Geoffrey Pereira wrote:
Please critique my port, too. Thanks.

First impressions: varied port
Your Skill level: good skills your best of the rest
Your creativity:  noticeable on subjects and models you pick  model driven , do a good job in general
Specific  style: the variety of the port suggest a little of everything
Your Work focus: erotic with artistic slant, with few some caveats.
Your MM Profile usefulness: exhaustively precise
Your challenges:   some work lack of subtlety, needed in portraying eroticism is evident and therefore your work  suffers of cliches and commonality such as  tits bursting out or hanging off shirts.
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot:
What I like: 
What to delete:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41579643 not flattering, sneakers are eye sore, you'd better off shot this bare feet.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/40604043 too pale for this genre
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: erotic models need more direction as their flesh overpower or misrepresent their persona. Your low key needs work. your color nudes show some color aberrations on my calibrated monitor, probable due to excessive retouch or color modifications
in this -> always watch landscape horizons to look as horizontal

Do you make my list?: yes

Spookie wrote:
hi, i think you skipped me i was after Kyrstiann Dynae!
can i please have your critique as well?

Sorry for my unintentional mistake
I will fix this asap

varton wrote:
First impressions: varied port
Your Skill level: good skills your best of the rest
Your creativity:  noticeable on subjects and models you pick  model driven , do a good job in general
Specific  style: the variety of the port suggest a little of everything
Your Work focus: erotic with artistic slant, with few some caveats.
Your MM Profile usefulness: exhaustively precise
Your challenges:   some work lack of subtlety, needed in portraying eroticism is evident and therefore your work  suffers of cliches and commonality such as  tits bursting out or hanging off shirts.
Paid assignments: yes

Your money shot:
What I like: 
What to delete:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41579643 not flattering, sneakers are eye sore, you'd better off shot this bare feet.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/40604043 too pale for this genre
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: erotic models need more direction as their flesh overpower or misrepresent their persona. Your low key needs work. your color nudes show some color aberrations on my calibrated monitor, probable due to excessive retouch or color modifications
in this -> always watch landscape horizons to look as horizontal

Do you make my list?: yes

THANK YOU

Spookie wrote:
hi, i think you skipped me i was after Kyrstiann Dynae!
can i please have your critique as well?

OK  Καλημέρα Kalimera
let's get to it.
sorry for the delay.
First impressions: 15 photos, some redundant, some artsy, some we don't know what it is all about. No full head to toe body shot.
Your Skill level: amateur
Your creativity:  photographer directed
Specific  style: spooked  with a sprinkle of beauty shame most your photos are recklessly cropped, unable to offer a point of reference, location or context clearly.  same thing ->   
Your Work focus: dark themes, cute cliches..
Your MM Profile usefulness: plain useless, nothing there about you, it comes across as basically "anyone can be a model, so am I , skip me if you want, I don't care " attitude.
Your challenges:   posing falls short, even passive aggressive ones I observed, well probably doesn't matter much in your shoot genres but for anything else, photographers will have to brace themselves and direct the shoot.
Paid assignments: minimal
Your best shot:
What I like:  bad crop but the last 2 photos belongs to photographer's port
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: There are really few good shots of you on your port however the rest flatlines into  an abyss of boring and bad retouch. I see no excitement, or passion, or camera presence especially in your glamor shots , the port feels impersonal and generic, which I will probably forget about it in 5 minutes past my visit. Your work might not fail as long as your vision matches the photographer's but that will come with limitations and you will be stuck forever in doing something over and over again.
It is up to you to change this, by seriously taking a hard look to others work. Good luck and best wishes.
Do you make my list?: no

Brian Egendorf wrote:
I'd love to see what you have to say about my image(s)!

My selection here is kind of limited and slightly geared toward alt and adult work.. But I have a lot more on Instragram as MainFragger if you are so inclined to check those out..

