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Exposure Date: 2010:06:16 16:34:43;
Make: NIKON CORPORATION;
Model: NIKON D700;
ExposureTime: 1/200 s;
FNumber: f/9;
ISOSpeedRatings: 200;
ExposureProgram: Manual;
ExposureBiasValue: 0;
MeteringMode: Spot;
Flash: Flash did not fire;
FocalLength: 70 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh;


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Hansen,

Congratulations on a very nicely done portrait. 

She is a beautiful girl. I love her expression -- a girl with attitude! Her skin tone is wonderful -- what a beautiful back. Her face is lighter than her back. This allows the viewer's eyes to go to her face - excellent. Your left and right compositional balance is very good. I might have even given her a little more room in front of her. Her pose is good. Her make-up is very well applied. The outline of her lips works very well with her eyebrows and her eyeliner. The highlights in the red cloth are very good. They really make it shine.

I probably would have cropped above her right leg sticking out at the bottom or shown more of it. It might look better to crop as much as to get rid of the red cloth going out to the left side of her.

With the cloth being an important part of your photograph, I would have made sure there were no creases and no seams showing. You want the cloth to be a perfect as the girl.

For a true profile you do not want any part of the far eye showing.

You have too much room above her head showing. Crop to give her less headroom.

She is quite well separated from the background, but a backlight would have better separated the top of her head from the background.

I really do like the rich red color of the cloth and it goes well with her lipstick, but it does concern me a little. In a portrait you really should avoid bright colors and bold patterns in clothing. In a portrait the subject’s face is what is most important and nothing should draw the viewer’s attention away from the face. Maybe I would just leave it up to the subject. The subject may very well love the red cloth and not think it draws attention away from her face. The final decision on whether a photograph is good or not is whether the subject or customer likes it.

Your name could be properly placed on the mat. Hand signing a photograph is quite appropriate to distinguish it as a work of art, if the purchaser wishes it done or even if it is on display and for sale in a gallery. Even in a gallery I would ask the purchaser if  he or she wanted it signed before I would actually hand signed it. 

Nice shot,

Mark

 

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