Photo critique is one of the best ways to improve your photography and, in this video, I have invited portrait and fashion photographer, John Gress, to join me in providing constructive criticism for some headshots and professional portraits submitted by members of my private Facebook group, Kickstart Your Headshot Business.
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20 responses to “Photo Critique – Improve Your Headshot and Portrait Photography w/ John Gress”
Last image – lady w the orange blouse. I loved the composition and pose.
Great video. Got a lot from this, thanks guys!
Actually found this fun. Didn't want it to end. Wish there were more videos like this.
People with blue eyes are more sensitive to light, due to no pigment in the top layer of the Iris. That's one reason I hate driving at night, headlights really bother my eyes. I used to have a car with a tinted windshield, it was the best thing ever.
Enjoyed this video! Very informative.👍🏾
This was brilliant! More please!
Off late I have started capturing street portraits, wherein I go to the market place full of people, look around for an interesting subject, and capture mostly the headshot. This of course is without the knowledge of the subject in picture. My question here is, unlike studio set up where we have much better control over the lighting and directions that we can offer to the subject, what are some of the aspects that we should definitely keep in mind before we press that shutter?
3:49 Of course this is all subjective, but seems to me the shot looks way too yellow/orange on his shoulders and such…just personally I would have gel'd all the strobes with CTO and like John said, maybe an extra half CTO (for total of 1.5 CTO) on the rear strip box to give a little separation from the background as the lamp is probably closer to 2700K… Also maybe try to hid that little blip of shirt just over the crotch area. Yes definitely the keystone and reflection…
Good video. I think with good retouching, which includes light modification, can correct all of these images and take these to the next level.
It's easy to remove things like the little reflection is so easy it should have been removed. I agree with the wight in the background needing darkening down. l Babies, dogs (pets) and people with conditions that flash is a problem. Continuous light solves that problem, I didn't know about blue eyes though. l At 12;38- The woman with the orange sweater: I hate decapitating people. I almost never cut off the top of the head. I'd have left a little room there.
Great info! Thanks.
Awesome video 🤩 great critiques!
awesome! tons of knowledge shared in this video!
Thanks guys, funny you mentioned about his shirt, we "messed around" with that a lot until he was happy with it…
What a great idea for the channel, love this high quality content!
Fantastic. You two should make this a thing. I learned a bunch in this presentation.
This is great critique…
Thank you! That is so helpful. Great tips to evaluate my own headshots. I especially liked the "weighted" comment you made.
Fabulous! Thanks again.
Fun video and now I have to know how John Gress did his video lighting.