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		from michal235/Michal (123,316) on May 18, 2012 12:04:17 AM CDT (1) Good eyes contact in this portrait work. Expression fine and natural. Very good portrait work, very well done in B&W. However there are some too bright areas on your model's face. I would like to suggest you to try to use two lamps with soft boxes situated on the both of the sides of camera. Lamps with soft boxes will give you here more soft light. Regards, Michal. Reply  Show ratings  From thomo/Ray (308) on May 18, 2012 1:24:30 AM CDT Thanks for the critique Michal. I was going for the modern fashion lighting look with this shot whereby you have large diffused light source immediately above the camera. They often use a second one underneath the camera. In this shot I used a 1.35m octagonal softbox on the studio flash. I was a little unsure about the B&W conversion in PSe - I didn't like the result with the normal portrait one because I thought the skin tones looked too dark so I used the one for landscape Reply
		from ciragephotography200/William (734) on May 17, 2012 10:48:45 PM CDT (2) Portraiture is all about the light. Light is used to cerate form and shape, light can make a subject look round, or tall, full or thin depending on where the light is coming from. In this photo you chose 'direct' light as witnessed by the catch light in the subects eyes (centered rather than at 3 o'clock). This gives the subject a full round face and makes the neck look full. The pose is static; an over the shoulder look would be more engaging. Look at magazine portraits and try to determine where the light is coming from. Try "Renbrant' lighting (4:1 contrast ratio), split-lighting, side lighting and you will begin to see what works best for different subject types. You do have nice separation from the background which is part of the solution. I hope this information is helpful. Reply  Show ratings  From thomo/Ray (308) on May 18, 2012 1:42:52 AM CDT Thanks William. I know the lighting you are talking about. If you have a look at the earliest portrait shot in my user portfolio you will see one of a "biker" done a bit like that. The 'Renbrant' lighting was very popular in the old days (pre 1960) but I see a lot of fashion stuff these days uses either big diffusers, many in the same vertical plane above and below the camera. I see the side lighting is very popular in the glamour area as well. Thanks again. Reply

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