First real portrait attempt

[Jessica Forster]

I finally felt confident enough with my abilities to get out of my comfort zone.

Here's a couple of my first attempt at portraits for photography purposes aposed to happy snaps of people and landscapes.

Cc welcome.. I only aim to get better.

P.s wanted to upload a couple more but the file is to large. I have re saved through photoshop as a small file but still won't upload, Any ideas?

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Technically, nothing wrong here… but the second has
more charm through the interaction of the girls and the
very cool backlit frame.

 

[gilbouk]

Nice pictures - and poses. Settings are great too. The biggest thing that strikes me that needs improvement is the focus point - maybe some practise on single focus point on the eye of your model / subject will take these to the next level. Or maybe your AF is back focusing?

 

[PhilH04]

I too like the second which has some nice separation from the bg.... keep an eye on where you crop and avoid cropping too near a joint, you also have a stray hand and toe.

I would perhaps have liked the two young ladies closer to each other to add to the interactive relationship between them. Well done.

 

[Jessica Forster]

Nice pictures - and poses. Settings are great too. The biggest thing that strikes me that needs improvement is the focus point - maybe some practise on single focus point on the eye of your model / subject will take these to the next level. Or maybe your AF is back focusing?

Thank you

How do I know if my auto focus is back focusing? I had partial metering on and al-servo. Would it be better to be on spot metering?

 

[Phil V]

Thank you

How do I know if my auto focus is back focusing? I had partial metering on and al-servo. Would it be better to be on spot metering?

Focussing and metering are 2 completely unrelated functions.