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really good expression caught and great lighting but the crop doesn't work for me. a standard portrait crop of the singer would look better in my opinion

really good shot apart from the fact you can't see the singers face. all the expression is in the face and it's normally the focal point of the shot so try to get shots when the mic is away from his mouth

i've recently done my first live concert shots outdoors in full daylight and it's not easy to get an atmospheric shot. onlt criticism of this is that when singers sing, they are generally so close to the microphone that it normally obscures a large part of their face/mouth. any shots of him when you can see all of his face not behind the mic?

An eyecatching shot! there's too much space on the left though and it would be nice to see more of the far background duck. Now pass the plum sauce.

This bands favourite shot I've done of them. What do you think.

Constructive criticism please!!!

great lighting but the angle and crop ruin it. i've twisted it to what i think makes it look far better

Very good flatering portrait of a performer in action. maybe try a slightly tighter crop as there is a bit too much space on the right. shame you clipped off the very top of her head and would be nice if her eyes were a bit more open but they are only minor niggles in a technically very impressive concert shot

really stunning shot! so clean. I'd maybe make it even bluer/colder. One tiny freckle/spot on her chin that I think I'd airbrush out. I'd be interested in seeing a scan of the original shot you took

good standard concert shot, no mic stands in the way, good position of background lights but it doesn't seem sharp enough but blur probably caused by slow shutter speed which was probably unavoidable.

Whilst all the other photographers were taking pictures of the lead

singer, I grabbed this 'action' shot of the other guitarist from the

BRitish band, The Darkness

What's this photo being used for? I really don't like direct flash in performance photography, it's unflattering and loses any atmosphere. This photo is an interesting idea but with what looks like a modern office block behind the singer, it makes a very strange composition

it's very grainy which doesn't really work in this case. also, the square crop isn't very flattering but a nice enough capture under very bland lighting conditions

One of my favourite concerts shots I've done recently, would love to read others thoughts on what could make it better?

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A real shame you cropped the top of his hand off. The background is a bit distracting for my tastes too. But nice angle and idea.

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took me a while to work out what i was looking at. a few small niggles i have. a bit too grainy for this type of photo. maybe the dof is a little too much as it would be good to see the background just a little less obscurely blurred

has potential but the flash lighting has taken any kind of atmosphere out of the shot. the cropping of the shoe does nothing for me. The whole focal of the picture seems to be the carpet which I doubt was the intent

the finished edit, using slightly different shots for the final image is at: www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2496599

would prefer to see a bit more of her face and i think it needs a slight crop to the top. But great lighting, location and muted colours

Really impressive shot of an true music individual. Would prefer if his left arm wasn't at that angle but that's only a monor niggle on a great photo

Just because it was published doesn't make it better but it was a bit of a thrill to see one of my shots in a national newspaper.

my favourite of your live shots of this band. only slight niggle is the sharpness of the hello kittie badge. I do like the framing here though. REally works for a poster shot

maybe keep the glow, but take a bit of it off the face and sharpen that up. It's a great poster image though. also, personally don't like the style of text at the bottom. the logo is very sharp in contrast to the bassist so maybe add some small effect to it too?

 

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The mic is just covering too much of his face. Also, his arm/hand and face are a little too bright

The first time I got a photo published in a national newspaper and

it's of a band called 'The Miracles' Is that a sign? Anyway, what do

you think, how could I edit it better, how could I have improved

when taking it?