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Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

UPDATE:  No more submissions after NicoleNudes!  Thank you to everyone who participated!

UPDATE:  No more submissions after NicoleNudes!  Thank you to everyone who participated!

UPDATE:  No more submissions after NicoleNudes!  Thank you to everyone who participated!

Hi everyone,
So I'm finally back in LA after being in the NJ/NYC area for 10 days.  However, I am now trapped in my room because my friend might have given me the flu.  That or perhaps I just have a cold, I'm not really sure.  Anyway, since I have nothing going on at the moment I've decided to spend some time looking at pictures and giving feedback.  So here is how this all works:

1. Say "YES" and I will give you feedback on the first 4 images in your portfolio.  I will not give you feedback on another row other than the first, or on other images other than the first 4. 

2. I am going to tell you exactly what I think of the images.  I will not sugarcoat anything.  Please keep in mind though that I am not here to attack you as a person (since I don't personally know you) and that my opinion is just my opinion and that's all it is so take whatever useful advice you can take out of it.

3. If I have already reviewed your images before I will simply let you know that I've done so and keep it moving.

And that's really it.  Let the games begin!

Jan 22 15 08:12 pm Link

Photographer

Renato Alberto

Posts: 1052

San Francisco, California, US

"YES"

Jan 22 15 08:28 pm Link

Photographer

Daniel J Kelly

Posts: 14

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"YES"

Jan 22 15 08:33 pm Link

Photographer

NothingIsRealButTheGirl

Posts: 35726

Los Angeles, California, US

"YES"

Jan 22 15 08:39 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Renato Alberto wrote:
"YES"

Hi there,
Alright here I go!

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36772136

Good picture overall but I do have some issues with it.  First, her skin is way too retouched specially her face.  A little less would've still made her look flawless but kept her looking human as well.  The second issue I have is with her neck.  It looks extremely tense.  You should have gotten her to relax that a bit more.  Also, while the crop is fine, I just wish that her hand had not been cut OR that you at least showed a little bit more of it, perhaps bent at the wrist at well so that it's not so straight from the elbow down.  Lastly, there is a gray round "orb" by her hair on the left side that should've been taken out and a tiny bit of gray smudge (I'm picky) like an inch above her shoulder.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37259645

The image is ok but she looks bored to death (even though she is topless) which in turn makes the whole image look boring.  Her hair is also not styled that great, the outfit looks off to me, her hands really don't fit into the pockets of those shorts at all, the ring is distracting and the background is a little distracting as well because she really isn't working with it, she's just standing in front of it.  However, just like the one above the lighting is nice and the quality is good overall.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37604937

Quality is good but the lighting is off.  Her hair is brightly lit and that's a huge issue because her hair color is so unnatural that it's just highlighting that.  The outfit she has on isn't helping things either because it's too matchy, matchy with her hair, shirt under the wrinkly jacket, and even the nails.  And the earrings and extremely thin eyebrows with that wall as a background...  It's just all a bit, sorry to say, tacky and outdated.  I also think you should have made her stick out her chin more or titled her head back a little to give her jaw more definition.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35472474

Very pretty girl but the image looks a tiny bit flat to me lighting-wise and overall it's a bit boring and not realistic.  I mean, her skin color is way too even throughout, there are barely any details left in her face, and the background color matches her skin which isn't helping.

So overall the quality of the camera you have is good, the lighting is ok, but the models, how you choose to style them, their energy level, and your retouching in my opinion need work.  I would also rethink the watermark/logo because it is a bit distracting.  Your pictures should be more about your work than your watermark/logo.  I would at least start by making it smaller.  Hope this helps.

Jan 22 15 09:02 pm Link

Model

Elena Antonia Pappas

Posts: 946

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

me please smile

Jan 22 15 09:14 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

djkvfx wrote:
"YES"

Hi there,
Your port is confusing to me because I'm not sure if you shot the images or not.  Anyway, here I go.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37807055

So I like the image on the right more than the one on the left.  It just looks more natural and relaxed.  However, I must point out that her skin color looks off to me and while that might be an artistic choice I just feel like this didn't really need that.  Also, there is a lot of lint on her sweater which should be taken out and the right image looks more retouched than the left one which almost makes me think of these as a before and after instead of two finished images.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37807050

Skin is waaaaaaay too retouched here, specially in the forehead.  I mean, the hairline gives it away.  Also, I prefer to not see the same person more than once in a port because in my mind it makes people look like they either are just starting out or they have very little options on who they can work with.  I would rather not think either.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37803730

Awesome.  Nothing to say other than awesome.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37803714

Nothing really wrong with these but I think she looks more at ease on the right than on the left. 

