eden a.

Comments/suggestions/critiques welcome...

As for cropping, it was an accessory editorial shot. enlarging the shots composition would have reduced the bag to an unacceptable degree, given the magazines page dimensions/format. Ideally I might have liked to go a smidge wider, but it was impractical.

Thanks--

Odd how piles of junk & debris can still be visually appealing at the same time isnt it?

 

Interesting colors/tones.... was this shot cross processed or is the blue cast just the natural color?

Is it weird that I actually MISS riding NYC subways?

 

Anyhow... I dig the shot, motion definately works. How long was the esposure?

Great shot but you're only contributing to my hockey withdrawls.......

 

I need a slapshot fix! Arghhhhhhhh!

Might try a closer crop... seems a little too wide. Otherwise a good shot - expression has a kind of 'oh man... if you only knew what I'm thinking...' feel

Sort of posed. Had a half roll unused from another shoot earlier that day - not wanting to waste it I offered to shoot it with/for Cordell.

 

Since it was a spur of the moment/unplanned shoot & almost 5:30 pm at the time, impending loss of light was also a concern. So we headed outside & I climbed a step ladder and started shooting right there in the rehearsal studio parking lot.

 

Why is it that those shoots always seem to be the best ones?

Good use of depth of field & color to highlight your subject. I can almost feel the cold weather looking at the shot.

Thanks --

First shoot I attempted after nearly getting killed in a motorcycle

accident. In fact, I was still confined to a wheelchair at the time.

I'm telling ya - I've had easier shoots!

 

Balancing on one foot, leaning on a friend to keep from tipping over

just to snap off a few frames.... then sitting in my chair 10 mins til

the throbbing subsided enough to take a few more........ arghhhhh!

 

It was by far the longest & slowest 36 exp. roll I've ever shot.

Thanks

Comments appreciated

My 2 cents - truly could have been a GREAT shot, but the pose doesnt work. So I hope you wont mind if I offer some really specific (constructive) suggestions for the next try?

 

You could have had it squarely in the 'coulda been a contender' spot without changing her pose from the neck down. Just have her draw the neck up/out a touch so the line from the clavicle up the neck to the jaw is more smooth & then tip her chin down a tiny bit.

 

Now, that said, I'd go a bit farther and make a couple subtle changes to the angles she's going for with the arms (keep going for those angular lines though!)

*Left shoulder should have been pulled back & up more square, fingers of left hand pointing towards the camera

*Right arm shouldnt be bent - but gently draped off the chair arm.. more of a diagonal line from her shoulder down across top of the chair arm with her hand trailing off the side

*Have her sit just a TOUCH taller, not *quite* so far forward, so her waist is more accentuated (the dress really is great)

*Then she should be able to cock her face into the light almost as dramatically as in this shot, but without having to twist her neck & pull back quite so unnaturally. Honestly, if you reshot it that way I think you'd wind up with a really knockout shot.

 

Hopefully you dont get offended, but I can so clearly see 'the fix' in my head that it'd be a shame not to at least *offer* to share it :)

Reacent spec shot....

I was going for a (hopefully) more unexpected angle & crop choice

while trying to lean more toward understated/elegant/sophisticated (as

opposed to extreme or edgy type shot). What do you think - does it

work? Any suggestions for the next one?

Angles are well chosen & the color really works.

Kudos

Very well done

I dig it........ the delicate quality of the blue tones in the shot -- perfect.

I was compelled to look closer to try to figure out what it was... composition, color & texture all working together here!

You had it there - I love this shot. I also know how hard it can be too - I have a Staff Terrier that models for ads and I shot his first promo photos... It took a WHILE!

Nice to see there is at least 1 other concert photog left out there (like myself) who is still shooting without a big ol' obtrusive flash!

 

Right on...

Like the shot for the most part, but I agree with the previous poster with regard to the model looking tense. My approach to essentially the same pose: Model looking slightly down/toward my right. I'd also pay attention to softening her rt. hand/arm - relaxing the wrist/hand.

Responses appreciated, Thanks!

Not sure why that post was even necessary, i mean really, I have lots of large images posted to photonet, so i'm obviously not 'scared of the evil internet' as you so patronizingly put it.

 

I just happened to not have the master scans handy to upload when I managed to have a few minutes to clear out my photonet folders abd uoload new stuff. Since I only had what I had jpg'd for use on another small website, thats what went up here too.

I think the arrangement/composition works well, draws you into the image rather than forcing the eye outward. Great shot overall.