Just spent a morning with a friend doing my first shoot with a person. I really had fun doing it, hopefully I will be able to do some more stuff like this in the future. I'd love to hear why you like/dislike the shots, what I could do better etc. I won't be offended so let rip! Cheers
They all suffer from lack of light apart from the last one which is the best of the bunch, its a pleasing pose nice and dancy and fluid not sure I agree with the arm on the beam but atleast I can see the person(well most of her). Things to work on: Lighting - There is not enough light in any of these, either ramp up your ISO, lower your Apature or the best option would be too add some artificial Flash although looking at the last shot it was done in a barn with some light so you could of got away with a nice big reflector they are dead cheap off Ebay & move your subject into the light and use the reflector to fill in any shadows. If it was really harsh bright sun light coming through have that too the back of your subject so it acts like rim light then you position your feflecter in front as your main fill, there are loads of guides on the net to use natural light. Framing - Some of your shots are a bit tight, 3 & 4 you've lost feet & toes, 4 would of been a lovely shot with more light and addition of the toes. You've got yourself a great freind keep her sweet and you'll have some cracking shots with more practice but you've got a good basis to start with. Morgan.
I'll sign what MDK said above and I'll add that in photos 3, 4 and 5 you've cropped parts of her body off, which is a big no no. Well you can do it, but not with fingers or toes. I can see you've tried the "moody" look with your photos, but they seem to be quite dark like Morgan mentioned and even though her face can take it quite well, try adding some fill next time. From these I'd say number 3 would be my favorite if it was cropped straight and there was more room for the model. It has beautiful light on the scarf. Keep at it, it's not a bad start.
With #2, a tighter crop may work quite well. As the others said, all of the shots look a bit too dark. In the last one, the light is a bit too directional as half her face is completely dark. The background has some nice textures, and I'm eager to see if that can better be taken advantage of. Overall, nice work, but the shots do suggest you have the potential to do a bit better.
#2 works best for me but a combination of framing/crop and lighting/shadows means the others don't do anything for me.
This, I really like the second one. Think the low light actually works in its favour, unlike the others, because it's so well composed. [/pretense at photographic knowledge]
