My Portraiture - Part 2
By Julian
@CodenameFStop (98)
United States
September 8, 2017 12:48pm CST
My roommate and his girlfriend are always such willing subjects for my photography when I don't have anyone who's available. I used to take senior pictures and things when I first started freelancing before I made the transition into video, which why I think I'm tired of the typical "stand there and smile at the camera" photos.
I'm trying to make a lot of my portraiture seem a lot more serious and moody as opposed to happy and smiley. I think I like the direction I'm taking it! Do you have a preference as to what emotions are in your photos?
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@Mr_Anomaly (790)
• United States
10 Sep 17
Great quality photography!
Personally I would've made it black and white and upped the contrast a little to give it more emotional depth, put the image in two separate layers, set the top one to multiply, dropped the opacity down to 25%. I hope I am not being too critical, but it's something to try to see how you like it yourself 
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@Mr_Anomaly (790)
• United States
10 Sep 17
Actually.. scratch that... it looks great how it is... you lose that lovely morning glow when it's set to black and white! I just enjoy the darker side of things 
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@celticeagle (168126)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Sep 17
Truth and maybe a story in the picture is nice.
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@Lauraleigh99 (4718)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I agree with you that the ones that are posed... facing the camera... and smiling are boring. I like the ones of the kids having a smash cake session for their 1 year old birthday party. Or the look on the grooms face when he sees his bride to be for the first time. Or MY FAVORITES are ones where adults recreate their childhood pics! Those are just hilarious.
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@Melanie_Marie (1871)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
24 May 18
I like it. The girl is like, "I've got him hooked" and the guy is like, "This girl has me mesmerized." 
Is that some type of corn field they're in? Children of the Corn, yes....these two were Children of the Corn.
Is that some type of corn field they're in? Children of the Corn, yes....these two were Children of the Corn.@CodenameFStop (98)
• United States
24 May 18
Haha, it was supposed to be a cornfield, but when we got there, it looked like the farmer had put paper bags of some sort over all the crops in the field (I think they'd sprayed pesticides or something, and wanted to protect the corn), so I stood a little further away from the field to blur the bags. Thank you for your kind words!
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