First impressions: Interesting and somewhat creative
Your Skill level: better then some
Your creativity:  We both like graveyards and railroads
Specific  style: many, in this port erotic spook takes precedence
Your MM Profile usefulness: casual and effective
Your challenges: you do have good ideas and compose effectively but artistic accent is not always there. On some photos model posing is meh, also I notice flat light in indoor shots
Paid assignments: no
Your money shot:
What I like:  I like the pregnancy shot but the light is flat missing dimension.  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/21841983 +18

Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: If you are retouching your own photos your retouch works better on gore and spooky genre of work. In this I am not sure what plays worst, retouch or just plain bad light.
also victim of boosting shadows highlights and eliminating the midtones.
Do you make my list?: No

CambriaPlusModel wrote:
I'd love your critique.

all photo links are +18

First impressions: buxom beauty, sure and confident posing,
Your Skill level: better then average
Your creativity:  photographer driven
Your Work focus: casual fashion, commercial , lingerie
Your MM Profile usefulness: useful
Your challenges:   vaste competition
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot: &
What I like: 
What to delete:  uselessly unflattering
don't like how the hair looks falling on the eyes, poor camera connection
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Can't suggest much, you can do well in plus size fashion market.
Do you make my list?: yes

Rays Fine Art wrote:
I'd appreciateyour thoughts,
Thanks!

First impressions: I spent a lot of time on your port diced and sliced, your portfolio  suggest a accumulation of varied work, probably shot over many years ago, suggests also pre digital era. Majority of your photos on Mayhem are too small to evaluate the capture quality, also some are highly compressed, some retouches look obviously fake, and I find some color casts very bothersome. The plus side is you are a great story teller, you have the eye for beauty with https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/23404490  nice captures https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/34571459 but nothing grabs me if I wear my  art collector hat.
Your Skill level: Obviously experienced
Your creativity:  visually appealing in general  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37174689 but often  light I wanted to see is  just not there,
Specific  style: some works appears as tacky. https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/14872027
like in this oil burner room, kind of beauty and the beast but https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/35003297 I don't get the actual message or a purpose for some shots.
Your Work focus:   some of the bondage art falls very short, the action in those photos and rope job appears as amateurish or as an after thought. You do better on Pinups, and figure art, especially if you are posing the model you are excellent..
Your MM Profile usefulness:   exhaustive.
What I like:        (the light)
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: I find your work artistic but I don't see in your work a (masterful) technique to create visuals that would make your work truly remarkable.
Do you make my list?: no.

Ken Shutter wrote:
I'd appreciate your review, my first ever request to a impartial third party.

First impressions: some good rope work on fetish shoots, some unusual concepts noted 

https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/37313112
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36951477
Your Skill level: intermediate hobbyist
Your creativity:  recreating mag covers looks good but I don't recall tattooed models on vintage detective magazine but I may be wrong.
Your Work focus: adult themes predominantly BDSM fetish, with dark tendencies.
Your MM Profile usefulness: OK
Your challenges: Your high key and light in general indoors lack a bit, outdoor shots are OK and retouching need some improvement
Paid assignments: perhaps
What I like: 
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict:   I would suggest you focus more on bondage do your rope art and rig models, because your art and glamor is not as good, unless you improve your lighting tremendously to create the needed mood. Model posing is also sometime off, giving an unpleasent or unflattering feel.
Do you make my list?: no

Ken Marcus Studios wrote:
Can't believe you are still offering your critiques . . . . Please count me in, when you get a chance.

KM

Drum Roll
Ken Marcus BEST BONDAGE/EROTICA/ART PHOTOGRAPHER
all photo url links in this review are +20

First impressions: My first impressions dates from 1993, while I was a rookie photographer
Your Skill level: Master
Your creativity:  derives directly from the lifestyle
e.g.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056845
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/3660736
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/3660718

Specific  style: Erotica
Your Work focus: BDSM LATEX Nylons and heels fetish rope bondage Erotica and Artistic Nudes
Your MM Profile usefulness: Effective

Paid assignments: Yes
Your money shot: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056845 listed
best lighting
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056726
What I like: 

Suggestions: Keep doing what you are doing. As an idea I would suggest to add male / male bondage in the future
Do you make my list?: yes https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/24674623
great use of neutral density filter and capture of model's emotion

Ed Wins wrote:
I would love this, my turn please.

