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Author Topic: Dangerous curves  (Read 478 times)

BobEdens

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Dangerous curves
« on: November 17, 2010, 07:12:21 PM »
#1 Chelsea


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#3 Brandy


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#5 Lotus


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Re: Dangerous curves
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 10:48:09 PM »
I'm only commenting on the first. I hope you don't mind.

I think the car needs a kicker light.  Something to show off the rest of its profile against the black background.  The woman needs to do something different with how her bottom half is posed.  Maybe Susie can point it out... I can't quite put my finger on it.  All I know is that is seems as though she is in more of an uncomfortable sitting position instead of in a sexy curvy pose.  It's very close, and I'm thinking it has something to do with simply her feet placement, but I'm just not sure.  It's a nice image, but its not quite what it could have been, IMO.

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Re: Dangerous curves
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2010, 04:54:16 AM »
Thanks Travis, a kicker might have helped. As far as her pose she probably needs her right arm pulled around just enough to see and her right foot pulled back just a bit.

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Re: Dangerous curves
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2010, 05:07:48 AM »
I'll go a step further on the first shot and add a big diffusion panel above the car to give a hint of light across the top to go with that kicker.

She has strong shoulders and upper body so I may have had her twist a bit to narrow the upper body. Of course then you would loose some of that great neck line; it's a tough call.
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Re: Dangerous curves
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2010, 02:59:52 PM »
Gotcha, next time I'll post just one photo.
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Re: Dangerous curves
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2010, 04:50:05 PM »
Well, since Travis said my name I guess I better give an opinion  :)

Her pose in the first image is a little awkward, I think a big part of that is the car being so short, she had to bend lower than I would have liked to see her for the pose you were going for. Her feet are awkward, I usually like to bend the front leg with the weight on the back leg, but that is a rule that can be broken. Here her feet just aren't in a feminine position and she looks like she is squatting too much. Pretty girl though.

The second image she looks like a giant next to that little car. I would have scrapped that pose all together and tried something else.

#3 has harsh light, but this is a great example of where bending the back leg really worked. I like the angle she is shot at because she is shorter. Two nitpicks - I wish her left hand was more graceful and that her tummy had been flattered a little more, the shirt hanging in front is not doing her any favors, although I see what you were going for trying to expose skin.

#4 is killed by that harsh light again, but the pose and everything are nice and classic.

#5 the car is on the wrong side of the composition, it is facing right out of the frame. Love the sky though. I wouldn't have tilted the shot and cut out more of the ground and captured more of the sky, I would have not shot the car to the side of the frame, by tilting your camera up it would have been off center and closer to the bottom, creating a dynamic enough composition.

#6 makes the care look great, I don't care for the background and tight crop, but like I said, the car looks great.





 


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