Overall I would work on how consistent you are.  If you can create images like the ones with the octopus and spaghetti that look polished but not fake or overdone, why would you do anything less than that?  That's what you should always be producing, not in terms of content but in terms of the level you can work at.  Hope this helps.

Jan 22 15 09:17 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
"YES"

Sorry but I have given you feedback before on most if not all of your images.  However, when you update all of it let me know and I will get to it!

Jan 22 15 09:18 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Elena Antonia Pappas wrote:
me please smile

Hi there,

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37788646

This would be a good image if the image quality was actually good.  It almost looks like this was shot, printed, and then scanned in.  There is a loss of sharpness going on that looks off and makes things look out of focus, there are strands of hair all over your face that could have easily been taken out, there are no real black in the image or white, there is no range here.  All of those things kill the image really. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37785047

Same exact issue as above except that you don't have strands of hair in your face this time.  Not sure who shot these but they clearly don't have a good camera or maybe they do but don't know exactly how to use it all the way. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37788644

Same issue as the one above but at least this one might have some real black in there somewhere. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37793799

Nice image.  No complaints.

So basically the first 3 are just not good images in my opinion.  I'm sure you can find way better photographers to take pictures of you easily with your looks.  Hope this helps.

Jan 22 15 09:30 pm Link

Photographer

KeithWJordan

Posts: 65

Boynton Beach, Florida, US

YES

Jan 23 15 04:49 am Link

Photographer

Daydream Image

Posts: 174

Jacksonville, Florida, US

Yes

Jan 23 15 07:01 am Link

Photographer

NothingIsRealButTheGirl

Posts: 35726

Los Angeles, California, US

Yajhil Alvarez wrote:

Sorry but I have given you feedback before on most if not all of your images.  However, when you update all of it let me know and I will get to it!

Sorry, I don't know what came over me.

I saw the 4 slot limit and I panicked.

Jan 23 15 09:06 am Link

Model

Elena Antonia Pappas

Posts: 946

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Yajhil Alvarez wrote:
Hi there,

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37788646

This would be a good image if the image quality was actually good.  It almost looks like this was shot, printed, and then scanned in.  There is a loss of sharpness going on that looks off and makes things look out of focus, there are strands of hair all over your face that could have easily been taken out, there are no real black in the image or white, there is no range here.  All of those things kill the image really. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37785047

Same exact issue as above except that you don't have strands of hair in your face this time.  Not sure who shot these but they clearly don't have a good camera or maybe they do but don't know exactly how to use it all the way. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37788644

Same issue as the one above but at least this one might have some real black in there somewhere. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37793799

Nice image.  No complaints.

So basically the first 3 are just not good images in my opinion.  I'm sure you can find way better photographers to take pictures of you easily with your looks.  Hope this helps.

Thank you for the critique smile The first four photos were taken by a model friend of mine. We had just done a shoot.and were chilling at her place. She picked up her camera and as the song goes..... GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN smile))

I will remove them soon sad

Jan 23 15 09:34 am Link

Model

Axioma

Posts: 6822

Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

YES

please :-)

Jan 23 15 10:00 am Link

Model

Pixie Galore

Posts: 141

New York, New York, US

Yes!

Jan 23 15 10:22 am Link

Photographer

asong

Posts: 76

Los Angeles, California, US

me

Jan 23 15 10:29 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

KeithWJordan wrote:
YES

Hi there,
I've actually given you feedback as well on all of your pictures except for the first two.  However, I will say that if the first two are new images you need to rethink where you are heading with your photography because I would consider those going backwards instead of forward.  They were not nearly as good as what you had before which in my opinion needs improvement.

