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sbeme wrote:
Not a portrait guy, but I keep trying. Got grandkids to "shoot"
I like both of these, but especially the first. Her attention was caught with a natural expression. The eyes are gorgeous. Sharpness, detail look excellent. I prefer the tighter crop that Jeff illustrated. Maybe a tad looser, but with nothing on the right of the tree. Image would improve if Dad was turned just another 10 degrees or so toward the camera. Nonetheless, a keeper. His emotion is captured, and the connection between them.
Tighter is better on the second, and I agree with Jeff (again! Darn!) that the OOF wall was distracting. Could use a bit more chest. While the smile seems to shine some of his personality, it feels a bit Cheese!-posed. I could be wrong. Not there after all. But I would prefer something that feels a bit more candid.
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Great advice and suggestions from Jeff and Scott. As a novice portrait photographer, your attention tends to be on your subjects. There's a lot to think about, posing, expressions, camera settings, etc. But also important is to reduce distracting elements in the background, like the tree in the first, and the wall in the second. Part of the process is asking your subjects to move to a spot where there is a "cleaner" background that doesnt compete for attention to your subjects, unless the background has important elements that define your subject.
Steve
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