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[chief]

I took this portrait cc on the photo

[Captured]

The one thing I think could make this photo better is that there needs to be a bit more fill light, so that we can see more detail of the hair,- show us her ears, and sunglasses on the woman's head- to give her face more dimension to it. Looks too flat, like it was pasted on.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Luis,

Firstly welcome to the CiC forums from me.

The one thing I think could make this photo better is that there needs to be a bit more fill light, so that we can see more detail of the hair,- show us her ears, and sunglasses on the woman's head- to give her face more dimension to it. Looks too flat, like it was pasted on.

I tend to agree with Krisztina, I suspect it was shot with a single light source, probably a camera mounted flash, in a dark place, possibly outdoors.

I would strongly recommend you have a read from Lesson 1 of Colin's;
School of Portraiture - Links to Lessons 1 through 8

That will give you some ideas of how important getting the lighting right is.

Cheers,

[revi]

My first reaction was that the person looked 'squeezed' in the horizontal direction... as if you had resized without keeping the aspect ratio

[rpcrowe]

I agree with Revi on the "squeezed look". It almost has the aura of a carnival hall of mirrors image...