Hi,
Not an expert, but thought most of the comments were about lighting, so just shared my feelings on the posing.
1. The pose seems to make the model head looks very outstanding. Bigger than the body by proportion. Guess instead of shooting right front, it may be better to show more body by turn her sideway a bit. This show better that she is bending down slightly. Of course the hair, thought it should either let go all to show wind, or totally prevent any few across the face. But the smile is good.
2. Same for the hair. She seems to put too much weight on her left hand & arm...bended. To my knowledge, girls hand should never be stressed. It should be place in such a way showing relax (not supporting), slim line & no branching out (no acute bend-e.g. in this case her right hand fingers are sudden bended & branching out). Perhaps, ask her to sit up straight, having both hand resting on her right knee, tilting back the left feet abit and not showing too much toes may be better.
3. Left hand supporting too much weight from the head, bending the hand too much, while right hand seems don't know where to put. Also, the leg seems to chop off. The resting of head could also spoil her face expression, as it will stretch her left eyes slightly.
4. Arm-pit! Felt that exposing a girl's arm-pit is bad unless very sure that its clean and clear by lighting it up properly. Posing that will enhance thick arm also no no.
5. Felt her smile is very sincere, that may attract viewer to take another look. Maybe she should lay her right hand flat on the sand than to grap her arm. That make the fingers branched out. And the thumb become unnatural.
6. Here onwards, seems to be a better outfit than the previous, that was too eyes catching. Beautiful smile and eyes contact. If her left hand was laying flat on her left leg, couldn't it be better?
7. Maybe moving the frame higher to just above the knee, giving more head room and not to cut just before the feet.
8. Her right hand is showing 1 way of removing acute arm bending by shifting the view point. Quite a nice candid shot.
A good way to learn about posing is to view the works from the great artist, who are very famous for portraits. Use them as basic, and slowly improvise from there. Also, do look out all my pointers and see if they can be found in others' portraits shots, especially those with good comment one, then you will be able to understand better.
Really thanks for sharing your shots. This not only benefit you, but also those who are still trying. With critics, we all could learn and improve together. Wish to see more of your shots.
Cheers!
Not an expert, but thought most of the comments were about lighting, so just shared my feelings on the posing.
1. The pose seems to make the model head looks very outstanding. Bigger than the body by proportion. Guess instead of shooting right front, it may be better to show more body by turn her sideway a bit. This show better that she is bending down slightly. Of course the hair, thought it should either let go all to show wind, or totally prevent any few across the face. But the smile is good.
2. Same for the hair. She seems to put too much weight on her left hand & arm...bended. To my knowledge, girls hand should never be stressed. It should be place in such a way showing relax (not supporting), slim line & no branching out (no acute bend-e.g. in this case her right hand fingers are sudden bended & branching out). Perhaps, ask her to sit up straight, having both hand resting on her right knee, tilting back the left feet abit and not showing too much toes may be better.
3. Left hand supporting too much weight from the head, bending the hand too much, while right hand seems don't know where to put. Also, the leg seems to chop off. The resting of head could also spoil her face expression, as it will stretch her left eyes slightly.
4. Arm-pit! Felt that exposing a girl's arm-pit is bad unless very sure that its clean and clear by lighting it up properly. Posing that will enhance thick arm also no no.
5. Felt her smile is very sincere, that may attract viewer to take another look. Maybe she should lay her right hand flat on the sand than to grap her arm. That make the fingers branched out. And the thumb become unnatural.
6. Here onwards, seems to be a better outfit than the previous, that was too eyes catching. Beautiful smile and eyes contact. If her left hand was laying flat on her left leg, couldn't it be better?
7. Maybe moving the frame higher to just above the knee, giving more head room and not to cut just before the feet.
8. Her right hand is showing 1 way of removing acute arm bending by shifting the view point. Quite a nice candid shot.
A good way to learn about posing is to view the works from the great artist, who are very famous for portraits. Use them as basic, and slowly improvise from there. Also, do look out all my pointers and see if they can be found in others' portraits shots, especially those with good comment one, then you will be able to understand better.
Really thanks for sharing your shots. This not only benefit you, but also those who are still trying. With critics, we all could learn and improve together. Wish to see more of your shots.
Cheers!