Korean Models
When photographing formal portraits in bright sunlight the photographer needs to watch the shadows particularly in and around the face. The human eye can compensate for these high contrast areas but the camera has much less latitude. One way to see what you can expect in the final image is to squint with your eyes as tight as you can and still see the subject. This will reduce the light entering the eye and you will see the dark tones as the camera see them.
These two models are lovely to look at; fresh, alive and relating to the photographer. The composition is nice with their heads tilted to the right. You can tell it is a windy day by the movement of their hair, also to the right. The background selected adds to this feeling of movement and has and interesting canvas texture.
I would like to make a few observations the photo-artist may wish to consider. It appears that the photographer elected to replace the original background with a computer generated pattern. I like the pattern but there are two areas that could be modified. When making selections for replacement we need to be careful that we get an edge that appears natural. In this illustration I can detect a few edge lines that appear to be out of place. The second thing about the background is how to place the subjects against the hues of the pattern. In this case the darkest background area is behind the models black hair and does not give a clear separation.
The final observation is the dark shadows on the face of the woman in blue. The person in white has good lighting but the other model is in deep shadow.
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May 15th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Good models, meaning those that come fresh, alive and photograph well are hard to come by. These girls
came to us, spontaneously on a field trip.
The background, was brought in to intentionally blur
the hair line, in order to magnify the affect of
the dark hair, and create a special effect.
If it works, so be it.
Thank you Jim, for your comments.