Critique Welcomed Boarder Girl

[Chris Dodkin]

Mikah - shot with the Fuji X-T1 and 35mm lens @ f/2 - I used a 3 stop ND filter to keep shutter speeds in range

Lastolite white reflector off frame right for bounced fill

Fuji Neopan VSCO in post

 

[Pete Askew]

Beautifully done Chris and wonderfully delicate transitions.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Nailed it!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Beautifully done Chris and wonderfully delicate transitions.

Thanks Pete - love the way Neopan (Real and digital) looks with portraits

Nailed it!

Thanks Glenn - trying to step up from the posed to the editorial style of shot, and this really encourages me to keep pushing in that direction.

 

[Paul Lange]

It seems something has really clicked (no pun intended) between you and this model and I can see it in the photographs over time.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

It seems something has really clicked (no pun intended) between you and this model and I can see it in the photographs over time.

Glad you can see that Paul - close collaboration and feedback has enabled both of us to step-up or game, and get to the results we're after.

We go through 100% of the images from a shoot afterwards, and review why certain shots connect and others don't

Both from the model's viewpoint, and the photographer's.

The model has a widely different point of reference, which completely threw me a loop at first, as she would pick favorite shots which to me were less than ideal photographically. And I'd pick photographically sound shots which she'd reject due to some issue with pose or how it made body features look etc.

It's a very interesting process.

We've started to weed out bad posing traits, bad comp traits from me, and also see where we're falling into a standard pattern of image and need to break out.

She is also more confident about suggesting comps when we're shooting, and actually has a really good eye for possible shots.

She has also come to trust my direction and ideas, as she can see that they (mostly) lead to good and interesting results.

Planning to shoot a calendar and maybe a coffee table book together - all good ways of focussing on improving the final result.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

A great picture and all the more interesting read. Like you, I was also very surprised as to how my models saw it so differently from me. NO comparison though. It should not surprise us though, as there is evidence every day in regard to how people look upon the same pictures so differently. Again a stunner and so naturally looking Chris.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

A great picture and all the more interesting read. Like you, I was also very surprised as to how my models saw it so differently from me. NO comparison though. It should not surprise us though, as there is evidence every day in regard to how people look upon the same pictures so differently. Again a stunner and so naturally looking Chris.

Thanks Ivar - and great feedback