Lady K according to Scott Murphy

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Lovely portrait

I think the amount of negative space is just perfect! Nice lighting!

Excellent work! 6/6

lovely skintone and a great model, it works great.

 

best regards Tore

Lady K ., as I've said before is a real beauty ! This is a much improved composition , you've got it just right ! Bill 7/6

very beautiful and delicate work, the expression of her is very well captured and also the pose and are interesting. Well done..!

 

Ricardo

Andrew... Demure and well done. The composition is right on... Mike

 

 

Andrew,

 

She is a very pretty girl. You have focused well on her eyes. She has good eye contact with the camera (viewers). Her make-up is well applied. The background is nicely neutral. The contrast is very good. Her skin tone is quite good (there might be just a bit too much red in it -- notice her arms and forehead).

 

It looks like you have put a halo around your subject. You do want the edges slightly darker than the rest of the photo to help keep the viewer's eye within the photograph. It is best for the edges to become subtly darker. You do not want to draw attention to the background and away from your subject.

 

You usually do not want to have your subject turned 90 degrees to the camera -- it looks like she could even be a little more than that. This makes the head look unsupported. It usually looks best to angle your subject somewhere around 45 degrees.

 

Have your subject stand up straight with her shoulders back and her chest out. Do not have her slump her shoulders. You want her to have good posture. She looks like she is leaning back and slumping her shoulders forward.

 

Be careful of split profiles. You do not want the tip of her nose to come close to touching the far cheek line. You want to make sure the far eye is either completely showing or not showing at all. You do not want to have the bridge of her nose cut her far eye.

 

Your subject should have more room in front of her than behind, but not quite this much. Having more room in front of her allows her to be facing into the picture, not out of it. You want to compositionally balance the left and right sides of the photograph. The compositional "rule" for this suggests that you position the tip of the subject's nose in the vertical center of the photograph. You could crop some off the right side.

 

It appears that you have used your camera's flash as your main light. This will give you those tiny pointy looking catch lights in the middle of her eyes. The ideal position for catch lights is close to the 10 or 2 o'clock position on her irises. To achieve this your main light should be above, in front and to the side of your subject. The camera flash will also give you very flat lighting. Judicious use of shadows can produce a very nice illusion of depth within your photograph and make it much more interesting.

 

Nice shot,

 

Mark

I thought that looked familiar! :-)

 

I just love this model, she is gorgeous with such an air of sweetness and innocence. I would love to work with her!!!

I think there is enough negative space, but why are you asking? If you had the extra negative space, how would that make you feel more (or less) successful with the image? Is it simply a portrait for the model or intended for some commercial purpose? It would be simple enough, once you've gone through the trouble of make-up, hair, lighting etc. to pull back a foot or two and take a couple exposures. Well done!

Thank you very much for all your comments. Scott she poses superbly well. Needs only very little input.

 

Thank you aging for your critique. You interest and your input means a lot to me. You are one of the few people that comment sincerely and in a truly meaningful way.

 

Next time when I will have a session I will make sure to remember your remarks.