Jan 23 15 11:22 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Elena Antonia Pappas wrote:

Thank you for the critique smile The first four photos were taken by a model friend of mine. We had just done a shoot.and were chilling at her place. She picked up her camera and as the song goes..... GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN smile))

I will remove them soon sad

I actually don't mind the 4th one though!

Jan 23 15 11:22 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Daydream Image wrote:
Yes

Hi there,
So I'm going to be a little harsh with you because I think you need to hear this.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/11617125

That logo/watermark is nuts.  It's way too big, way too colorful, way too distracting.  It looks more like a logo for a space program for children than something a photographer that wants the focus to be on their photography would use.  Aside from that the quality of the image is very poor and the lighting is flat.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/25010206

The quality of this one is better so I'm going to assume you got a different camera or used a better light source.  And while this logo is classier, it's still pretty large when it doesn't need to be.  Also, you could have retouched the razor bumps out by her vagina and cleaned up the background a little or had her against a plain wall to avoid the material folds and wrinkles which aren't really adding anything here.  I'm also not sure about cutting her off right at the neck like that.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/14046772

Not a bad image.  However, I think you should've fixed that black line going through her right leg, evened out the legs a little bit, and then taken out the wire under the chair because even though the scene is supposed to look how it does, the wire is really not adding anything and it looks messier than it needs to.  Also, the logo, you already know how i feel about it.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/21064028

Quality is pretty bad.  Are you shooting with a high ISO or something?  This is pretty noisy.  Also, the image isn't really doing anything.  While she looks nice, she looks more like she is dressed for a prom and you took a quick picture of her so she could remember her dress rather than she came in to model and gave it her all.  Also, the logo looks even worse here because the image is pretty gray overall and the logo has pure white in it so it actually stands out more than the image.

So overall, I think you need to keep working on getting the best product that you can  Again, not sure if you are switching cameras or shooting in dark places using high ISOs but there is a clear quality and lighting issue going on.  Also, the logo, you already know my issues with that.  And that's all I have to say.  Hope this helps.

Jan 23 15 11:44 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Axioma wrote:
YES

please :-)

Alrighty!

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35962271

Stunning.  Nothing to say.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36759555

Your body looks great but there is a weird shadow on your face that kills the image right where your lips should be.  It's distorting things.  Also your eyes seem way too open and based on how relaxed your body language looks you face doesn't seem to match.  Your face looks stressed to me.  That and you already have a great underwater image so you don't need this one.  If anything I would try to edit down so that you either have one comp of great underwater images or you just have one. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/27892307

Stunning.  However, I would have messed with your hair a little so that your forehead was more even.  One side has a sharp edge and the other doesn't.  It throws me off a little.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37373861

It's not a bad picture at all.  However, it is a bit grainy and I would've asked you to tilt your head down a little but more and had you give a bit more of a flirtatious face to the camera because right now your face reads to me as fragile and based on the setting and what you are wearing I feel like it would've fit better if you had gone with a more commanding, sexy face.

Hope this helps.  Great work!

Jan 23 15 03:05 pm Link

Photographer

Vasi Chobanova

Posts: 7

København, Hovedstaden, Denmark

YES and thanks

Jan 23 15 03:31 pm Link

Photographer

Peter House

Posts: 888

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Let'er rip, because damn it do I respect you. Haha. Cheers.

Jan 23 15 04:45 pm Link

Photographer

Risen Phoenix Photo

Posts: 3779

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Hi I am an Art photographer. I have never had a critique from you so let's give it a try

Jan 23 15 04:50 pm Link

Photographer

Paige Addams

Posts: 21

Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium

YES

Jan 23 15 04:55 pm Link

Photographer

phantom of the light

Posts: 114

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

I was late for your last go-round, you must have closed up shop before I got there.  I know I have flaws, but I'm game.

Jan 23 15 08:24 pm Link

Model

Nicole Nu

Posts: 3981

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

yes

Jan 23 15 09:46 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Pixie Galore wrote:
Yes!

Hi there!

