I did a nude shoot last weekend and it was my first time. If you can see my port is varied from nature shoot to fantasy shoots. I thought it's about time to try nude. I was lucky to have a very good model and everything went smoothly.

I posted 5 photos (album : Bare) from the shoot. I wanted to know if I am doing right. Or i need to further improve and be bold with new concepts.  Any comment / suggestion is highly appreciated.

Since I am a fanatic of natural light, all of them were shot with the available light.

Thanks!

Well I see your vibrancy slider is working fine

I think there are expressions issues, many times it turns me away quickly from an image.  I think you are on the right track overall.

A couple of errors you are making are:
1. Over-saturating the reds.  Reds are the most sensitive to oversaturation.  Your pics get blotchy in the red areas.   The problem is like blowing-out tone, except it's color.  You are clipping the color at 255 at some point.
2.  Losing detail in the highlights.

Then there are plenty of other things, so I hope you get more advice.

MAkeup is not upto mark.
Retouching too....
Also a small confusion whether you are doing Art nude (Figure Study i mean) of a Glamour Picture
Camera Saturation Vibrancy etc can still be handled, but sort out the above first.

Thanks everyone.

Yes, one problem was I didn't have MUA so it could have been different I think. Second, I think I need to improve my editing skills (using lightroom for the time being).

It was like a random nude shoot so I think that's why the images appear unrelated to each other.

Good points you have raised, will look at the other photos tonight Appreciate the feedback.

I like this one the best, but it could use some post work love, some recovery in the highlights, and a more on target white balance

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Hello OP - glad that you enjoyed undertaking your first nude shoot.

I'd like to comment on this image as if I'd taken this pic and what I'd have done at the time to try and improve it.:

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So, lets pretend I'd taken this pic and then immediately looked at the back of the camera to 'chimp' the image. I'd have thought the following to myself:

1. I'm getting way too much light striking her mid section and blowing out my highlights and that's distracting, apart from anything else.

Solution: I'd try repositioning her along the window frame until I found a spot where the light was move even. 

2. Her face is underexposed and being shaded by her hair.

See 1. above - and I'd also get her to move her hair off a her face a little to let move light strike it.

3. I've got some weird looking body parts (left arm/wrist) cluttering the image behind/against her left shoulder and left breast.

I'd ask her to reposition her left arm and hand until I was happy with the configuration.

4. I'm not sure my composition is working 100% to show of my beautiful model.

I'd experiment with making her a little more central in the image and maybe losing a little of the OOF right side window.

5. Stray hairs need collecting up.

I'd ask her to brush them together to tidy them up.

6. Her right shoulder look tense and stiff.

I'd ask her to relax her shoulder. Or more likely I'd ask her to try walking naturally into that pose rather than have her hold the pose and become stiff (but that is just my style).

Then I'd chimp the next few images until I was happy. As for MUA's and her face - I'd learn some basic Retouching skills using Lightroom (it has spot removal and that kind of stuff right?).

Hope this helps.

I agree totally with the comments immediately above on adjusting exposure or positioning to deal with blown out highlights.

I'll just add one glaring thing to me.  Even with a nude, the most important part of the photo is the model's eyes.  They are fairly dark and lifeless in your photos.  Eyes need to look alive, with nice highlights and full color.  Solutions include fill flash, reflector to put light into her eyes, and exposing for her eyes first and foremost.  Never accept a picture where they model's aren't alive, cause then even if nude, the model looks dead.

Also broaden your horizons.  Don't be such a fanatic for natural light.  Yes, it's great, but studio light gives a whole different environment and framework, and one where you can often control the light better to get just what you want.  IF you want to be a real photographer, you should master all environments.  IMHO.

You are really setting me off with your fanatic comments.  Like the one also in your port about "natural framing", which is meaningless anyhow.  Photos need to be effectively composed, that's how you frame a photo.  Get a few photography books and study composition, a whole world of good photography awaits you there.

Your fanatic comments coupled with your pictures makes it sound like you are trying to make a positive out of the fact you don't know much about photography.  Just go study photography and learn to get better.  When I started out I read everything I could get about photography and worked with better photographers many times in many environments, learning all the way.  Try it.

Thanks everyone for the insightful comments.  The above comments are sure the next steps to improve my photography. I guess I was afraid to go out of my comfort zone thus I kept on insisting the use of available light at all kind of shoot and did not explore enough to know the advantages of strobes and etc.

Will keep these in mind.

@Drew - good point about trying from one angle to the next until a good composition is established.   In my next shoot, I'll try to direct more of what shot I wanted.  The model helped me a lot for this shoot.   Also, another good point about the hair, she had a brush but I never asked her to straighten up her hair.

@DVP - aside from the photo tips, you give me an idea to re-word my what's on my port.

Well when a young photographer responds positively to strong critique, you are well on your way to becoming a much better photographer.