Some outdoor portraits

[Himalayan]

This is my 1st times using 120 film (except the 1st picture use DSLR). Luckily the result seems better than what I expected. Your comment are welcome.

http://www.dcshutter.com/gallery/data/517/3CRW_3891.jpg

http://www.dcshutter.com/gallery/data/517/3Florence001-med.jpg

http://www.dcshutter.com/gallery/data/517/3D1000002.jpg

http://www.dcshutter.com/gallery/data/517/3D1000001.jpg

[GREAPER]

It looks like you did a fine job getting a good exposure under some fairly difficult lighting conditions. Great job. The young lady is very attractive and your shots bring that out very well.

I think the last 2 are a little too centered for the amount of space in the frame that she occupies. Perhaps if you want to show her in a beautiful setting, moving her to one of the thirds intersections would work a bit better.

In any case, beautiful portraits of a very pretty girl.

congrats.

[wxwax]

:wave Hiya, Himalayan. Or is that hima, Hiyalayan? :D

I love #2. Great composition, light, model, setting, Very nice. Shirt might be a wee bit hot.

In #3, I like that she's small in the middle of the weeds, it's a nice effect. She's surrounded, so the idea works for me. Nice work making her a bit brighter than her surroundings.

And just to be contrary, the same idea in #4 doesn't work for me, she just looks small.

I really like your choice of settings, and the colors. As Greaper said, shooting in bright sunlight can be overwhelmingly difficult, so it's not surprising that some parts of #1 and #2 are too hot. I don't mean to be critical, these really are lovely photographs. Does she like them?

[tmshots]

Great workup Himalayan. You didnt have alot of wardrobe, you werent (I'm assuming) using reflectors or diffusers. All in all I would have to say as far as layouts go, this is a pretty good set. You never got any shadows that overcast your target, white outside anyway (what ya gonna do) didnt blow out that bad. If I ever line up a shoot where you are in Canada I'd love to have you come along and shoot. Good work!:thumb

[mercphoto]

Your comment are welcome.

Ok, is she single? Willing to relocate to Austin? Enjoy fine wine?

Oh, and the pictures are pretty good too. :) I like how you layer some of the vegetation between the subject and the camera, shooting through the scene. Very nice.