Posted by JL Morris on December 16, 2007
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This photographer was lucky to have such a beautiful model. She is the picture of health and fitness without looking like a cameo. She is truly the girl next door.
The ketch light in her stunning eyes is perfect while her pose is natural and fluid. The three quarter angle of her body gives us the illusion of potential movement. Window lighting gives highlights to here auburn hair.
You may wish to consider a few points. The fill flash worked well however they have a tendency to cast shadows you need to be aware of. You will notice along her arm and hand there is an unnaturally colored shadow that is caused by the flash shadow and the ambient amber colored light in the room. The shadow on the wall was caused by the fill flash. This can be prevented by moving the subject further away from the background. Another point to take a look at is her right elbow is almost tangent to the edge of the frame. This gives her the appearance of leaning on it and can be changed with a little cropping.
I did a quick modification to the background (not perfect) by selecting two of the colors from the wall and making a selected graduated color just to show what it would look like without that shadow. The hand shadow can be altered but would require more time than I have right now.
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December 17th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
In my opinion the light is to warm. I feel that the skin has to much red and orange. I would try to adjust the curve/level for the red value to soften it a little. You could clone out the white pixel in her bottom part of her hair on the right side. The light from the right back/top is harsh. It builds a strong border on her hair between the light and shadow. It also blows out some part of her hair and shoulder on the right side, and leaves a light spot on her eyebrow. Just my opinion, hope it was helpful.