Portraits | Sabina Dimitriu

[Sabina]

First of all, hello to everyone.

As I am shooting portraits most of the time, I figured out it was best to first start a thread here.

So here it goes, starting with some older selfportraits :)

#1. Hoppípolla
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3193/hoppipolaab5.jpg


#2. Imagine
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2466/imaginenb1.jpg

#3. Air
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/42/airwa7.jpg

#4. I Am
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/811/iamfu8.jpg

#5. C. Op.
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9172/coinoperatedqf2.jpg

#6. Haunted
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1940/hauntedev8.jpg

[zemotion]

Hello! Welcome~~~ I absolutely love the 2nd one. <3

[Bart Michiels]

WOW, reallllyyyyyyy nice photo's, all of them. You're cute too :)

[Cypher]

awesome stuff.. I like the first one best.

How did you do it?

[ukanfoff]

i like majority of the set especially the 1st, but the only part of the first that bothers me is the hand. its like gonna attack the face or something, and if its ur hand it seems detached cause theres no shoulder showing to anchor the arm down. if that makes any sense. maybe shift the body more of a 3/4 than a profile. good stuff, like the colors.

[Sabina]

Thank you, Jingna and everybody else.

The first photo was taken with the 18-55mm kit (at 18mm focal distance if I remember well), in contre-jour at the window. The original unprocessed photo is below:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/838/originalhoppifp6.jpg



Now the latest series (or at least part of it), with my favourite model Zoia:

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5884/img1090427nf3.jpg

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http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7720/img1082ag2.jpg

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http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9783/img1193427os8.jpg

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http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2469/img1175tl4.jpg

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http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/4365/img1002wmzh3.jpg

[purplerose]

Nice portraits. I like the last one.

Could play around with your compositions more though. They seem too central.

[Sabina]

Thank you, purplerose. :)
About the compositions, I've started as a 1/3 fan, but the square crops and recently buying a Diana+ camera have turned me more into a person who experiments with the compo.


Next, the kids on the street series.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1973/titlecs4.jpg

R.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8145/r1dj7.jpg

The next ones ar with the same kid from the first photo. I named him Froggy.

F1.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7786/b2yt5.jpg

F2.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/866/b3oa6.jpg

F3.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/228/broscued22webbz3.jpg

F4.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8660/cccrt4.jpg

[klips]

These are just amazing, every single one of them. You are amazingly talented, especially for someone as young as you. You are going to go places with this if you keep it up!

[Oblio]

ooohh.. look who's here... and me i was thinking this place is drying up...
welcome.
HUG!

[carolupus]

wow, great pictures!

I especially like f3 from the the kids on the street series because of the facial expression and the cute puppy ;)
technically all your shots seem perfect to me. compositionwise some of them are too centered for my taste.

[ReefFrog]

Awesome photos! How did you produce the first one?

[zemotion]

Wow that's some really amazing processing work on the first. Very lovely.

I like http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7720/img1082ag2.jpg there's a very interesting and funky vibe to it.

[Sabina]

First of all, thank you for your replies :) I'm sorry mine took so long.
ReefFrog: I posted the original and explained in post #6.
Oblio baby, monkey's here to do business :D Hug back.

Now presenting my second favourite model, Ondina.

Swing
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Ondina/swing.jpg

Waterbirds
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Ondina/o1.jpg

Smokeaway
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Ondina/ondina5.jpg

Aurora
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Ondina/aurorafk2.jpg

[Sabina]

“It’s about why we don’t explode, why we don’t just wake up one day and go crying down the street, kicking everything to pieces, infuriating, completely personal sense of our lives never having been what they could have been.”

Never Let Me Go
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Ondina/Zoia/zoia-edcald_mica.jpg

[Oblio]

missa you!!!!

[Gentile]

Your portraits are amazing. I must admit I'm quite jealous.
F4 is my favorite.

[DIGme]

No favourite. I love all of them !!!! BRAVO !!!! It's great, with a lot of sensibility, a great technique !

[davi]

completely amazing works!
I truly love R.

The focus is direct on the clean white eyes, very cool

[Ment]

Really great portaits, they are all splendid :) One of my favourites is nr 4. It has a fragile look, which I like

[LECO]

I really like what you captured on your swing portrait! It looks like she's coming straight from a fantasy world. Great energy. Care to share you process on tha shot? Keep em coming!

[Sabina]

Everybody, thank you!! :)
Oblio baby, we missa you too.

Next, some other portraits. Raluca.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/IMG_0242.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Studio/IMG_0539.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/Studio/IMG_0374.jpg

[Gentile]

I love the last one with the flying dreads. The lighting is beautiful....ahhh the textures!! =D

[purplerose]

Really like the lighting in the first one.

[wangdafei]

The photo is really nice!!!
And I have a question to ask
How to comunicate with the model when they are afraid face to the camara?
thank you~

[John.D]

Just make them feel comfortable. Make them laugh, tell some jokes. Offer to buy them a drink after! ;)

[Sabina]

When I meet people for the first time, I usually chat with them before, having a cup of coffee in a Cafe on the way to the place I'll take the photos. It's important not to turn the conversation in some sort of an interview, which would obviously make them feel uncomfortable. Try to talk about yourself (but not only about yourself!) and find affinities with them.
When you want something from the model - like a certain expression or position - don't hesitate and explain your idea the best you can, so that he or she can understand you. Also, make them come up with ideas. Try to turn the shooting into a funny fooling around at the end. Use background music. Do whatever you can to keep both your mind and the models' active as long as the shooting lasts. These things will help a lot.

Well those, and shooting the hell out of the camera at the beginning, when the model's stiff and still accommodating with the place. Firing at least 20 on Continuous Shooting would make anyone change his expression. And after surprise comes usually relaxation ;)

[bradjames]

Hi Sabina,

I've basically spent the last hour looking around at different art on the web to more or less kill time. The I came across your thread. When I scrolled down to your first pic I was blown away. It actually made me sit back in my chair with a smile. Each of your pictures just seem to tell a story to me and I'm happy I came across this thread. I really look forward to seeing more from you.

Thank you for sharing these.

[Mescher]

Your art is amazing :)

[EvrEst]

"never let me go" is breathtaking! those eyes! Where do you live? The ppl you shoot have an edge that I really enjoy. You make me want to get back into the portraits! Please post again!

5 million stars :P

[Alka]

some of your photos are very good:)

[Sabina]

First of all, thank you all for your critiques and kind words. It's been a long time since I last posted here, hope this won't happen again.

EvrEst: Never let me go is actually a bit post-processed to give the girl that haunting look. For refference, the same model is in post #6.
I'm from Bucharest, Romania :)


I'll present the "Anca" series for today. ;)

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/7.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/3-1.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/11.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/9.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/2-1.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/13.jpg

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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/sabina_dimitriu/6.jpg


Oh... and a question. I can't seem to find the specific subforum/thread in which heavily post-processed work is posted. Is there one?

[Alien Ape Star]

Wow ! Nice to se a fellow bucharestian with loads of talent! Nice! Keep up the good work. :)

[EvrEst]

Great post! I love all the closeups, they are very well composed. The ones with the firework have a slightly busy feel and my eye travels a bit much but I love the idea!

Romania! I should have known. Eastern Europeans have my favorite characteristics as far as facial structure. Photographically speaking. Generally, your people are gorgeous!!

[moguiaiya]

whoooooa.:eek:.....is really like photo.....
you ar so good ....!!!!!