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kudoku

Photography and editing feedback

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kudoku

Looking to get some feedback on some recent photos I took recently. Including the raw and processed for comparisons. Apologies for the imgur link, I can't upload images here yet

https://imgur.com/a/oVLVuvU


Image 1: 1/80 f/2.8 28mm 80iso
Only had a small led light as an additional light source for this outdoor shoot. I struggled with overexposure of the background and shooting in the shade. Unsure if I should have underexposed, upped the f stop, or gone for some stacking.


Image 2: 1/80 f/5.6 40mm 80iso flash 1/2? 1/4?
Indoor shoot with a flash. I feel like the lighting here is pretty flat and not dynamic. Probably should have upped the iso a bit and played around more with lighting angles.

Black hair is pretty challenging to shoot. I was also not that happy with the harsh light reflections in the eye. I probably needed to offset my lights to the side more?
I'm new to portrait and doll photography, any tips is appreciated. Also please let me know of other places to get feedback thanks!

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BeyondTime

I would say the background is too bright compared to the subject so it pulls the eye away from the doll. In Lightroom you can use the masking tools to create a custom vignette that lets you darken the stuff around your subject and that may help the indoor image pop more. 

https://www.capturelandscapes.com/create-custom-vignette-lightroom/

Other tools should have similar features. 

For the outdoor image, I think you will need to do some adjustment brush work. 

For indoor images, I tend to overexpose by about a stop, but I am careful to make sure that the highlights aren't being blown out. Then I just pull the exposure down by a stop in post. Slight overexposure puts more data in the raw file and I get much better results with the contrast and saturation tools. 

https://photographylife.com/exposing-to-the-right-explained

I did a lot of testing with my camera to see how far I could push this, and it's going to vary camera by camera. Mine is a D800, which is old now, but it's a very good camera in terms of raw capture data.

That technique is easier indoors where I control the light, so I don't have to worry as much about blown highlights once the camera is set.

The lights in the eyes are a pain, but honestly I'm more bothered by reflections on doll glasses. The spots you have could be brushed out.

 

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