Ron Goode Photography wrote:
I'd appreciate feedback my portfolio. I'm down on myself lately and would appreciate any comments on what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong.

Thank you.

looking over all your work here, I see some struggling with lighting. Some too dark, some too flat, some highlight too blown out. I also am seeing some retouching with terrible gausian blur, which completely kills any otherwise decent image. Some of your work shows some genuine raw talent and good execution of lighting, composition and all around technique. The images that fall short on this ,are easily recognized. Overall, consistency seems to be your most apparent challenge. All is just my humble opinion.

waynes world pics wrote:

looking over all your work here, I see some struggling with lighting. Some too dark, some too flat, some highlight too blown out. I also am seeing some retouching with terrible gausian blur, which completely kills any otherwise decent image. Some of your work shows some genuine raw talent and good execution of lighting, composition and all around technique. The images that fall short on this ,are easily recognized. Overall, consistency seems to be your most apparent challenge. All is just my humble opinion.

Thank you. Would you be willing to point out a few examples. I do struggle with lighting. I am just beginning to use flash and for the most part shoot natural light. I also tend to shoot dark, usually about -1.  One thing that bothers me in my own images is that when I view at 100% I feel like my images are composed of dark pixels. I don't know if this is because of my shooting dark or something else but I find them very noisy looking, even when my ISO is low. This is my first time asking for a critique. I've been shooting about two years now, and mostly just post on Facebook and get the typical facebook feedback, i.e. all positive, no negatives, which doesn't help me. So thank you.

Keep it coming please.

Ron Goode Photography wrote:
Thank you. Would you be willing to point out a few examples. I do struggle with lighting. I am just beginning to use flash and for the most part shoot natural light. I also tend to shoot dark, usually about -1.  One thing that bothers me in my own images is that when I view at 100% I feel like my images are composed of dark pixels. I don't know if this is because of my shooting dark or something else but I find them very noisy looking, even when my ISO is low. This is my first time asking for a critique. I've been shooting about two years now, and mostly just post on Facebook and get the typical facebook feedback, i.e. all positive, no negatives, which doesn't help me. So thank you.

Keep it coming please.

ok, a more specific analysis for you.
#1 5 6 pretty decent and sharply focused. A reflector to add a little more fill light would improve those a lot.
3-highlights on forehead too harsh
7-lighting too much on model's butt and leg, not enough on her face
8-grain ( photoshop noise?)
9-highlights blown out. Gausian blur.
11- well done,distracting blue patch on waist ( removed tattoo? )
12-under exposed and grain issue
15-decent,but one arm stands out too much.
14-blown out,harh lighting
16- decent
17- over exposed, grain issue too
18-focus is bad,as is lighting as well
19-nice!
20-highlights too harsh
27-light on model. More needed.
28- ??? don't like this shot for various aspects.

waynes world pics wrote:

ok, a more specific analysis for you.
#1 5 6 pretty decent and sharply focused. A reflector to add a little more fill light would improve those a lot.
3-highlights on forehead too harsh
7-lighting too much on model's butt and leg, not enough on her face
8-grain ( photoshop noise?)
9-highlights blown out. Gausian blur.
11- well done,distracting blue patch on waist ( removed tattoo? )
12-under exposed and grain issue
15-decent,but one arm stands out too much.
14-blown out,harh lighting
16- decent
17- over exposed, grain issue too
18-focus is bad,as is lighting as well
19-nice!
20-highlights too harsh
27-light on model. More needed.
28- ??? don't like this shot for various aspects.

I appreciate the specific feedback. I made some changes to my port and got rid of a lot.

Ron Goode Photography wrote:

I appreciate the specific feedback. I made some changes to my port and got rid of a lot.

much better! I knew you had talent! This shows a much stronger port than before.Watch your retouching though...gausian blur does not improve things,but more degrades.First image looks great!