Dancer

[Shadowman]

Manfred, the video also mentioned not to show only one arm in a 3/4 shot. In this regard, it is easy for one to point out so called posing errors when I do not know the circumstances that John was shooting under.

Bruce

Like BIF, she was constantly moving. I'll have to check my before and after shots to see if more of her was captured.

On a side note, I was viewing a documentary about photography "Contacts:Conceptual Photography" and a few of the photographers (film naturally) said that one should never show their proof sheets, it reveals too much about the photographer.

[Shadowman]

Like BIF, she was constantly moving. I'll have to check my before and after shots to see if more of her was captured.

On a side note, I was viewing a documentary about photography "Contacts:Conceptual Photography" and a few of the photographers (film naturally) said that one should never show their proof sheets, it reveals too much about the photographer.

This was my before shot, after shot was completely different subject.
Only did acr, curves, lev adjustment. Different vibe, have to get rid of that pesky microphone. Shooting conditions were late evening, outdoors at marina, newly formed dance troupe performing.

[Shadowman]

First of all, that pose is fairly typical of a formal portrait and is often a mostly frontal shot (usuallly a bit from the side to slim the figure). I suspect what the video is saying it would be a bit odd and unbalanced to chop one arm off in this type of a shot. The rule is totally bogus:

Here is a link to some of Yousef Karsh's portraits. He is considered by many to be the greatest portrait photographer of all time. Notice chopped off arms and missing arms in some of these very well known works..

http://121clicks.com/inspirations/th...y-yousuf-karsh

I think you will find that he has broken just about every rule written about portraiture when you look at these. And they all work....

Very good examples of breaking the rules.

[Shadowman]

Burned and Dodged edit. Used PSE.