Alessandra web-21

Very good capture, congrats !

Luigi,

Alessandra is a very pretty girl, You have focused quite well on her eyes. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewer)  and a nice smile and pleasant expression. Her skin tone is excellent. The lighting looks very good. You have lost a little detail in the dark areas, but the overall contrast is good. The color saturation is very good. Her make-up looks very nice.

Make sure she has one catch light in each eye. 

You have centered the background nicely, but I would have moved Alessandra to her right just a little so that she is compositionally balanced within the photograph. You don't want the table cutting into her left arm.

The bright green color of the background and its pattern draw attention away from Alessandra.

You really don't want to crop her toes off. I am not sure her feet are that important to this portrait. I would have moved in closer to her to eliminate the shadow line on her legs. I probably would have cropped above her knees.

I like her left hand. It is quite playful looking. It goes well with her expression. She appears to not be taking this portrait situation too seriously -- nice touch.

Be careful of placing her knees and feet in front of her. You can run into a problem with foreshortening. Actually, you have to watch for anything closer to the camera than the body. If nearer the camera than her body her feet, knees, hands, elbows and shoulders will look out of proportion to the rest of the body -- larger than normal -- foreshortened. Her feet and knees do not look too bad. You can get around much of this effect by using a telephoto lens.

Do not pose your subject straight on to the camera. This is not a very feminine pose. Showing your subject’s widest areas (shoulder to shoulder or hip to hip) makes those areas appear wide. Your subject will appear thinner and more feminine, graceful and elegant if turned at an angle to the camera. The lines you see from an angle have more apparent motion, interest and grace. You usually do not want to have your subject turned 90 degrees to the camera. This can make the head look unsupported. It usually looks best to angle your subject somewhere around 45 degrees.

Nice shot,

Mark

Dear Mark,

                 I can only  thank you for the time you spent for me.

Whot you write is true and acceptable.

I hope to find other comments to my photos.

Luigi

Ah, the girl ( shy girl) is not a model.  These were her first shots.