First impressions: handsome look
Your Skill level: basic
Your creativity:  photographer driven
Specific  style: fashion lifestyle
Your Work focus: should be commercial, fitness
Your MM Profile usefulness: somewhat useful
Your challenges: too many competition
Paid assignments: no
Your best shot:
What to delete:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41634688 tacky
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39634078 you have one better
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: focus more on the genre you think you can model, delete redundant photos of the same look
Do you make my list?: no

Xipher81 wrote:
Hello I am looking to get into Fashion Photography. I would like a real life review of my images. Any input on how to improve would be greatly appreciated.

First impressions: eye catching work
Your Skill level: advanced,
Your creativity:  great story teller
Specific  style: smart and spooky, not the run of the mill
Your Work focus: alternative
Your MM Profile usefulness: useful
Your challenges: some retouch looks fake
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot: listed
What I like: 
What to delete:  http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41514655
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41514654 both redundant
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: improve the retouching skills, your work is interesting and unique, you have talent
Do you make my list?: yes although the boost of yellow tint on hair is too much

varton wrote:

First impressions: Nice BW work in general, good lighting skills
Your Skill level: experienced
Specific  style: dramatic expressions
Your Work focus: portraiture and sports
Your MM Profile usefulness: to the point
Your challenges: too conventional
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot: a useful one to the model.
What I don't like:  expression is fine but the light is too flat
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: may want to add emphasis to boxing in your port and add some real action content.
Watch tight crops -> watch the hair, covering one eye won't add much to the story. High key -> is OK but again cropping this tight doesn't make it strong.
Do you make my list?: no

Thank you. I'm working on not being so conventional. It's the hardest habit to break.

TylerJean wrote:
lets go for it

First impressions: meh posing, you could do better
Your Skill level: newbie
Your creativity:  photographer driven
Specific  style: fitness fashion
Your MM Profile usefulness: OK
Your challenges: port feels like facebook except few shots, some photos are useless as no one can see enough drama, character, aptitude, posing skills, etc
Paid assignments: no
Your money shot:
What to delete:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36852083 redundant
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Good luck to you, unless you arrange your port to serve and focus a specific niche market you have too much competition to get paid gigs. It is OK port for hobbyists.
Do you make my list?: no

I Ference Photography wrote:
Sure, hit me up please

First impressions: Artist
Your Skill level: Experienced
Your creativity:  Location driven
Specific  style: Art nude and mystique https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30087103
Your Work focus: nude art
Your MM Profile usefulness: very useful
Your challenges: not engendering the life of your models shooting in perilous dilapidated destroyed locations
In this photo posing
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/19714764
missed opportunity for a better pose
this one too
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41656755
Composition:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/38618326
when you have busy backgrounds and too much happening it is your burden to make sure that your model is the subject not an object. On above photo one notices the white column first on left and the model last.

Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot:
What I like:  http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30087139
What to delete:  too facebook
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Awesome vision, powered by abandoned locations. You blend well nudes and colors with natural and artificial light. Great work, a port that deserves revisiting.


Do you make my list?: yes https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30087103

Pamela Hope wrote:
Deal.

