My Boyfriend

[ripitupalistyle]

I took this picture by the beach yesterday. How does it look?? I know things need to be improved. i just need help :) thanks!:):

[rahmonster]

If it were me i would have shot with a smaller aperture to reduce distraction in the busy background. I like the pose. I probably would make some slight adjustments in photoshop...Brightness etc.

But the composition of the picture I think is great:thumb

[Angelo]

If it were me i would have shot with a smaller aperture to reduce distraction in the busy background. I like the pose. I probably would make some slight adjustments in photoshop...Brightness etc.

But the composition of the picture I think is great:thumb

:agree

[Phil U.]

I took this picture by the beach yesterday. How does it look?? I know things need to be improved. i just need help :) thanks!:):I noticed that the white balance was a little off and and i added a tad of contrast. See if this looks better.

The quick way to adjust the white balance in post is using levels/curves. Choose the middle eyedropper tool and click around in a area of the pic that should be grey. Keep clicking til you find the balance you want - in this case I used the post on the very right of the pic behind his head.

Hope that helps!

[Nikolai]

And I took the liberty of tweaking it a little:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/20047000-L.jpg

I liked the skin color, but the backgrund seemd a bit bland and too sharp.
So I blurred the background, boosted its dynamic range with curves and slightly sharpened the face.

I didn't have a lot of time to go for every detail, so please excuse the flaws..

HTH