Nah you sell yourself short. 8.5.
You can reprocess once you develop your workflow but the I portent bit I'd say is that you got the shots in the bag!
Yes well done. As David says number 2 is the stand out the lighting seems a touch flatter and works better in my opinion. Did you remove the light and add a reflector from below in some?
Gaz
Wowza Shaheed. Love these. You've had some good pointers IMO re processing etc but you definitely have a style/look which works for you and personally I love it. Where are you based? I would love to come for a lesson! Really great stuff. I always enjoy seeing what your going to create.
P.s., if you let me come play, you can play with the 85mm F1.4G as per your other thread.
Great set sir. Loving the backgrounds, something I want to improve on my personal shots for 2015. I agree with Bethy about #5 though, a tad distracting.
And another vote for the radial filter/vignette on #3. Marmite wins for me!
Thanks for sharing
Shaheed;
Whatever your doing DON'T change it, these captured portraits are truly magnificent. Excellent quality and clarity, excellent talent my friend....!! Stunning.
wOOOw
Regards;
Peter
Scotland
Excellent as ever Shaheed I think the first is my favourite, there's something very classy about it that i can't quite put my finger on. Keep up the good work
Well done Shaheed, they look stunning. I'd be well pleased if I was paying for them. Good stuff
I have throughly enjoyed all your work here. You inspired me to start my journey in off camera flash whilst watching your lighting journey.
Carry on clicking
Shaheed, I follow a lot of pro photographers on flickr and online generally and I would say the quality and look of these portrait matches some of the best I see. Ok, maybe a few tweaks here and there but nothing that are worth mentioning. Keep going and look forward to more of your work. A big thumbs up from me.
Cheers Marcus!
Really appreciate that, especially from yourself!
It's funny, was just mentioning about how other people's work, without naming anybody in my post, inspired me to get better (mank/Bethy/yourself) and you subsequently commented!
This client got the pictures framed and hung and sent me pictures of them. She was really delighted. I was pretty happy too (a nod to the as long as the customer likes them thread!) but always room to improve!
Looking forward to starting once building work has finished in the house.......the wife is wondering why I want a large wall painted grey