>>2623055>What do you mean by 'powerful connection to the model'? The way she's staring into the camera, it connects really well, and really powerfully. It's not an awkward expression, and it looks natural, rather than forced, or pretend.
>What's the mood? The mood is the most important aspect of this image for me.I get a dark powerful somewhat confrontational mood. The processing and light, dynamic hair, etc. They all seem... stormy.
>Thanks for reminding me that I'm a low budget amateur that takes snapshits of friends. I'm doing my best wardrobe-wise and makeup wise.Harsh but true statement: A good reason for why your photo fails doesn't stop your photo from failing.
The makeup, you can try to correct some in post. The most glaring issues are around the visible eye (Variable grungy crunchy looking tones, and too dark), and her nose (looks too wide because the higlight across the width of her nose is too flat and wide. Try burning down some shadows on either side of that highlight, and it might help to re-shape her nose to a more pleasant form.
The wardrobe isn't a big deal, but I'm looking for it, so I notice it. The shirt seems light, airy, flowy, and dreamy. Playful beach casual, rather than "stormy" to match the rest of the aspects of the image.
>I think he has a point, the crop affects the composition but whatever.It does. I won't disagree with that. But the shape of the image, and the places you chop her off are hurting the image, yet placing her and her eye in the center of the frame, and (accidentally) matching the diagonals in the background with the diagonals of her hair do a lot to support the image.
Therefore, bad crop, but well composed inside of that crop. I stand by it. If it's the terminology I'm using that's hanging everyone up, then fuck off. I know we're on /p/ where execution is more important than content, but give it a try here.
