Perfect shot as usual. I would have cropped away a bit of the bottom.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> Perfect shot as usual. I would have cropped away a bit of the bottom.
>
Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could print easily.

Great shot Greg.
Love the angle plus diffused and specular light used.
I noticed that she's a lefty, just like Jimi Hendrix ;-)

Greg Mennegar wrote:
> Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard
> to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could print easily.

You could crop the bottom off a bit, copy and paste to the right format and use the autofill function of Photoshop to fill in the missing top background, thereby centering the subject a bit.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard
> > to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could print easily.
>
> You could crop the bottom off a bit, copy and paste to the right format and use the autofill
> function of Photoshop to fill in the missing top background, thereby centering the subject a bit.
>
Seem's like alot of work to change something that is subjective Alfred. On the other hand from a commercial standpoint the shot is ready to go for text to be dropped in or crash printed as needed.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard
> > to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could print easily.
>
> You could crop the bottom off a bit, copy and paste to the right format and use the autofill
> function of Photoshop to fill in the missing top background, thereby centering the subject a bit.
>
Seem's like alot of work to change something that is subjective Alfred. On the other hand from a commercial standpoint the shot is ready to go for text to be dropped in or crash printed as needed.

Randall Beaudin wrote:
> Alfred Molon wrote:
> > Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > > Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard
> > > to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could
> print easily.
> >
> > You could crop the bottom off a bit, copy and paste to the right format and use the autofill
> > function of Photoshop to fill in the missing top background, thereby centering the subject a bit.
> >
> Seem's like alot of work to change something that is subjective Alfred. On the other hand
> from a commercial standpoint the shot is ready to go for text to be dropped in or crash printed as needed.
>
It would also be very challenging as the lighting wasn't perfectly even and the left side of the backdrop is darker than the right.

Greg Mennegar wrote:
> Randall Beaudin wrote:
> > Alfred Molon wrote:
> > > Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > > > Thanks Alfred. I thought about cropping, but it would have made it a weird format and hard
> > > > to print. It's for the model's portfolio, so I wanted to provide something she could
> > print easily.
> > >
> > > You could crop the bottom off a bit, copy and paste to the right format and use the autofill
> > > function of Photoshop to fill in the missing top background, thereby centering the subject a bit.
> > >
> > Seem's like alot of work to change something that is subjective Alfred. On the other hand
> > from a commercial standpoint the shot is ready to go for text to be dropped in or crash
> printed as needed.
> >
> It would also be very challenging as the lighting wasn't perfectly even and the left side
> of the backdrop is darker than the right.
>
Hi again Greg, IMO it's a none issue..LOVE THE SHOT just the way it is.

Greg Mennegar wrote:
> It would also be very challenging as the lighting wasn't perfectly even and the left side
> of the backdrop is darker than the right.

It's a 10 seconds operation with Photoshop's autofill function.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> Greg Mennegar wrote:
> > It would also be very challenging as the lighting wasn't perfectly even and the left side
> > of the backdrop is darker than the right.
>
> It's a 10 seconds operation with Photoshop's autofill function.

Having shot many, many covers in the past 40 years Alfred, I have to disagree with your suggestion.
Since this is for the model, she or her agency may want to drop copy into the footer area.
And even though the header is a little cramped a banner could still be added to turn this into a magazine cover shot.
I see nothing wrong with this shot.
I'm sure most graphics people would love this layout to work with..
In fact I shoot most subjects in both portrait and landscape with space for copy, always thinking of future use for any given image.