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@anaan – This is a beautiful portrait. One of the lessons that I am learning, whether natural or flash, is to focus on the shadow side, and it seems that you accomplished that. You have just right the ratio of shadow and highlight from the flash placement. I have 3 of the Yongnuo 560ii and they are great. I use them along with my Canon 580EX II. The softbox gives a nice touch, leaning somewhat to dramatic or theater lighting. The left eye causes the portrait to drop balance because it is not centered in the eye socket as the right eye. On your next shoot try moving the flash a little further back, and if possible use a larger softbox, about 20-24 inch, which will soften the light out more. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work.
It would help a little more if you would provide the some shooting info with the image – like f/stop, shutter speed,. etc. with the image. But I do agree with @admin and his suggestions. This image might work in a article relating to botany, or gardening. But your intention is to a portrait of a model and not a statement relating to the environment. The pose is good. You have the model with her near shoulder towards the camera, head is tilted to the right. The model is showing confidence and trust in you to take the best image of her you can. You could get better results in post-processing this in Photoshop or any image processing application that would give you the tools to so. But you can achieve this in camera. Get your manual out and learn your settings that your camera has and retake this image, or one similar. Allow the background blur, or as they say, show a ‘Bokeh’, blurred background with the eyes of your model as sharp as they can be. I hope this will help you and have fun creating beautiful portraits.
@charlayeur – I agree with @pmarione on the flatness of your portrait and the separation of your model a little more from the background. And if you are on a budget the t-shirt will work also. You will have to have a way of getting it close, but out of camera view, and secure. This would require an assistant or something to fasten it to. You can also get a multi-panel reflector kit for very cheap. This kit has five (5) panels that will give the you the ability to dilute, transmit, reflect, warm, cool or block light. The panel kit is 57cm and it will fold up to approximately 24cm for neat storage. I would like to see a series of about 5-10 images to evaluate more closely. Please email them to me when you can.
Not bad at all. If you love to do “Still Life” as this image you may want to have a tripod to help you to steady the camera. Keep in mind that your DOF (depth of field) with a lens at its maximum open aperture, in your case 1.8, will be very sallow. To see how this work you should set up a test with about 6 to ten images of one subject at different f/stops. Start with 1.8 and go to a higher f/stop on each image. Depending on your camera’s capabilities I would set it to the AV mode and let the camera select the aperture. When you finish doing the test look at the images on your computer/laptop and see which setting suits you best.
I just joined today. First I would like to wish all a very Merry Christmas. I consider myself an advance amateur and have been a past vice president of our photography club here in Lawton OK. The Shark Tank is something new regarding photography from what I have done in the past, and I do believe the guidelines can be accomplished. I would love to participate to help others improve on their photographic skills.