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37780477

This isn't working for me.  It just comes across as random.  You have a knife in your hand, then because of the blur you almost look like you are flapping a dark bat wing or something which is strange, and then you are done up and dressed like you are going to a fancy party.  It's just confusing.  Your face looks nice in it though.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36658373

It's not a bad image but I feel like things aren't 100% there.  I like the fog/smoke, I like the lighting, I like your face, but the pose I have an issue with because while it looks like you are dancing which is cool, the lines you are making aren't as fluid as they could look.  Maybe had you not been wearing the sweater your shape would have come across better.  I know it's pretty see through but at the same time it is creating an illusion is making things appear wider AND small at the same time.  It's conflicting with the lines.  I also think the shot could've been cropped a little lower because where it's cropped it's making your body appear short.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36637349

Interesting image but there is something really off about it.  If you look at your hands, and how that one thumb sticks out and where it is placed, it looks like a penis.  Not flattering.  Your face looks good again though but the image is not in focus.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36637336

It's an ok image but it's a little "trying too hard" and blown out for me.

In general I like you as a model.  I just think that you need to pay more attention to your body and what you're doing with it.  Hope this helps.

Jan 23 15 11:08 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

asong wrote:
me

Hello hello.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37776309

So I don't have huge issues with the image.  I just think that the window being covered with that white board takes away from the girl in front of window look.  Also, the model to me seems "eh" and what she is wearing with the dark-ish makeup, I don't know, it just doesn't flatter her.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37759097

Her face reads as unsure.  Like she is going for sexy but she is thinking of something else.  Her chin is fading a bit as well so I would have positioned her face differently to make it more pronounced.  There is also something off about the quality, specially in the face.  It's like her face is retouched too much and then her hair has some weird water paint effect going on to it around the hairline.  The image is also a bit grainy and that line going down her armpit is really, oddly straight so I probably would've taken that out along with the tiny bikini bunch ups on her lower back.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37758888

It's ok.  Better than the first because the outfit and the model go together better.  And while this model doesn't look comfortable either, at least she seems to be giving off a mood which the other two don't for me.  However, on her hair there is a bright little spot in the middle of her hair, I would take it out because it stands out for no good reason.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37758656

It's not a bad picture by any means but I'm not sure the model is working here either.  Her face from her eyes down looks calm but then her eyebrows tell a different story.  Her eyebrows look stressed.

So basically I think there is an issue between you and your models.  The models just come across as not comfortable at all.  I also feel that some of your model choices could be better.  And that's really it.  Hope this helps.

Jan 23 15 11:26 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Vasi Chobanova wrote:
YES and thanks

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37794660

Great quality, lighting, and retouching but this comes across to me as more of a behind the scenes image rather than a real picture with a purpose.  If this was taken to sell the jewelry fine, but other than that it doesn't work for me.  Also, there is that lose string/thread by the bra that should've been taken out.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37794628

Same issue as the image above.  It looks like you are selling the nail pattern and the eyelashes, or maybe the hairdo, but not the model.  It reads behind the scenes again.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37794239

The skin is too retouched.  It has plastic areas to it.  It's also a little blown out and I think I would have moved the material a little away from her face.  However, even if you had done that I just don't think the head wrap goes well with the tank top. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37780720

The image is entertaining but there's too much going on meaning there are two different kinds of bracelets that don't go together along with detailed nails, tats on her fingers, tats on her arm, sparkle on her dress, I think I can see her undershirt, and then her tongue piercing, that slit cut on her actual tongue, with the orange piercing, yeah, it's a lot of look.  I would have probably asked her to change her shirt, take off the jewelry and the photoshopped the piercing so the slit cut didn't show up and then toned down the orange of the piercing a little.  The close crop isn't helping either because it makes everything important.

So In general the quality of your stuff is good I just feel like some of your stuff lacks purpose and doesn't highlight the models.  You seem to focus more on what the model has on than on the actual model.  Hope this helps.

Jan 23 15 11:38 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Peter House wrote:
Let'er rip, because damn it do I respect you. Haha. Cheers.

Thank you!  You know I think your work is gorgeous.  Here I go!

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37800239

I love everything but the hair.  It's weird because on the avatar it looked to me like he had flames for hair but then once I clicked on it I realized it was hair.  Anyway, the hair looks, I dunno, dry?  Damaged?  Not real?  Something is off about the hair quality.  If it was out of focus and you tried to sharpen it so that it didn't look too out of focus, I would try to leave it out of focus.  I think I would rather see out of focus hair than hair that looks dry-ish.  I'm not sure what's happening there but yeah that's my issue with it.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37734095

Fantastic.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37657813

Fantastic but is this the same model from the previous image?  If so you probably know how I feel about that.  I would just put them together.  Make room for other models.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37505193

There is nothing wrong with it.  It's gorgeous.  However, I think the lighting could've been more mysterious and hair hair might have looked more fashion if it has been up or just different.  Right now the hair to me is a little too soccer mom in this image. 

