Julie D 02-1 small

it's been a while so here i am again this time with a portrait of a new belgium model

hope you like this one so feel free to comment or rate cheers guys

Ooolala...very nice.

superb nice shot. best regards.

Very good.

Very pure.

Jimmy,

 

I hope you don't mind, but I think I will get quite detailed in my critique of this portrait. She is such a gorgeous girl and you have done such a nice job of shooting her that I don't think you will mind if I get a little picky.

 

Julie is a beautiful girl. There is no question that her figure (at least the top half, that I can see) and her face is model material. You have focused very well on her eyes and her expression is very nice. She has great eye contact with the camera (viewer). You have excellent catch lights. Her eyes really come to life.

 

She has applied her make-up very well. I love the color of her nail polish or gloss matching her eyeshadow. Her skin tone is wonderful. The highlights on her face and body are excellent. The split broad lighting works very well with Julie's slim shape. The background is nicely neutral and you have burned in the edges very well -- nice subtle gradation of tone. You have separated Julie from the background well.

 

You do not want to crop her left elbow. It is good that you have included some of Julie's right forearm or the effect of having her arm bent would be the same as if you cropped it at her elbow (joint). She would have looked like an amputee. This is cutting it very close, though.

 

There is nothing really wrong with cropping into her hair, but cropping into the hair usually implies a relatively tight crop on the bottom. I think it would have looked better if you had included all of her hair. I am assuming it doesn't go up too much higher.

 

She has a nice feminine graceful curve to her back, but with her right shoulder pushed a bit forward, her position looks a little awkward. It appears her posture could be better. I think a girl looks better (certainly healthier) standing up straight with her shoulders back, stomach in and her chest out. She is too young for curvature of the spine.

 

I like your kicker very much, but for me it looks a little hot (especially on her arms). I would tone it down a bit. It looks like you are getting a little spill from your kicker on her chin and the middle of her neck.

 

I would make her teeth a little whiter. There is quite a difference between the whites of her eyes and the color of her teeth. There is also a little glare on her front tooth that I would take down a bit.

 

Be careful of your retouching on her upper lip. It looks like you had a problem there.

 

I really like that you have Julie turned at an angle to the camera. It helps to make her appear thinner, more feminine and more graceful. I prefer not to have a girl turned a full 90 degrees to the camera. I think angled in a little makes her head look better supported by her body. There really isn't anything wrong with having her body turned to the side -- just a personal feeling.

 

It is good to have more room in front of her than behind, so that she is facing into the picture rather than out of it, but I find this composition to be a little left heavy. It might be better to have more room behind her. If her arms were closer to her body you could crop some off the right side. Placing the tip of the nose in the vertical center of the frame will usually give you very good left and right compositional balance. It will also provide more room in front of your subject than behind her.

 

Be careful of the merger of her chin and her right shoulder. It usually looks better to have a little room between them.

 

Notice the fingers on her left hand. You have a posed her hand very well, but I think you might like the effect better to run a finger or two up the side of her head. This would remove the even spacing between her fingers. Different spacing between the fingers or curling one or two of them would break up the repetition. It adds interest.

 

This is really a very professional looking portrait.

 

Nice job,

 

Mark

nice shot with super tone. You could crop it more interesting.

Congratulation !

excellent lighting.

THx everyone for your comments on this photo Mark i will keep it in mind and thx for your detailed explication on the photo i will post a new one this afternoon thx guys

Beautiful tones!