5 replies to this topic

[dcbear78]

I will be working with this young lady throughout the year on a variety of shoots. This is one that came about from some inspiration from a photo found on pinterest. I scouted a location and then arranged the shoot before it got too cold. Water was actually beautiful, as I was in it almost a much as she was.

 

CC more than welcome.

 

Processed in LR. Very little retouching done as I wanted to retain a very natural effect. I did not want perfection here. So no enhancements to eyes etc. Toned in Alien Skin Exposure 7 with an Ektachrome, cyan shadow cross possessed effect as a starting point for the toning with 120 film grain emulation.

 

1

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

2

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

3.

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

4

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

5

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

6

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

7

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

8

Kaitlyn by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

I am a little bit frustrated with my work. I feel I can competently take a photo but I am struggling to elicit any form of emotion or viewer connection with my subject.

[Nikonite]

She's obviously great all around, but that wet look really works for her.

[etphoto]

One reason you might not feel the connection is, at least on the images you posted, she isn't smiling in any of the images. Doesn't look like she is having a good time. I love the images though.

Sent from my Surface 3

[TBonz]

I definitely get the emotion in several of the images.  I don't get the emotion as much in 2, 3, 4, but 4 is the only image I don't enjoy...not that it is a bad image and I really have no particular reason other than it just doesn't work for me...

 

I don't need the subject to smile and I don't need them to look towards (or away) from the camera but there needs to be some combination...On 1 and 6, the subject is looking away and you have captured a look of deep thought - not necessarily positive or negative but effectively "peaceful".  With 5, 7 and 8 she is looking at the camera and I get some emotion from those as well.  I think you came up with a nice set there...

[Merco_61]

Finding that connection is much harder with the longer teles than with a traditional 85 or 105. This cool feeling is one reason the 180 is so popular for high fashion as the decoupling is one of the things one is after in that context. I agree with TBonz that #4 makes me uncomfortable.

[dcbear78]

Interesting thought on the focal length. And if I think about it, that is one of the reasons I often like to use a 50mm lens, for the working distance.
 

Number 4 was hard. Almost everything we did made her look dead and floating in the water. In hindsight I think bringing the hands up to her face would have been a better pose. She wanted a photo back in the water, but nothing I was doing really did it for me.

 

I'll be doing something similar in a couple weeks with a different girl, but will be much darker so at least I can learn something from this.