This is my favorite from my first Bridal portrait shoot.

I am looking for input at all levels. This is from my first Bridal

shot, so I'm fairly new at this. I am most specifically looking for

comments on composition and contrast. Few have told me the shadow on

the face is bad. I like it though. Any constructive critisism is

welcome. Thanks.

The main thing that stands out in this image is the lack of tonal separation between the front of the gown and the wall behind the bride. If I were printing this image, I would try a few techniques to create an image where it's possible to tell where the bride ends and the wall begins. These might include burning in the right half of the print, increasing the overall density (exposure), or preflashing the paper before laying down the main image.

This almost a really great photo. Yes - I think the shadow on the bride's face should be lightened, just a touch. More importantly, the upper part of her dress and the wall behind have both burnt out, so they merge into a featureless area of white (at least on my screen). Otherwise it's great - beautiful model.

Too little tonal separation. The highlights appear blown out on my monitor.

 

Nice pose.

 

Brian

I like the shadow on the bride's face, but I have to agree that the front of the gown has vanished into the background. A little less exposure with a reflector to add some light to the face (remember less exposure would loose the detail in the shadow) would probably have given more detail to the gown. This is a photo to be proud of, but I have yet to see any image that was technically and artistically perfect, even those of the masters. Yours is a high key photo, my portrait http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=310769 is an example of a low key photo. You loose detail in the bright areas, I have lost it in the shadows.

 

Good work

I like the shadow, but what I don't like is that the front of her dress is missing, and fades into the wall. There is no separation there.

 

If you had her turn more to the camera, from the waist up, you would get that separation simply from the shadowing created by her bust, plus some of the dress detail would also be recorded.