http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ndID=414219557

I tried photobucket but there's literally 2500 pictures to sort through.
These are a collection of my favorites.


If you don't have myspace or you cannot read it, let me know and I'll put up ten of my favorites.

What are you using for lighting? The flash on your camera?
I noticed a trend among a lot of your shots: the details of the faces are almost always blown out, and the lower half of the model is thrown into shadow.

There are many different techniques to create flattering effects in your portraits, but front lighting will almost always make the face appear wider and flatten out all the subtle little details that make up a person's unique facial structure.

That said, although your execution needs work, you're doing excellent in the creative department. I enjoyed all the neat poses and props you integrated into your shots :) Have you taken classes or is this just a personal hobby of yours?

No, I've got lighting.
I don't know which ones you've looked at because most of them aren't washed out, and if they are the effect was on purpose.

I've taken a class or two but it's mostly just a hobby.

it's hard to get the lighting I want because I have no job x]

I noticed it first in this shot :


I'm not sure if you intented it but it does look a bit amature.
You do have talent and an eye for detail, though. Hope you continue to improve :D

Oh god that's so old.
Yeah I can see what you mean, I used ghetto rigged lighting for that one, and flash I believe.

You'll have to look at "lesbian fight" for the lighting that's intended, and even there it wasn't superb.
I'm a amateur now, I know, but once I get the right lighting equipment I'll be a lot better.
I'm like a sculptor with just hands and sculpee, you know?

I noticed that a lot of your backdrops don't cover your entire background.
I dunno, it just kind of bothers me. To me, a lot of the images feel kind of "unfinished." Unfinished without cropping, post work, etc.

As you said earlier, one photo was "so old," Well, the way you have your photos organized, or kind of... the opposite, it is hard to tell what is old, what is new. It's hard to see your progress and improvements the way it was organized.

Maybe pick a few of your favorites and upload those onto a deviantArt account or photobucket?

yeah, the backdrops are hard to cover the whole picture, because again, I'm poor.
I'm working with limited space and resources, and I refuse to edit my pictures in any way, and the pictures should go chronologically on my myspace, but I'm not sure.

Not making excuses but I do go by what the models like, because it's mostly just my friends, I should really stop listening to them because they don't know anything about lighting.

with some cropping and a bit of photoshop touch up, you can do wonders with a photo like that *points back to hamlet's post*