I have been shooting PT for 2 years now and could use feedback how to get better or encouragement on what I am doing right. Thanks in advance!

I like the variety of your portfolio.



For the image above, I enjoy the color palette and shallow depth of field. Due to the shallow depth of field, you may want to ensure that you have rock solid focus on her eye. It appears that you have slight front-focusing on this lens and her eye is a bit soft and the button on her jeans might be the focus depth. But again, I enjoy the setting and the railroad tracks in the distance.



For this image above, the setting and model are beautiful. You captured her eyes and facial expression beautifully. I would perhaps adjust the models front hand next time to make it more graceful. Her hand position is forced and accentuate her veins. This draws my eyes to this but again, I believe your lens has a bit of front focusing that is not nailing focus on the model's eyes. Her eyes appear softer than the her front wrist which is in focus. But she is gorgeous and you still have a beautiful image.

As a fellow photographer there are AF fine tune adjustments to make to your camera body/lens system if the AF is front focusing quite a bit. (I had to adjust mine as well for my 50mm lens.)

I enjoyed your portfolio and I hope most comments may have assisted you.

The tracks image does not work for me for the sake of one line, that runs through her head and eyes and cut the top of her head off.
Azzuro image I agree the right hand needs to be better placed.
I noticed a few times you crop at the elbow,, not a good place to crop. Lastly watch the models pose that are hip flat to the camera make the girls look much bigger then they are really.

As for feedback how to get better or encouragement, it simple,, the more you know and learn the better off you'll be... 2 years PT you are doing great just do more of it all; learning, shooting, reading, practicing, trying new things, looking at others work,, all of it... Your on the road, only you can take you off of it....

Thanks so much for the feedback! Points noted!

Any suggestions on the front focus issue? I do alot of focus and recompose at large apertures (2.8) and I think when I lock focus and recompose im moving off plane.