Brother's BW Portrait

Patryk · 1st May 2007

was trying to go for an 'out-of-bed' look

shot on digital with natural window light, PPed to bw via channel mixer.

jonkk · 1st May 2007

interesting use of lighting, with a nice gradation of light cast on his left cheek. however, i think the background is a little distracting, especially the two photo frames appearing at the sides of his head.. maybe you could have cropped it in a different way, eg closer crop with only his face?
i think another thing you should take note of (advice given to me by a fellow photographer) is the loss of detail of the black hair - if you notice the hair in the front has lost detail, appearing jet black rather than showing details of the strands of hair.
doing B&W with channel mixer is something i'm planning to try out. i currently desaturate and play with curves (:
all the best in your further photographic exploits!

espion · 1st May 2007

ok as a study but not ok as a portrait - mainly the bkgd. if u can light ur bro without lighting the bkgd then its ok. Also maybe too much chest when focus should be on head. if u want to show upper torso then the crop is far too tight, ie cannot cut the arms. Finally not enuf head room.

1st May 2007	#1
Patryk Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 661	Brother's BW Portrait was trying to go for an 'out-of-bed' look shot on digital with natural window light, PPed to bw via channel mixer.

1st May 2007	#2
jonkk Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 406	Re: Brother's BW Portrait interesting use of lighting, with a nice gradation of light cast on his left cheek. however, i think the background is a little distracting, especially the two photo frames appearing at the sides of his head.. maybe you could have cropped it in a different way, eg closer crop with only his face? i think another thing you should take note of (advice given to me by a fellow photographer) is the loss of detail of the black hair - if you notice the hair in the front has lost detail, appearing jet black rather than showing details of the strands of hair. doing B&W with channel mixer is something i'm planning to try out. i currently desaturate and play with curves (: all the best in your further photographic exploits!

1st May 2007	#3
espion Deregistered Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,533	Re: Brother's BW Portrait ok as a study but not ok as a portrait - mainly the bkgd. if u can light ur bro without lighting the bkgd then its ok. Also maybe too much chest when focus should be on head. if u want to show upper torso then the crop is far too tight, ie cannot cut the arms. Finally not enuf head room.