Interesting angle, perhaps a more dynamic pose to match - near arm extended a bit, and near leg back, so the guitar is in the same position, but the body turned a bit toward us, head tipped and looking down at the hand on the frets, which would let us see an expresson on her face more, knees a bit bent - like you just caught her in the middle of a wild riff.

gryffnn Thanks for all the suggestions!!

I love the idea - but I'd suggest lowering the intensity of the light coming from below. Her shirt, chin, and the neck of the guitar are almost white hot. If you need the light to be that bright to see the other items you might consider altering the diffuse setting for the relevant materials. Also you might consider setting up spotlights from above - a concert has plenty of those. If you use cool colors (like blues or purples) or even use warmer colors like reds and greens but lower the intensity, you may be able to add some interesting highlights as well as pop out her black hair and pants from the background. Also you might consider adding some bank to the camera. It's in a real neat place - down low like that - but by banking it (a "dutch tilt" in video terms) or even by simply moving her off center you can add to the "energy" of the image. Images where the subject is nice and centered and everything is perfectly symmetrical tend to look static. They're great if you want to communicate stability. Guitar players, however, are not stable ("take that however you want" he said with a knowing grin ). You've got a great start at creating a sense of energy and excitement by having the camera where it is. Tilting it will add to the sense of motion. Of course I'm assuming she's a rocker. If she's more of a ballad singer.... This is all just one guy's opinion. I'm learning too. Let us know when it's done!

Bobasaur, Thanks for the comments. I think it will be a "few days" before it's done ;)

I'm glad they did. I'm slowly getting better. Maybe one of these days...

Wait a minute!

I've added a test shot I did for the video I'm working on. I was trying to figure out lighting combinations. You're "from underneath" camera is cooler (it's lower and much more dramatic) than what I've got here but at least you can see what the tilt does for the picture. FWIW, this was rendered in Lightwave. The principals apply to Poser though.

Ya know? I haven't looked at this picture in over a month. I find myself wondering if I envy the guitarist or fear for his like. "Either way, such bliss" -Gomez Addams, The Addams Family Movie

Bobasaur, Don't worry, you didn't come across as a know-it-all. I've already started work on some other poses/images (short attention span), but I wanted to get some opinions on this image. I like the camera tilt in yours - it does make the image more interesting. The guitarist should fear the woman on the left - she looks too happy with that sword!

She's a modification of a Callisto (from Zena) character I found on the web. I couldn't bear to wipe that "evil leer" off her face. I've got the origina Zip with the readme - when this video is done I will have soooo many credits but... If you're interested I'll look for the creator.