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Photographer

Saxegaard Photography

Posts: 12

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

I just re-created my profile and would very grateful for any feedback you have on my profile, work and/or overall impression of Saxegaard Photography.

Oct 04 18 05:50 am Link

Photographer

Square Jaw Photography

Posts: 470

Joshua Tree, California, US

So far, I love your niche and style! The imagery and editing are beautiful. The only critique I can think of is to try and vary the model type. Almost all the photos are of a similar-looking blonde model.

Great work!

Oct 06 18 12:47 am Link

Photographer

Photo Art by LJ

Posts: 224

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

It looks professional-quality. And, being better than my own, I don't have much I can offer in terms of cc.

Only critique I would have is that sometimes the skin retouching seems to go a bit overboard, i.e.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/44677006
or
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/44509469

where her legs, abs, and arms have that 'heavily photoshopped until it looks plastic' look. The result for me is that it ends up feeling like the image is a composite... like the model is not reallly there at the beach (1st photo), because she has been blurred so much more than her surroundings that she no longer feels like part of the scene.

But other times that level of retouching seems to be fine, i.e.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/44676533

Maybe it's that that level of retouching is ok for portraits, maybe not as good for whole-body. Just my 2 cents. In the end, if this is for clients, I guess it's what they like best.

Dec 24 18 07:17 pm Link

Photographer

Shadow Dancer

Posts: 9782

Bellingham, Washington, US

80 photos is about 60 too many!

Your work is good, but only show your BEST. It may take you some time but start winnowing out images until you get down to 20 or so. Then put them all in the default folder and delete all the extra folders, they are clutter too.

The end result should be quite impressive.

Cheers!

Dec 26 18 10:08 am Link

Photographer

Orca Bay Images

Posts: 33877

Arcata, California, US

Extraneous info in profile. What do being a chiropractor and gymnastics coach have to do with your photography?

Dec 26 18 06:33 pm Link