach Island, NJ

This was my second shot at a beach shoot. Honest critiques will

help me improve so take a minute and tell me what you think. I

appreciate your time.

Steve, To be honest, I think it's a perfect shot.

I am starting to get a big head... This is the second shot of this genre I posted and both are perfect (according to you folks). I have only been shooting for 10 months, I must be a prodigy. :)

 

Thanks

Steve, the lighting is very good. I think you nailed it.

 

(However, the expression on the model's face is a little contradictory -- in an inviting shot, she looks a little perturbed. In photography terms, this is oxymoronic -- you know, a 'giant shrimp' -- well this is an inviting shot which kind of 'disinvites' just a little bit or maybe I've just got my skeptic's hat on or have a funny mood today, and that's hardly important anyway, as I understand this post).

 

But technically, limiting myself to technicalities about exposure, which is vital to a shot which I presume involves fill flash, this is just about perfect, or might have involved just a little bit more fill, just to suit taste, and it's all a matter of effect (I'd like to see more of her right eye, maybe, and that might involve selecting then using any one of six tools including shadow/highlight just for the selection which I find works pretty well for selected eyes because there seldom are selection marks and one hardly has to feather or take much care about the 'selection' -- good catch light in the model's right (as she views us) eye.

 

John (Crosley)

I guess this is where I add "couldn't you find a better ocean,?" (but its perfect, again!) She's stunningly photogenic, no worries there, and the composition is ideal. Her left arm/shoulder is dislocated and she is hiding her perfect hips with her hand (very common modesty move, by even the most seasoned models). Depth of color is fantastic.

Steve - It's a very good shot. The model is in a nice pose, and the background is very good. The lighting of her is also very good - I'm debating whether it could have been a little brighter, say with reflectors... this is a nit-pick because it is very good as is. The only constructive critism that I could really offer is that her pose be more 'natural' because it doesnt look exceptionally comfortable. I dont think she could prop herself up like that with her right arm for very long that is. But it does look exciting and dynamic.

 

GB