First impressions: indeed Positive, Ambitious, Determined, Connected, Brave,
Your Skill level: beginner
Your Work focus: fashion beauty fitness are options
Your MM Profile usefulness: intimidating last paragraph.
Your challenges: camera connection, be more assertive
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot: you can delete all others as redundant photos with the same dress
What I like: 
What to delete:  why do you want to post a photo in your port where you show the reverse of the gown instead of showing your face?
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Start shooting more, focus on what you are interested in, look at others work.
Do you make my list?: no

varton wrote:

Drum Roll
Ken Marcus BEST BONDAGE/EROTICA/ART PHOTOGRAPHER
all photo url links in this review are +20

First impressions: My first impressions dates from 1993, while I was a rookie photographer
Your Skill level: Master
Your creativity:  derives directly from the lifestyle
e.g.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056845
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/3660736
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/3660718

Specific  style: Erotica
Your Work focus: BDSM LATEX Nylons and heels fetish rope bondage Erotica and Artistic Nudes
Your MM Profile usefulness: Effective

Paid assignments: Yes
Your money shot: https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056845 listed
best lighting
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28056726
What I like: 

Suggestions: Keep doing what you are doing. As an idea I would suggest to add male / male bondage in the future
Do you make my list?: yes https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/24674623
great use of neutral density filter and capture of model's emotion

Thank you Varton, for taking the time to review my MM port. I appreciate your honest comments and suggestions. You are doing a great service to all the MM members . . . keep it up !
Regards . . . . KM

P M Photography wrote:
Would love some cc!

First impressions: Very good work
Your Skill level: better then average
Your creativity:  model driven
Specific  style: Beauty
Your Work focus: Pretty girls
Your MM Profile usefulness: Useful
Your challenges: some minor glitch with edits
Paid assignments: yes
What I like: 
What to delete:  you have better then this one, subject too pale and also that knob on the cabinet is bothersome.
bad retouch on hair background border
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Great control on light and nice work. Keep it up, find better backdrops. Improve the photo edits a bit. 
same here edge of hair is a bit of a problem
Do you make my list?: yes good hi key but wrong subject type for a high key
Keep shooting!

Grace Jagger wrote:
Me please

First impressions: Drop dead gorgeous look, port or bio do not indicate extensive experience
Your Skill level: beginner
Your creativity:  photographer driven
Specific  style: beauty fashion
Your Work focus: because of your 6' you can do well in high fashion
Your MM Profile usefulness: useful
Your challenges: practice for better poses
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot:
What I like: 
What to delete:  redundant and doesn't add much
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: You can do well, observe others work and start focusing on fashion and find good photographers, pay them if you have to.
Do you make my list?: No

Filippo Pappalardo wrote:
Great idea! I'd love the feedback please

First impressions: nothing earth shattering
Your Skill level: average
Your creativity:  event driven and this
not really electrifiying.
Specific  style: beauty, lifestyle , candid
Your Work focus: General
Your MM Profile usefulness: useful,
Your challenges: some outdoor lighting, dynamic range, really minor.
Paid assignments: TFP
Your best shot: but  you could select better angle to have more flattering nose view
What I like: 
What to delete:  find a better crop of this too facebook looking
subject too dark no details
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41655470 use of shallow depth of field makes a disservice to this bodyscape.
not a flattering angle, she looks fat and the sun light cast on face is bothersome
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Work on your outdoor lighting. Your current compositions need a user manual. Keep it simple and eventually you will become a better story teller.
Do you make my list?: no

varton wrote:
First impressions: Very good work
Your Skill level: better then average
Your creativity:  model driven
Specific  style: Beauty
Your Work focus: Pretty girls
Your MM Profile usefulness: Useful
Your challenges: some minor glitch with edits
Paid assignments: yes
What I like: 
What to delete:  you have better then this one, subject too pale and also that knob on the cabinet is bothersome.
bad retouch on hair background border
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Great control on light and nice work. Keep it up, find better backdrops. Improve the photo edits a bit. 
same here edge of hair is a bit of a problem
Do you make my list?: yes

Thank you so much for taking time and providing constructive criticism. I agree with your suggestions 100% and will definitely work on them.

by the way, I am not sure, you saw the whole port, since there was another NSFW folder that had a bunch of images.

Thanks a ton!