** In the other images you have of the same girl the whole thing comes together WAY better.  He hair is different and much better.  The lighting and outfit look more exciting somehow, probably because her entire face is more expressive than just her eyes in the image above **

So yeah, you do fantastic work and I'm jealous for sure of some of your stuff.  Keep up the great work!

Jan 23 15 11:50 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Risen Phoenix Photo wrote:
Hi I am an Art photographer. I have never had a critique from you so let's give it a try

Hi there.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37773193

Alright so there is nothing really wrong with the image.  However, I would rather see this without the belly button piercing because when I think of a classic nude, I don't think of a belly button piercing.  Also, I'm not sure I am sold on the closed eyes/sleepy face thing.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37770828

The sleepy face thing here is awkward and so is the way she is cradling her neck.  It's making her look tense, uncomfortable, and like she has a short neck and no jaw definition.  It's just not flattering her.  Also, I am not a fan of people using images of a model for more than one slot.  I would rather people edit or put them together in a comp but still edit.  To me, when people do that it comes across as either the person doesn't care enough about their work so they just show everything, they think all of their work is amazing (which is never true), or they don't have much experience.  It just doesn't come across as a good thing to me.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37773190

Again it's ok but it's not really different than the first image.  I think you for sure need to edit these down and rethink the whole sleepy face thing.  It just comes across as trying too hard to achieve a style/look.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37770821

She's sleeping again.  In all 4 images she was doing the same exact thing with her face.  This angle doesn't flatter her body (chest mainly) as much as the others and her armpit could've been retouched a tiny bit to tone down the bumps and lines.  Also, the hair sticking out of her neck is pretty close to looking like armpit hair.

So basically the quality is great but I would edit things down and not try so hard to achieve a look.  The sleepy model thing in every picture looks silly to me.  Image going through someone's port and the first bunch of images is of the same model looking like she is sleeping.  It just doesn't show right, in my opinion anyway.  Hope this helps.

Jan 24 15 12:07 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

Paige Addams wrote:
YES

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36441472

Good image,  No complaints.  I like the emotion on her face, specially here eyes.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37002068

Great quality but I am not a fan of more than one slot being taken up per model.  I also has an issue with her arm being that close to her body.  I wish it had been a little further away from her body just to give more separation and more lines and her wrist looks big like it's swollen.  However, the image overall like I said looks very pro.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36123653

Amazing image.  If I had to be picky I would say that the hair strands weren't all over her shoulders and that the one finger wasn't pressing against her face.  However, that's me being picky.  It looks great.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36155805

Again, amazing.  The issue here for me is the model actually.  Her eyes are a bit dead too me.  She's not expressing anything with her face.  Also, the eyebrows in the close up image don't look that great.

So your work is very impressive.  There are a few minor things I would change but most of those things are perhaps due to my personal taste.  Hope this helps.

Jan 24 15 12:16 am Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

phantom of the light wrote:
I was late for your last go-round, you must have closed up shop before I got there.  I know I have flaws, but I'm game.

Hi there.  Alright.  Here I go...

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37214157

The light on her is nice and the quality is fine.  However, there are two main issues I have with this.  The first is the background.  It looks like you didn't really think too much of how to use the space to make it work with her being nude.  Almost like you stuck her on the side of a house so no one would see her rather than using what you had in a way that would compliment her.  Also, the way you cropped and posed her.  It looks like you cropped were you did because you wanted to flatter her figure so stopped short of showing her stomach area.  However, had you posed her differently until her body looked the best it could, you wouldn't have had to do that.  Also, the chair, it's just too regular of a backyard chair.  I just think more could've gone into this.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37214124

