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[seandi]

Wanted to put something up online were I can kind of scale who like what best. Sometimes were not the best critics of out own work so I'd like feedback to determine which shots are portfolio worthy and which aren't.... Can I do this? Is this okay? I'm going to do it.



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Wouldn't get used in a portfolio, I just liked it. ^
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[PSU]

Go back and number them so it will be easier for us to pinpoint specific photos for ya.

[Fuk It MkV]

[wheeltowheel]

Go back and number them so it will be easier for us to pinpoint specific photos for ya.

[seandi]

my b

[zaYG]

2 and 8 are by far the best, 3 is close behind

although I'm not a huge fan of that style of editing on #2. Not saying you shouldn't do it, but it is really becoming the norm, and I've noticed this whole time that you are very talented and have tons of potential, but I would rather not see you turn into the generic 20-teens scene photographer.

The posing on that shot is excellent though. The framing and composition are cool too, definitely not generic in that aspect. 8 is just an awesome rig shot, and I'm not usually a fan of those.

Keep up the good work though.

[Hassellin da Hoff]

[seandi]

although I'm not a huge fan of that style of editing on #2. Not saying you shouldn't do it, but it is really becoming the norm,

Can't be too much of the norm since I get tons of messages and emails from people asking me how to do it. But thanks.

[seandi]

[zaYG]

Can't be too much of the norm since I get tons of messages and emails from people asking me how to do it. But thanks.

Not saying everyone is doing it, but if you were to look at the most popular images on flickr explore, you would find an overwhelming amount of shots of pretty girls, backlit during the golden hour, with a fake orange gradient and low contrast editing. Not that there is anything wrong with that...but, it gets old, and people with lots of talent should try and find a niche for themselves.

[gdogg16]

Awkward pose is awkward.

[seandi]

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[hipster.]

This is fantastic.

[zaYG]

This is fantastic.

I love the framing through the trees, I just wish her elbow wasn't slightly cut off!

I still don't get the whole "fake golden hour" gradient thing that everyone does now though. I must be missing something.

[seandi]

[seandi]

[VrstewartW]

^ So legit.

[hipster.]

I love the framing through the trees, I just wish her elbow wasn't slightly cut off!

I still don't get the whole "fake golden hour" gradient thing that everyone does now though. I must be missing something.

People are influenced by trends. Right now things like instagram are a visual trend. So why not take better photos and use a bit of post push and pull to make something similar in a style that is popular? I don't see anything wrong with it. You see trends a lot in photography and film making.

[seandi]

I don't add fake flare. I enhance flare that was previously there. Sometimes I've been called out for making fake flare when it is actually real. I schedule 90% of my shoots around golden hour so I'm not sure what you mean by I "fake golden hour." If you look at my subjects they're all soft lit and trees in the background are backlit. That wouldn't happen if it were high noon and it would be nearly impossible to fake.

In the shot of the girl through the trees I actually photoshopped out a flare that was on her dress because I felt it blocked her and the trees already did enough of that. Just saying.

[sonicGLI]

I'm actually relieved to see people returning to golden-hour type shots, they're gorgeous. Sure, in the age of Photoshop/Lightroom/Aperture, it's a bit over-done, but it's still better than the 99% of imagines shot at high noon in these forums wondering how to get rid of harsh shadows and crappy, uninteresting light!

That last shot is killer, Sean.

[seandi]

Thanks, Shane!

[JettaGT8V80]

nice fake sun flare yo

[gt[I]]

[seandi]

[hipster.]

I really like this shot. The pose, the coloring and light, everything... I do wish she was framed a bit closer towards the bottom of the frame though. Or maybe it's the crab-grass/weeds in the foreground that make her look miniature. I'm all for having things in the foreground play against the subject with shallow DOF, I'm not too sure this works.

If she was framed closer to the bottom you may have had more sky, but I think the negative space would have really helped this shot. IMO.

[seandi]

[peoples_car]

My favorite of the whole lot.

Incredible balance of natural and artificial light

[seandi]

My favorite of the whole lot.

Incredible balance of natural and artificial light

Gracias

[1.8dubbin]

Very nice I loved all of them