 Breanna D. Manley |
Woul like you to Critique this Photo
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Ryan Jones |
I like the off-centered composition. When I first viewed the thumbnail I thought the image needed more saturation but when I viewed it full sized I saw the girl's stunning metallic-blue eyes and I feel the color and background suite the image very well. I think it is great picture!
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Ryan said it all. Well done. :o)
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Justin G. |
First off she is a very adorable girl and this is a very cute portrait but there's just a couple little things that you should watch for next time. She's too off-centered, meaning there's too much dead space off to the left making your eye wander and your mind wonder "should there be more here?". Also there's just some reason that I'm not a fan of the background but I can't place words on it. It seems to pop out the color in here eyes at a first look but then after studying the picture I feel that the combination of dead space and color start to take away from the eyes. Her expression is cute again at a first glance but really looking into the picture she looks very bored. The lighting on her face is extremely flat. I'm guessing you used two light sources (probably umbrellas) as 45° with the same output. If this is so try to lower the output of one to about a 1:2 ratio (fill 1½ stops lower than key) or a 1:3 ratio (fill 2 stops lower than key). Also there is a very sharp/harsh shadow on the backdrop. Pull her away from the background more when shooting. And also her left sleeve being flipped out, try fixing that. Other than a few little things, this is a very cute portrait that could use a little work to be an outstanding portrait.
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Breanna D. Manley |
Thank you guys for commenting!! This is my daughter Abbie, and yes she does have amazing blue eyes. I did crop the picture off center. I seemed to like it like this rather than center it. This is all natural light using a silver reflector. That is a good idea Justin about placing her not so close to the backdrop. She was wanting to sit to close to it, and I just let her because it was less stressful. She does not like to be photographed so I was pleased with this photo. Thanks Again~ Breanna
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Brian Lobdell |
Hi Breanna, Thanks for posting your beautiful daughter for us all to see!! I have a couple of comments/ideas to add here, (for whatever they're worth). What I notice is how her hair is lost into the darkness of the background. She looks to have wonderful curls, and I think if you could bring these out it would help separate her from the background. (maybe this is partly what bothered you about the background, Justin) Also I think more hair highlight would help soften the edges of her face, which may be a little stark now?? If you have a flash-fill filter, that might help, or different lighting adjustment when shooting, as Justin mentioned. One last idea - on my monitor, her face looks a little pale. You might make a slight color adjustment for skin tone, but again, that might be my monitor. Please note these are all suggestions for SUBTLE adjustments - I do like your original! Hope this gives you some ideas... regards, Brian
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Breanna D. Manley |
Brian~ Thanks for commenting!! I will add some color to her hair. Can you please help me with the adjust skin tones. I have PS Elements 3.0 and would love to know how to do that. Thanks A BUNCH,Breanna
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Brian Lobdell |
Breanna, hopefully I can give you at least some basics here... I have Elements 2.0, so I don't know if there are the same functions available (in similar places in the program), but see if this helps.. 2.0 has a tab at the top titled Enhance You'll have several options when you open this, and you might try the Auto Color Correction . This doesn't always give you the correct result, so you might try the manual modes. 1: You should see (still in the "Enhance" file) Adjust Color . Try the Hue/Saturation where you can try some adjustments. (Note - you don't need to move very far on these scales to affect you image). #2: Open (also in Adjust Color) the Color Variations where you will find adjustment bars for several functions. I would suggest you try Midtones and/or Highlights I think these are pretty self-explanatory...I would try these with the intensity bar set about 1/3 over from the left. The nice thing here is that as you try different settings, on the right hand side of the page you'll see an undo & redo tab(s). Finally, if your not familiar with it, in version 2.0, again in the "Enhance" file, you'll see Adjust Lighting Look for the Fill Flash tab, and try a plus 1, or plus 2 setting and see what it does to her hair, without lightening her face too much. (you may need to re-adjust contrast too). I'm sure your aware to keep your original image in a master file and work from a copy!! I would hate to have you try any of this and lose your wonderful portrait!
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Mark Feldstein |
Greetings Breanna: I'm in complete agreement with what Justin said, but I'll add two points. Your daughter looks pasty which I'm sure was a result of using silver reflectors rather than plain white. And if you use reflector panels, you can get nice results by bouncing some light back into your subjects from the opposite side of your main light. You'll even get some highlights in the hair without using a hair light. This will also help with the flatness of the lighting that Justin indicated. Take it light
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Pete H |
Hello Breanna; If you don't mind, I'll just cut to the chase and only add the following critique. Her forehead and parts of the cheek are "blown out." Common term for the whites having a value of 255 or higher. 2) I am detecting what appears to be digital noise in your background. Quite common when recording black. All theBest, Pete
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