Some shots of my wife in the woods

[Ben Jennings]

Hi everyone.
Just thought I would upload some pics of my every ready to pose wife from a walk we did the other day.
Let me know what you think.
Ben

 

[Pete Askew]

Always nice to have a willing model! My favourite is the last shot. Nice composition and pose. Maybe a touch soft on the eyes. You could probably sharpen it a touch in Aperture and maybe use a small curves-type adjustment to shift the contrast a touch. Maybe something like this (hope you don't mind)?

 

[Ben Jennings]

Very nicely done, appreciate the tip, I too agree that it was a little on the soft side around the eyes!

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Seems like the most difficult thing about people portraits is getting your model to look natural. Your willing wife made these photos quite attractive. I too like the last one for the post and lighting.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ive noticed Alice is a willing subject... and you for that matter

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/general/2831-shots-alice-bens-visit.html

i have to push for hannah to be in anything!

I completely agree with Pete!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I like #4 - nice off-center comp, background is lush and well lit - nice lighting on the subject to highlight the face

You could have used a little fill flash, or a piece of card as a reflector and gotten a little light under the chin to lift it - maybe worth a try for next time around?

Not sure what ISO you used?

Might be worth going up a few notches to a a higher ISO to get a faster shutter speed in low light conditions - given the lack of noise on the 5D, I'd be thinking 640 or 800 maybe, depending on how dark those woods were.

 

[Paul Lange]

Yep I have to agree No 4 is top. Have you tried high pass sharpening? You could apply it just around the eyes.

 

[Tim Pindar]

I like no 4 and also no 1, possibly lightened a touch.

 

[Darren Bradley]

Love the composition and tones on these. But I agree that the face could be sharper. It looks like the AF may have done you a turn, because in that last one that Pete redid, for example, the tree branch is tack sharp instead of her face.