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Pirostitch and I had a micromeet at Botanical gardens today, mainly with a purpose of doing a little model shoot. I wasn't very happy with this one compared to my previous shoot with Alisa, as Nam was quite tense and I made quite a few technical stuff ups (I needed you, Arthur!!), but I'm still learning quite a bit. I'm sure Wayne (Pirostitch) will post his soon. I'm posting a first few of mine below. Your critiques and suggestions are very welcome.













Thanks

Alex

Nice shots alex, but from your title I was expecting Vietnam landscapes.

Well,

I'm sort of wondering what kind of photos you were trying to take ?
This sounds awfull, what I'm trying to say is, what is the motto of your shoot ?
What is it you are trying to capture ?
Have you communicated this to your model ?
Sorry for being of no clue what you were trying to do.

Cheers,
CD

Number 5 for me...

Very natural in that shot and selective DOF really makes her jump out....

Loose the bracelets IMHO though.... to distracting...

I have to agree with Scott, #5 leaps out at you and is my pick as well. As you mentioned Nam really does seem tense and it comes across strongly in most the picks. A lot of the poses seem to be 'unnatural' which adds to the awkwards I sense in the shots. I haven't had a chance to shoot a model (just the wife.../ducks) so I can't offer an suggestions from experience, but I think a lot of it is building up a rapore with the model so she or he feels comfortable.

number 5 works for naturalness, the others appear as though the model just isn't relaxed at all.

Maybe on subsequent shoots she may become a little more comfortable with you or perhaps the surroundings and it will reflect in the images.

Regards

Tony

The last shot is, IMO, the best of the lot and looks as if Nam had really relaxed. The very slight OOF suits this pic very much

Thanks for your comments and critique, guys. I like No. 5 also, all other ones look unnatural.

Christian - I get what you are saying. I was not quite sure what I was going after in terms of the end result. I wanted a sort of casual look. I guess I need to plan my shoots more and communicate more with the models.

Regards
Alex

I'm with Chris, I think #6 is the standout, although #5 is good too. Next time take some champagne for Nam to have inbetween shots (photographic shots that is - not shots of champagne hehehe).

Last 2 shots are great... Simple and natural... not forced...

Very Nice...

Thanks for the comments, guys. I will process the rest of the photos shortly and will post a link to the gallery.

Cheers
Alex

Hi Alex,

#5 is best of the bunch. you may want to use ps to remove the blood shot eyes. #6 could be better if you crop out her shoulder on the left.

regards,

Arthur

Thanks for your help, Arthur.

Cheers
alex