This Morning's Self Portrait

[lamorena]

Good morning! This is my first post to Photography Review, and my first picture of the day..

Firsts and firsts.

I am pretty new to photography, and I shoot with a Pentax ist*dl.

Pleased to meet you!

[Old Timer]

Wonderful composition and the textured grain effect is perfect for the image. Lovely first post, welcome to PR and I hope to see a lot more quality images like this one. Thanks for sharing.

[readingr]

First off welcome.

Nicely done and the lighting is terrific.

One very minor nit pic is that the dark pillow merges with the eyebrow.

I wish I could take photo's like this in the morning - I don't start thinking until I've had a cup of coffee.

Roger

[lamorena]

Thank you very much For the welcome and the comments!

I see what you mean Roger. Thank you!

[SmartWombat]

Mmmm very nice.

I think I'd prefer it even simpler, without the background (cushions?) just the light on the wall.
As Roger said, the far eyebrow merges with the shadow on the wall, so maybe a mite lower with the camera to put the eyebrow into the lighter area.

[lamorena]

I think I'd prefer it even simpler, without the background (cushions?) just the light on the wall.

I'm pleased to hear you say that! I've been hearing the opposite, that I should add more gimmicks and it is such a relief to hear the reverse!


Thank you.

[livin4lax09]

agreed, I want it simpler, to echo the simplicity of the smooth skin and soft lighting.

[readingr]

Definitely simpler to enhance the tones - unless your going to go totally arty and then the whole concept of the photo shown needs to change.

Roger

[mamajan]

Really nice. I love the soft lighting. I wish I looked that good in the morning.