I'm not a fan of using a model more than once per slot.  That's just me though.  Aside from that the sky looks a little fake/over done.  And even if it isn't, the way you used the model in the frame doesn't work for me.  By posing the model below the horizon line like that it's like my eyes don't know what to focus on.  There is no flow.  It's like there are two pictures but because it's actually one it's not gelling well.  The sky is one picture, her and the field is another.  There's nothing connecting them.  She's also not really selling it.  She looks a bit unsure.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35677093

Overall it's good.  However, the arm behind her back looks too planned.  Also, she a tad too overexposed and the image isn't as sharp or in focus as it could be.  It doesn't kill the image for me though.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35677046

I appreciate that you tried to do something outside the box here but she is not in focus which is a huge flaw to me.  The skull is but not her face.  The pose is also too rehearsed, the scenery is a tad too busy, and I can see her close behind the bushes which is a no no.  I just think you could have found a cleaner looking area and done something differently than having her simply hold it and look away.  I do like the placement of it over her vagina though because of the v-shape the skull gives and the fur-ish coat is a cool thought.  It just needed to be put together better.

Hope this helps!

Jan 24 15 01:25 pm Link

Photographer

ImOutOfHere

Posts: 2227

New York, New York, US

NicoleNudes wrote:
yes

Alrighty.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37729289

Great.  There is something a tiny bit off about the quality of the image, like it's a tiny bit grainy or something but it's amazing and you look great.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/31898407

Again, it's amazing.  However, I do wish that the photographer had gotten lower so that the floor and your skin stayed apart because so much of you is away from the floor color already.  That's me being picky though because it's very well done and yup, you look great.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36659257

It's ok.  However, I feel like your face looks a bit fake.  Like your eyes are glowing and I don't like the shadows under your eyes.  I also think the hair could've been neater.  That or been tied up/back. 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/33983489

Your body looks great and the quality is great.  However, you could've been way more comfortable.  You look like you are mid push-up.  Had your stomach been touching the ground and your head been up a tiny bit, this would've worked better in my opinion.  It's still really good though.

So basically your stuff is very good.  No big complaints from me.

Jan 24 15 02:18 pm Link

Photographer

phantom of the light

Posts: 114

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

I really appreciate this critique!  I know I have weaknesses, but having someone other than friends or family comment is much more valid.  I have to put a plug in for the models:  Both of them were charming, articulate, and willing.  I haven't worked with very many MM models, but those I have worked with have been great, and no flakes!

Yajhil Alvarez wrote:

Hi there.  Alright.  Here I go...

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37214157

The light on her is nice and the quality is fine.  However, there are two main issues I have with this.  The first is the background.  It looks like you didn't really think too much of how to use the space to make it work with her being nude.  Almost like you stuck her on the side of a house so no one would see her rather than using what you had in a way that would compliment her.  Also, the way you cropped and posed her.  It looks like you cropped were you did because you wanted to flatter her figure so stopped short of showing her stomach area.  However, had you posed her differently until her body looked the best it could, you wouldn't have had to do that.  Also, the chair, it's just too regular of a backyard chair.  I just think more could've gone into this.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37214124

I'm not a fan of using a model more than once per slot.  That's just me though.  Aside from that the sky looks a little fake/over done.  And even if it isn't, the way you used the model in the frame doesn't work for me.  By posing the model below the horizon line like that it's like my eyes don't know what to focus on.  There is no flow.  It's like there are two pictures but because it's actually one it's not gelling well.  The sky is one picture, her and the field is another.  There's nothing connecting them.  She's also not really selling it.  She looks a bit unsure.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35677093

Overall it's good.  However, the arm behind her back looks too planned.  Also, she a tad too overexposed and the image isn't as sharp or in focus as it could be.  It doesn't kill the image for me though.

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35677046

I appreciate that you tried to do something outside the box here but she is not in focus which is a huge flaw to me.  The skull is but not her face.  The pose is also too rehearsed, the scenery is a tad too busy, and I can see her close behind the bushes which is a no no.  I just think you could have found a cleaner looking area and done something differently than having her simply hold it and look away.  I do like the placement of it over her vagina though because of the v-shape the skull gives and the fur-ish coat is a cool thought.  It just needed to be put together better.

Hope this helps!

Jan 24 15 05:48 pm Link

Model

Rankin

Posts: 1

Neuhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

YES

Jan 24 15 06:39 pm Link