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First, were you trying for some type of filtered, or special effect on the first two?
The first one is a neat shot, with an interesting falloff of the light. The second one is too wash out for my tastes, but you may have been trying to do that (which is why I asked). The third one is definitely too washed out across your forehead and nose. Try putting some more distance between yourself and the flash to help with that. Flash compensation is another solution.
Actually these were more snapshots than anything else. Just starting out at that time, you see In both cases I used a digital camera (hand held by me), can't remember what camera it was.
I want to do a couple more self portraits, which is the reason I posted these.
+ I am new to the forum and want to see what kind of reply I can expect
I really like the first one a lot, I don’t think I would change anything about it. The second one I would probably crop out some off the top and bottom. On the third one I really like the cat a lot but I think there may be a bit too much perspective distortion on your face. Also I think the hot spots are not terribly flattering. Maybe if you dropped the camera down closer to eye level this would work better for me.
Actually these were more snapshots than anything else. Just starting out at that time, you see In both cases I used a digital camera (hand held by me), can't remember what camera it was.
I want to do a couple more self portraits, which is the reason I posted these.
+ I am new to the forum and want to see what kind of reply I can expect
Anna
Anna - Welmoe. We're pretty friendly here at the forum.... We also try to be honest too, so to help everyone grow and develope their photography skills (and not waste each other's time).
I kind of agree that they're pretty much snapshots. The lighting and curvature of the wide angle lens pretty much betrays that... Some ideas for planned shots would be to stand about 5-10 feet from the camera on a flat plane (facing directly into the camera) to ensure a little to no light dropoff. This is where objects behind get too little light - this can happen to even one's shoulder that's behind anothers if the person is close enough to the flash and its a near profile shot. This is esp likely if you're very close to the flash.
That cat adds a nice touch to the photos. Also, the clothing can make a big difference in the overall feel of the photograph. If you're wearing a nice outfit it will look more professional, whereas a T-shirt will look either casual or (yep), snapshotish.
Very nice shot on this most recent one. I am not sure what that is behind you (looks like a car door or something) but it might be a tad distracting but it is difficult to be distracted when there is such a pretty smile in the picture.
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Originally Posted by afina
In both cases I used a digital camera (hand held by me), can't remember what camera it was.
