MattGould

Into the light - Black and White

Into the light - Black and White

I don't do much portrait photography but a couple of months ago I took this photograph of my girlfriend and uploaded it. It was a photograph I was quite pr...
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I don't do much portrait photography but a couple of months ago I took this photograph of my girlfriend and uploaded it. It was a photograph I was quite proud of (which is very rare indeed) but was not well received on social media. Yesterday I put the original on a photo critique subreddit on reddit.com. Having had some really good suggestions on how to improve it I have now made those suggested changes and am uploading it again. :)
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Canon EOS 70D

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Aperture f/2.2 ISO 250 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 50/1

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May, 2016

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