New to photography, would like some critiques!

3 years 7 months ago #694265 by Jocurtis
How’s it going guys. I’m jocurtis, I’m pretty new to photography. I started becoming interested probably about 6 months ago and it was probably about 2 months ago that i finally went ahead and decided to drop thousands on a bunch of photography gear. Im using a Fujifilm x-t3 with my 16mm f1.4 lens. As of right now I’ve been using only one light with a soft box, and a reflector. I mostly would just love to get some critiques on some of my favorite shots I’ve gotten so far.



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3 years 7 months ago #694266 by Nikon Shooter
About the red haired lady 1.
• Sweet facial expression
• unflattering pose emphasise her tattooed big arm
and her behind waaaay too much
• flash is right on
• successful post-production

About the red haired lady 2
• eye contact was a forgotten option
• less unflattering pose
• flash right on
• successful post-production

The teddybear shots were applied, IMO, unsuccessful
post-production choices.

HTH. :)

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 7 months ago #694267 by Nikon Shooter
ADDENDUM

Maybe consider a paragraph between the pictures.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 7 months ago #694268 by Jocurtis
I appreciate that honesty!! So by you saying the flash was right on do you mean that i did a decent job with my lighting? Or are you saying that it was too close?


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3 years 7 months ago #694269 by Nikon Shooter
I mean to say that the flash fill is right on but, yes, you may
have been to close or not perfectly directed for some who
would not appreciate the falloff (2).

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 7 months ago #694356 by Kira Minori
I like the 4th shot a lot. Nicely done. Leave space indeed every after shot. 


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3 years 7 months ago #694462 by Carl Mendez

Nikon Shooter wrote: About the red haired lady 1.
• Sweet facial expression
• unflattering pose emphasise her tattooed big arm
and her behind waaaay too much
• flash is right on
• successful post-production

About the red haired lady 2
• eye contact was a forgotten option
• less unflattering pose
• flash right on
• successful post-production

The teddybear shots were applied, IMO, unsuccessful
post-production choices.

HTH. :)


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