New Joiners - People #476

Congratulations! I'm always looking for alternative approaches to fashion photography, and you have delivered that with this entry. A wide frame offers more to the set design here and storytelling with your fantasy narrative. This is an excellent team effort with make up, styling and modelling. Please continue this approach!

Congratulations! This landscape portrait immediately caught my eye, Well done! Captured with deep reds and oranges, which lends itself into a cinematic universe, specifically Sci-fi. Why this references cinema visuals is how you’ve left a great amount of space for narrative. Good job!

This is a sweet portrait and interesting framing. You've captured a moment which feels special, and the contrast in hand poses adds an extra detail not many would pick up. I'd suggest using a wider lens for future shots like this. You'll gain great results!

This portrait has so many theatrical references with lighting, styling and pose, green foliage is a powerful setting to use for a portrait as a backdrop. I’m certain it draws any viewer in to it. I commend you on the playful use of foreground interruption.

Thank you for submitting this photo to this contest, great layering captured and grey tones with the shadows. If you're interested to pursuing photos like this in a future photoshoot, experiment using flash lighting. You'll gain great results like this and appreciate how fun photography is with an amplified light source.

Reading your technical challenges with this entry is absolutely valid. I'm impressed with this capture whilst in motion. Your framing is successful here with the suggestive documentary narrative. You made the good choice to edit this in black and white for the image's mood.

Really fun portrait that focuses on both stillness and movement, you’ve captured your subject at a good angle where his face is in focus and recognisable in a wave of motion blur. For a future shoot, I would propose shooting this style with a faster shutter.

I want to emphasise this image as travel narrative, the lighting is strong and moulded well against your subjects. Your layering is key here, in the foreground and back. This is a skill adapted by yourself which is good for natural capturing, continue developing these skills!

I’ve chosen this image to review to further commend your use of layers and balance of light in this portrait. There is so much detail in this, but it doesn’t overcrowd the overall purpose of the image. I feel the hands really connect the view to the portrait, it gives an openness to the narrative.

Having a Break from walking - It's fascinating the choice of editing this in black and white, however I feel it suits the lighting approach of this portrait. I'd suggest shoot at a 400 iso and you will achieve less grain.

I like the tones used here, It's a cinematic approach to colour grading. Thank you for mentioning the production details behind this portrait. I read that this was a 1.8 aperture, it's a strong choice within this environment, but it's a success!

Thank you for entering this contest! This is an excellent entry, a great capture that would exist in a commercial context. I suggest shooting again in a similar lighting situation, however with a higher aperture. This will create depth with the detail you have here.

This landscape is so vibrant and such an energetic environment. What draws me further is the framing choice you have made, where there is negative space surrounding your main subjects. This is a traditional documentary photographic approach to shooting action sequences such as this.