>f4.5
>1/80
>ISO 400
>85mm

>>4429420 (OP)
thanks now im gay

>>4429420 (OP)
hardlight is great for the muscle definition but it makes her face look haggard. could maybe snoot the body light and use something more diffuse for the face? would that even work?

>>4429434
Will keep this in mind for future shoots & post processing. I appreciate it, thank you.

>>4429445
bear in mind tthat i'm spitballing, like i said i don't know if that's actually the solution. also if these are pro shoots, perhaps some makeup on the face to smooth it out so you don't see all the bumps and wrinkles and shinyness. hopefully some of the more lighting experienced anons will chime in.

Would. What are these chicks like?

>>4429475
Very serious and dedicated mostly married women. No bullshit, expect a professional environment. Very self critiquing and see the minute details in their body. They are PAYING for my services after all, so I give them exactly what they want.

>>4429420 (OP)
post more, I can't give feedback on only one picture

>>4429447
You're not wrong but I'm also no expert. You do want to use hard lights for more muscle definition, but like you said it has the negative effect of making a female body builder look incredibly masculine for the face

I think if he had some sort of fill light coming from her left side it would have helped a bit, I only see one catch light in her eye. Giver her a hair light also would have helped give her more dimension.

>>4429509
I'd give her EXACTLY what she want too, if you catch my drift.

>>4429867
What did anon mean by this?

>>4429420 (OP)
Hideous model. Unflattering light brings out his leathered out skin. Time has been cruel to this one, and it shows. The fake tits add to the sense of decay and rot. The lifeless and dull hair adds to the aesthetic.
All the softening and touching up and airbrushing in the world can't save this one.
>>4429509
>Very self critiquing and see the minute details in their body
You can't be serious lmfao. By chance are they blind as well? That is the only way I could see anyone "getting what they want" out of this.

>>4429420 (OP)
What is her OF?

makes me miss 5hoe

>>4429925
yeah, i hear ya, even if he did loose his marbles it was better than this.

>>4429420 (OP)
Retouch with Reblum. I'm thinking of paying for this software and not having to go through the hassle of retouching photos anymore.

>>4429976
might as well just generate entire image with AI at this point

>>4429980
I'm with you but sadly this is what clients want, they all want that fake airbrushed look

im hoping its just a fad

>>4429981
It's probably here to stay.

>>4429981
>clients
commercial slop is not photography

>>4429990
Skill issue.

>>4429420 (OP)
Pro tip to ALL fitness models: please do not get tattoos if you want to get booked for steady work

>>4430024
wat the problemo

>>4430024
doesn't matter for fitness only matters for porn industry bro

>>4430055
And it's not even a problem for this, either.

>>4429976
Looks better, no doubt clients would like this look. Just gotta fix the armpit. I can't tell if it needs to be shaved or whatever is going on with the coloration there. Probably a 10 second fix in photoshop?

>>4430024
Damn the tattoo hating incels are on this board too?

>>4430185
normal people hate tattoos because they are expressly forbidden in the Holy Bible, and christians are most certainly not incels... they have way more sex and more children than atheists, and a lower suicide rate as well.

please pray for my growing family

>>4429990
>I love being poor

>>4430197
say “professional photography’s a profession for potheads” 10 times fast

>>4430185
>incels
I have tons of sex and hate tattoos, what now?

>>4430185
Tell me you never book fitness shoots without telling me.

There is a reason all (good) bodybuilders and fitness models shave, tan and forego large tattoos.

>>4430197
ironic. professional photography doesn't pay.
you have to relocate most of the time or it's weddings = beer money.

>>4430199
>>4430206
jobless morons

>>4430224
>photography
>job
it's a favor or a gig, but never a job

>>4430227
posts like this are why no one should ever take advice from this place, lmao

>>4430229
it literally is a favor or a gig

financially successful photographers are there because of who they know, everyone else is doing it on the side. this is a cold hard fact of life. photography is not a useful profession, or one that requires something good. it requires a friend or relation who is already successful to excuse the presence of the photographer and then they are ossified there in their position and the excuse becomes praise.

>>4430230
>t. most successful 4chinner

>>4430232
>unable to respond directly
you have ego issues if you cant just accept that photography is the non-executive profession that is most dominated by nepotism. and use it. or don't, because you don't want to live that submissive and fake life. you can make more money more reliably with a futures account and $5k than you can with a $5k camera.

>>4430233
it's pointless to engage with jobless morons like yourself who think they have everything figured out, you act like these studios that contract with schoolls and highschool sports dont exist, or handful of businesses here in my own town that are doing maternity photos for years and charging $1200 a session, you just default to the "ITS WEDDINGS OR BE MISERABLE" nonsense that's always spouted around here, you have no work or real life experience, you'll probably just call those gigs so you can say that you're right, portrait studios have existed for years

you're an actual neet idiot that isn't worth the time to engage and I wish i hadn't bothered but it's already typed out

>>4430235
At last you stop mumblung
I'm not saying they don't exist

I'm implying they're not worth it and are not worth acknowledging, and only an idiot or a consumate camera nerd would waste their time on that school portrait, corporate headshot and realestate slop. Side gigs or real success and fame are the only things worth considering in photography. Otherwise I'd rather get a REAL job that can't be replaced by a drone fitted with a snoy and focus on taking the photos I want to take instead of lining students up with a pre-set grid and following my manager's checklist of criteria.

>You have no work or real life experience
Not in soulless slop like doing family portraits no. I do have 10 years in upper management.

>>4430236
>I do have 10 years in upper management.
Your job is probably less useful than professional photography.

Unironically old pervert Sugar might know better lighting here he’s talked about his paid work doing just this kind of trashy thing before

>>4430189
>they are expressly forbidden in the Holy Bible
Nope
Only in the Quran

>>4430269
It's actually the only genuinely useful job, because upper management in the companies I've worked for basically means teaching retards what to do. It's blue collar upper management not hedge fund upper management.

I'm one of those people who induce a competency crisis when they quit.

>>4430179
I lightened it a little bit. I didn't want to go overboard. Does this look better?
Where is OP? Would you mind uploading another image of the model? Let me get some retouching practice in.

>>4430301
>10 years of upper management experience
>still shit posts here
lol at you

>>4430466
>Talks of success in photography
>Still posts here instead of shilling for a brand on youtube and getting free cameras

>>4430487
im not successful, thats why im here lol
just like you

>>4430489
i am successful and i'm here to complain about black people thanks

>>4430494
sounds right

>>4430495
i donated $5000 to trumps campaign btw

>>4430496
You'll never recover your money.

>>4430585
you're right, i will never recover that money. because i quadrupled it. i would like to thank the temua addicted american people for panicing over nothingburger tarriffs and fake money. my spy shorts printed bigly. and then i bought the bottom. holy fuck this has been an amazing presidency.

>>4430496
>only $5000
poor

>>4430496
all that money and you still choose to hangout here, nice

>>4430496
I kneel

>>4429420 (OP)

>>4429873
Some homossexual (incel) shit