Jeremy Truvillion wrote:
I'd love honest criticism

First impressions: Some nice photos,
Your Skill level: Hobbyist
Your Work focus: Fashion
Your MM Profile usefulness: Generic small talk
Your challenges: Wide competition, unable to locate your modeling market
Paid assignments: no
Your money shot: you have posted 6 photos with this very shirt
What I like:  but the empty white box behind your shoes is a real distraction. Trane HAC unit looks like a dumpster
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: try to delete the redundant non fashion related photos
Do you make my list?: no

TodHare wrote:
Would very much appreciate your feedback. 😀

Regards,
Tod

First impressions: Nice portraitures,  great lighting skills, be careful on post work
Your Skill level: intermediate
Specific  style: classic
Your Work focus: portraiture head shots
Your MM Profile usefulness: minimal and useless
Your challenges: vignetting doesn't look good, model composure is at the limit of Deer in headlights or boring.
In this I get the impression background blur is enhanced in post and not entirely due to big aperture
in this ->  I wonder why the fact that her right eye is out of focus doesn't bother you. Like many photographers out there you feel that the reckless use of shallow field of depth equates with art. No it is bad photography!
Paid assignments: yes
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: watch composition, if it is clothing being showcased then make sure model's shoes and accessories are all visible   male model shoe is invisible
your retouch is not up to the snuff and her hair looks ballooned and doesn't look very natural due to the bad retouch compounded with artificial blur behind. If you want to have this effect naturally you need to shoot this model with a very long lens in high aperture a bit from far. Color in background looks also fake.
Do you make my list?: no

Samantha Scarlette wrote:
haha do mine.

First impressions: Nice look, sense of style, motion and posing is in the ballpark
Your Skill level: Usable
Your MM Profile usefulness: useful and goals are stated clearly
Your challenges: I get the feel that you pose the same regardless of the genre you are posing for. Your tattoos on arm may be also a distraction on fashion shoots by taking focus away from the product you are showcasing
Paid assignments: yes
What I like:  but it is a synthetic version of you
What to delete: 
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: You'll do well in Fitness, Fashion, Lingerie, Bikini,  Glamour, and ALT.
Do you make my list?: haha no

TodHare wrote:
Thanks for your strait forward and brutally honest critique. Just as a point of clarification, none of these images had artificial blurring added in post. They were all shot with the Nikon 105mm f/1.4 ED lens and the blur is untouched.

Regards,
Tod

I believe you of course  but  to me, background blur appeared artificial or "helped" by adding some blur,
nevertheless I remarked an unevenness  on the model's hair, it looks unnatural, I am not sure if it is because of some wind or

you used a warping tool or a smudging tool to smooth the contour of her hair against the uniform density black background.
I also have hard time to see a comparable foreground blur rate that's why I am puzzled.


in any case do not use f/1.4 for portraits consistently just because you have this aperture.on the lens,
model nose will be sharp while eyes out of focus or worst like in this picture one of the eye is out of focus and the other is..

Eleanor Rose wrote:
It's great seeing detailed, thoughtful critiques. Thanks for that!

That said, I'll throw my hat in the ring.

Edit: oops! It looks like you got me in 2013. Is there a time limit where it's no longer double dipping?

No that's fine
First impressions: Gorgeous versatile look, proven skills, I like what I see
Your Skill level: very experienced
Your creativity:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/36802771 I like this edit could be done better by a pro
Your Work focus: Erotica Art fashion and everything in between
Your MM Profile usefulness: very useful
Paid assignments: yes
Your money shot:
What I like:  but better to pose more like an aggressive in charge look for those concepts
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41671621 stunning
What to delete:  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/34886510 this style/concept is beautiful but needs to be redone perhaps in different settings with a different photographer, currently it diminishes your port
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41671648 light is meh and your scar...
Suggestions/ Bottom line/verdict: Great port, keep doing what you do. You can be a great asset to any photographer
Do you make my list?: yes
and https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/39426261
and

varton wrote:

Thank you kindly!  I appreciate the comments and the work you put into reviewing my port.