TimK
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Feb 21, 2005, 2:12 PM
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Re: [Dieps] A shot from my first paid gig!
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Very nice. Here's a couple tips though:
Watch when you have people touch each other especially on the face - the way her cheek touches his, it mishapes his right eye so that it no longer matches the shape of his left. You want them to barely touch each other, and for him to slightly turn his head to his left.
Watch the hair across her eye. It is sometimes OK, and I think it would really work here if the hair didnt completely cover the catchlight in her eye.
Watch out when people put their arms around each other. It is usually distracting to see hands 'grow' out of peoples shoulders. If it is a pose that shows an arm and therefore direction to a hand, it can work, but in this case it would be better to have him drop his hand behind her.
When doing your soft focus in Photoshop, eliminate or minimize the halo where their heads meet the background. Try masking out the soft focus layer at those parts in about 15% increments. You dont want it to be completely sharp, but dont want the halo bleed of their skin color into the background either.
Nice work. They obviously were very comfortable with you. Very, very nice lighting. It looks very natural and deliberate at the same time - the mark of a great portrait. Since you have PS, offer to remove his braces for some extra $$!
(This post was edited by TimK on Feb 21, 2005, 3:41 PM)
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