A speedlight could be used to bounce light from an interior wall, or reflectors could be used to redirect even more of that outside light onto her. If you did want to light it differently, you have many options. I'd personally dodge the face a bit to brighten it up in post, but otherwise think this looks good. Overall Lighting Quality - She's being back-lit but there's enough light bouncing around inside that it's actually a very well lit portrait, IMO. I'm wondering if you could have aimed from more to the left so that the subject blocked that building's doors while expanding the wall color to take up the entire background near the top. However, the building on the right has a pleasing color and leading lines to the subject. I wouldn't work for getting soft skin out of camera - rather, go for tack-sharp eyes.Ĭompose for non-distracting backgrounds and leading lines - The blown out section on the left doesn't add to the photo. Sharp Photos and Soft Skin are, generally, opposites - Most skin softening is done with make-up and/or with post processing work to smooth out the skin. Even given this, it's likely that between a certain range and aperture, it'll have a "sweet spot." Do some experimenting to find the sweet spot and use it to your advantage. Learn the limits of your gear - I have no experience with your particular lens but the range, 18 - 140, is suggestive of a lens that has made some major compromises for that zoom-ability - including compromises in sharpness. With portraits, you want to make sure that you nail the focus on the eyes. The wrap around her body appears sharper than her eyes - suggesting that the focal point was set in front of her.
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