AOP part 24: Rim Light - Front Light - Fail

So while we are on the subject of failures, what went wrong here? I wanted to use the door frame as both a compositional device and for something for Maja to pose against.

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Leah Axl - Low Key Portrait (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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AOP part 23: 8 Compositional Failures

This is a tight profile shot from the same space. There are several failure points on this shot. Not sharp enough: at f4 I have not quite nailed the focus and it is just slightly unsharp around the eye.

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AOP part 22: 9 Compositional Elements

This shot gives me a great example to talk about a number of compositional elements in one image. Colour scheme: the pale blue background pushes the warmer tones of skin forward with clear separation of subject to background.

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AOP part 21: Portrait Close Up

Of course, the next step having got that close is to get even closer still. Rolling Stones anyone? On the following two pages I want to show a small collection of the images from this tiny session.

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Softness

THINKING: To create an image of softness (rather than a soft, out of focus image) you need to relate a number of features of the image.

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Freya - Swinging (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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AOP part 20: Portrait with Post

From that lovely serenity we move to something much more sexually charged! This has had a bit of a working over in post processing.

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Borrowing from the "Old Masters"

This series is about borrowing and re-interpreting the style of the old master painters, back before photography was invented.

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Raphaella - Reclining (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

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Rich-Photo Critique

Model of the Day: 20/12/2024 - Brodie Lock

Can AI Vision systems detect and censor art nude photographs

Model of the Day: 28/12/2019 - Maja Stina