my first shots of a person..

DonnaDarkoPhoto

using my friend darragh. last week we were wandering around town very bored and i asked him if i could take a few pictures to pass the time..only took a couple because it started to rain (again). this was my first time taking pictures of anyone (not including snapshots of friends/family or self portraits) and it was his first time in front of the camera..the first one is the only one im really happy with...








apologies for the huge watermarks..i will be changing them to something smaller when i put them on my site

5uspect

Some interesting shots. Some do look a bit posed but the first looks quite natural. It would be my favourite.These would make great fashion shots.

DonnaDarkoPhoto

5uspect wrote:

Some interesting shots. Some do look a bit posed but the first looks quite natural. It would be my favourite.These would make great fashion shots.

thanks..i hope to follow either fashion or concert photography. the 2nd and 4th especially look posed, i agree. maybe i can try the same idea with him again soon for a little longer and get more 'natural' pictures. he wasnt really comfortable at first, the first picture i posted was actually the last shot i took and by then he had got more comfortable but sadly it rained!
thanks for your comment:)

DonnaDarkoPhoto

anyone have any other comments please

5uspect

Its a busy forum here, I try to get a few comments in when I can (not that my comments are any good!).

Boston

Forget the faded address across the picture. Place something elegant in a corner or bottom. It really detracts from the image, the first and fifth are the best, and yes, they make me want to buy the cloths and fuk the guy, which is the aim of fashion.

DonnaDarkoPhoto

Boston wrote:

Forget the faded address across the picture. Place something elegant in a corner or bottom. It really detracts from the image, the first and fifth are the best, and yes, they make me want to buy the cloths and fuk the guy, which is the aim of fashion.

yay glad they do:p
unfortunatly ive just done my whole gallery with the logo..however its not as big and the opacity isnt as high. i may change it another time. the reason i place it in the middle is because a few of my photographs have been appearing on various myspace pages and 2 websites without my permission, and putting a small logo in the corner would be easy to crop out of a picture. hopefully i'll find some solution.

Boston

Ah ok, fair enough.

no leaf clover

i really like these, and they've certainly inspired me to try it, what would be the top 5 things to do for shots like thesE? eg natural look etc?

City-Exile

I like the first & the fifth.
The third & fourth are the type of thing you should probably avoid in future.
They're not interesting or eyecatching!

What you've done with the others is nice & you've definitely got something. Hope to see more of your work, when you pluck up the courage to ask more people to pose for you.

Fajitas!

I really don't like the watermark, but that's another issue.

The shots, I like the processing, but think they've been a bit too overexposed.

The third & last seem a bit out of focus.

The second & fourth work best, but I think you need to either get closer to the person or choose some more dramatic angles. The other thing I'm not a fan of is that you've cropped off his feet in the first & half his left leg in the second.

All in all though, good work, especially for your first time. Keep it up!