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Beautiful Portrait Inspiration and Feedback from Focussion

by Bill Jones

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A good portrait photo is always a challenge. Playing with the eyes, get a stunning composition, take photos out-of-the-box and make it awesome. All kind of things you should have in mind while shooting portrait photos.

Today we bring you a fantastic collection of portrait photography for your inspiration from our friends over at Focussion.

Focussion is a photography community based on helpful feedback. You will find an example of this feedback below each image here.

Enjoy some great portrait photos and feedback from Focussion and be inspired! Improve yourself :-)

ellzCreationz




“Strong, very strong photo. The lines, contrasts, pose, expression. They fit perfectly. Could you tell me more about the campaign and your contribution in it?”

dawidczaja




“Great portrait! I’ve added it to my focussion’s favorites. Please show us some more :)”

Walter Parada




“I know the lensbaby, didn’t see it right away in this photo, because it’s so razor sharp. I like it you’re thinking out of the box, that’s what makes your photos good.”

Simon Brix




“Hi Simon, nice shot! I like the expression, it seems that he doesn’t know that you are taking a photo :-) But I think he is a bit too dark, lighten him up would do great!”

Martin-Neuhof




“She means it! Love her expression. Why did you took the photo in this composition (rotated)? Btw, I like the way you are playing with color and contrast, I can see it on your portfolio. Thanks for sharing!”

KC Jones




“The blue eyes, the high key and composition makes this portrait almost perfect. I would crop some part of the top of the photo to make it even stronger! Welcome to Focussion by the way :)”

Victor Bezrukov




“Wow! I love the colours, and also how the slow shutter speed creates a sense of movement in the bubbles.”

Nina Vilas Boas





“the perspective of the armchair gives fluidity to the woman’s body. and the walls emphasize that even more. color is just a goal to get for any professional photographer. posing brilliant. the legs of the girl shows me the way to where I should just look more closely. that gorgeous prophile hiding her real thoughts into her almost closed eyes is so catching. you have a lot of experience in the field of capturing goddesses. just one critique. that black spot on the wall is just to prominent.”

Yoann




“Beautiful, I like the lighting and her funny smile!”

Dave Wright




“i love the lighting and flash – really great work the fence by my opinion should be continue on the background till the end of frame for the better endless perspective. thanks”

David Zinyama




“I like how you turned this to B&W (or maybe you shooted it this way), and her skin going between the black and the white of the swimsuit(I guess that´s what it is:P ).. And this is also summerish :D”

Lorena S.




“that’s true about photographers. through their images photographers want to express their universe to the world. they don’t like to take pictures of themselves. this extatic photo reminds me of a fraction of time when I was just hiding my love for someone and by the same gesture I was trying to open her eyes towards my secret love. I believe her eyes are blue or maybe green to match the color of her dress. great idea and the colors are sublime.”

Tenee Attoh




“very serious moment! Great lighting and pose of young model. I prefer to see this portrait in b&w but color version looks good too !”

Martin-Neuhof




“Very nice ! Great flare and highlights in hair, warm processing and composition :)”

Tenee Attoh




“Beautiful eyes, closely cropped, nice transition from light to dark on the side of the face, what’s not to like.”

Walter Parada




“Really nice shot, I like the lighting in it – not too harsh, but eighter too soft. The other thing that makes me watch this photo again and again are the clouds, they look fantastic.”

Stephen Bent




“i think her eyes are too dark even for a black and white picture. there on the right shoulder is something that atracts my attention. under the chin there is a nice flowing shadow. maybe a little more contrast should just point better that subtle smile.”

asmithphoto




“Interesting series ! I love how the orange rules here”

janbar




“very nice picture :) For the skin colour, did you used the vibrancy options ? And any advices to “organize” the hair when you shoot someone that lay on the floor ?”

Yoann




“Can only echo what has already been said really, beautiful image, model is too near left side of frame, needs to be brought back to the middle or more to the right, (more space to the front as opposed to the back).”

Lorena S.




“This is truly a good picture, no doubt. Love the moment captured.”

Stephen Bent




“Amazing! :) I like the composition. In the upper part of the image, more black, and in the lower part of it, more white. :) It helps me concentrate on the face of the model and, why not, on her jewelery.”

Victor Bezrukov




“Cool Victor! I love the curl in her hair, beautiful! Did you use a soft texture btw? Light, contrast en sharpness on the shoulder are very neat. :)”

Zoe Jacobs




“Gorgeous portrait! The color tone is really beautiful, just what @stran9e says. Did you tried to lighten up it just a little bit?”

Janbar




“so beautiful portrait and composition ! love the colors and sharpness here ! real masterpiece !”

Martin Vitek




“Eighter @Aljan is right and it´s a bit to vigneted, or you could just lighten a bit more the left part of the face and the neck, to bring it to the front”

Martin Vitek




“Interesting black & white photo. I like the drama in her face and the blurred background. In the first second I watched this photo it looked like she was missing her arms and I don’t know if that was done on purpose by you”

David Zinyama




“Hi David! Nice shot with great colors. And again, I love your composition with the low point of view. why is this car so huge btw? :P”

JamesHEgbert




“Sorry but I find you where a lot to heavy on the “smoothing” filter, she lost all her skin texture and now, she looks more like a plastic puppet to me. But I do like her sparkling eyes and the texture/color of the fabric she’s wearing. You should rework the skin texture because otherwise, the photo is quite emotionally loaded.”

Patricia




“I love the tone, the mood and the entire composition. Prop wise a slightly older umbrella would have given a more period effect.”

Patricia




“I like her pale face and her big eyes. the dirt on her face keeps me wondering or thinking about what happened before. Just the dirt on her lips looks a little bit to perfect, or to ‘put on’”

Daria Xavier




“Great job capturing this and processing it. I like the texture of the hair and the contract of its texture witht eh smooth face. Is this you?”

Stacie




“nice soft lighting. reminds of a sci fi scene, all white and clean while floating in deep space.”

The Invizible




“In my opinion it´s a little too overprocessed, but the idea and the conversation are very cool.”

Lorena S.




“This eye is what makes all the photo, to me. Looking straight at me, behind that sexy “dentelle”, provocs me, in a inviting way. The overall tint -creamy- is very soft and amplify the “romantic side” of it all. I’m a bit impressed with the fact that -for a self portrait- it’s not looking boring (as usual) and the framing is allright too (I always miss mine when shooting myself). Just for fun (and for curiosity), I would try cropping a little on the left part of the photo (cutting out a little bit of your face, to give more impact to the overall.”

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7 Comments

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  David Zinyama said:

  Love all the work on here and thank you so much for the feature.

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  Eva said:

  Great stuff, thx!

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  Tenee said:

  A really love compilation of portraits put together . The next stage would be a live exhibition in Amsterdam or / and London. Super well done

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  Art of Concept said:

  Awesome portraits! All very inspiring work! I like how light and shadows play such important role in most of these portraits! Great stuff!

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  Walter Parada said:

  It is an honor to have been included amongst this superb collection of photographic portraitists. Their individual works, respectively, add to inspiration and nurturing of ideas and approach when using the camera. They also provide motivation toward achieving great works! Thank you for making me part of this distinct article! :-)

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  Perkey said:

  Great portrait! your work is spectacular, really like it!

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  Sukhwinder Sing said:

  I was about to create my own website and came to know about this one…preety informative….and interesting…..Job well done!

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