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good even lighting. I would have diffused the flash more its a little harsh.
rule of thirds, or completely center it.
portraits -to me this describes something about the person or what they are feeling or doing. this cant always be done but without it its just to me a snapshot of a person looking at the camera.
jakob----not bad right out of the chute. Maybe stepping back about a foot or so would have allowed more of the material around the head to show, thereby giving you a better frame. Of course, I've yet to seriously try portrait photography myself, so I'm flying by the seat of my pants here. There are going to be others who'll give you some great pointers.
Yes not bad for a first try. I think the framing of it is acceptable, maybe a little more around the sides and the top would be better but keeping within the fur of the head gear. I have attached an example of maybe end product as well just for viewing.
You need to assign a profile to the image, sRGB for the web.
I did some adjustment to Levels in Photoshop mainly bringing the sliders into the histogram from the left and right so the blank space is gone. (Yes there are those that don't agree with this but I don't really care about that, I do it and it works).
Then I did a little correction in Hightlights and Shadows and then did some Unsharpen masking at (on this image only) 100%, 0.5 and 1 as the settings.
I then ran the image through Noise Ninja and let it profile the image and saved it, then ran Mikes Framer through with mainly default settings except I increased the size of the Mat and Frame to suit my tastes not everyone's taste but this was all done in a matter of about 3 minutes give or take a second
Hope you get some ideas about it from this little attempt.
Jakob,
IMO you've captured her well. Her look and smile are great. I especially like how she isn't looking directly at the camera as well. As for the technical stuff, I agree with the above comments that your original might have been a bit too bright or too washed out from the intensity of the light. But as Peter showed in his example (which I thought he did a wonderful job! ;) ) a lot of that could well be fixed in the post editing.
I think the most important part of a portrait is the subject it self and yours is very well done. All that technical mumbo jumbo is secondary IMO and some of it could be fixed up in the post.
Good job.
Liban
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have." Nelson Mandela
Jakob, I like it as is. the slightly harsh lighting gives it a rugged feel reinforeced by the fabric around her face. But you really nailed the eyes and that is what is most important! Very nice!
Wes
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