Mina

[the-ninth]

A few portraits of Mina. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.

 

[the-ninth]

And a few more ...

 

[Jason Beiko]

These are all very good. The whole series in black and white works very well.

 

[smithy]

I like the last photo from the first post the most (the one where she's resting her head on her hand). Technically you seem to have nailed it. Lighting, sharpness & DOF, composition. I'm not sure how I feel about the watch though - it's slightly distracting.

The B&W conversion looks great on all of these images. What did you use?

 

[RLPhoto]

Call me old school but I've always like eye contact in portraits. In a portrait, the person is the subject and the background should always add to that or not take away.

These are more like candids to my brain than portraits. The one with eye contact was the best IMO.

 

[the-ninth]

Hi,

Thanks for all of your comments!

[...]I'm not sure how I feel about the watch though - it's slightly distracting.
The B&W conversion looks great on all of these images. What did you use?

I was thinking of letting her take of the watch but decided against it. My thought was, if she is wearing one, it can be on the picture.

I am using Lightroom for managing my pictures and exposure correction, Silver Efex Pro for b/w conversion.

Call me old school but I've always like eye contact in portraits.

Interesting. I like both, the direct eye contact for its impact, the candids for their naturalness feel. Honestly, I did not really notice that in this series nearly none of them does not have eye contact.

Cheers, Robert