Night Portraiture - Bokeh-licious

[Chiacj]

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Thx for watching.

 

[Chiacj]

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[GENO]

i dont find the it's a nice idea to get just 1 eye in focus in some of the pics, esp when it's so close up.

the bokeh is not nice too...

TS, are you aiming at taking a nice portrait of a lady, or happily aiming for a nice bokeh? none is seen here..

 

[soeypixels]

do work on your composition first

 

[Chiacj]

I find taking one eye in focus portraits can be beautiful. less dof makes skin appear smoother.

its simply head - to - shoulder shots.

As for composition, pics are not cropped for composition yet - point taken =)

 

[shottobefun]

All photos are poor in composition and focusing. Use a digital camera maybe better than these. You may study more in magazine or on course

 

[mabmy]

Hi bro, i don't usually shoot portraits but i think this set needs a little bit more improvement. I understand that you may want to show the beauty of the model and also the accompanying oof background but i think the oof background doesn't compliment the subject at all and it looks very messy. For the model, maybe you might want to pp her just a bit to give her a much more flattering complexion. If you don't mind, just wondering if i could borrow one of your photo for post processing to beautify the model and show you the before and after.

 

[Chiacj]

ok, i haf enuf teasing the forum.

thx for the time, just that I'm not here to please anyone.

 

[Chiacj]

A retouched #5

 

[Redsun]

i find the pics abit too tight on the composition

 

[Chiacj]

Thanks, for ur comment redsun, I am actually deviating from what we have always been taught, and trying to find the right way or the unique way.
I guess most of us forget that to gain something unique, u need to make mistakes, and then oppose the main stream to find your niche.

These few pics are in fact, after the shoot, just taken specifically for the head shots, my idea is to come up with some real tight shots, but the usual composition rules doesn't fit in...
that Im still studying on, learning. =)

Then again learning is a self thing, so as I thought. To learn to make someone happy abt your images is not enough, it must come from the sense of achievement from ourselves first.
Merry Christmas!

 

[shelomoh]

Rules can be broken as long as you know what you are doing. In this case, the people are not asking you to follow rules strictly without question. They are just saying that with you not following rules, your images are bad and by following some rules, it will improve them. I mean, you have the freedom of expression. If this is your style, so be it.

 

[sinned79]

its always wrong to do tight headshots, it will expose all the flaws of the model's head especially if her face and skull shape isn't nice (she got a rather square shape face - reminds me of spongebob). so it doesn't flatters her at all but exposing all her flaws instead.

if u want to try do a tight headshot, try a model with a longer oval shaped face with flatter forehead. face just a little tilt to the left or right direction will do, so that the neck will not have so many "lines".

#1, 4 and 5 looks as if the model is going to twist her neck from a tight headshot perspective.

 

[yumyum]

Messy hair