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p.1 #1 · High school senior portraits

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Jul 30, 2009 at 05:10 PM

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Jul 30, 2009 at 05:13 PM

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p.1 #6 · High school senior portraits

#6 would of been an awsome shot if her eyes were open more and alittle more of a smile.

Jul 30, 2009 at 05:13 PM

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p.1 #7 · High school senior portraits

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Jul 30, 2009 at 05:14 PM

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p.1 #8 · High school senior portraits

Excellent PS work.

Jul 30, 2009 at 05:16 PM

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p.1 #9 · High school senior portraits

BTW the rest of the photos are nice, good lighting, good creativity, and nice variations.

Jul 30, 2009 at 05:17 PM

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p.1 #10 · High school senior portraits

I absolutely love these with the exception of #3 and the last one. Really exceptional, I am hard pressed to pick favorites but #1 and the last one of the first set I guess. Man these kids have got to be raving about these.

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Jul 30, 2009 at 05:24 PM

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p.1 #11 · High school senior portraits

dig'n some..... some I'm not..... overall good job!

Jul 30, 2009 at 05:40 PM

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p.1 #12 · High school senior portraits

#3 and 4 are nice. Some of the skin looks really plastic on some of them (like the girl in white shirt).

Jul 30, 2009 at 05:49 PM

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p.1 #13 · High school senior portraits

Solid work, John.

Jul 30, 2009 at 06:01 PM

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p.1 #14 · High school senior portraits

"Some of the skin looks really plastic on some of them (like the girl in white shirt)."

Yeah, oh to have skin like that. Here's the image processed right out of Lightroom with no PS. Except for the eye enhancement you can see she's got great skin without any help from me.

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Jul 30, 2009 at 06:08 PM

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p.1 #15 · High school senior portraits

Did you use the f 2.0 - 200 for the great bokeh or was that primarily post. It seems that it must be pp as the whole person is focused. Is the DOF that wide at 2.0?

Jul 30, 2009 at 07:16 PM

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p.1 #16 · High school senior portraits

good set, but GREAT guitar shot! by far my fav

Jul 30, 2009 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #17 · High school senior portraits

"Did you use the f 2.0 - 200 for the great bokeh or was that primarily post. It seems that it must be pp as the whole person is focused. Is the DOF that wide at 2.0?"

The image above is right out of Lightroom - no PP at all. The bokeh is as you see it. I spent the money on the lens so I wouldn't have to do PP on the background ;-) The DOF is razor thin here, but the image is small enough so that she looks pretty much in focus (which she's not). The background is a street scene about 20+ ft. behind her, hence the extreme OOF from the f/2 lens.

BTW, all the outdoor shots here were made with a two-light 580EXII/RadioPopper setup.

jh

Jul 30, 2009 at 07:30 PM

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p.1 #18 · High school senior portraits

You posted some pictures that should have been deleted in the beginning. Blinking eyes and overblown faces. I think the PS is a tad bit too much on some and covers up some of lack of a great picture. The pictures that are really strong, really show because you use less PS. Sometimes people use PS to cover up their faults and mistakes. It works sometimes.

Chris

Jul 30, 2009 at 07:57 PM

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p.1 #19 · High school senior portraits

Great Series here. A senior with a 5D oh snap she should give that to me.

Jul 30, 2009 at 08:07 PM

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p.1 #20 · High school senior portraits

"I think the PS is a tad bit too much on some and covers up some of lack of a great picture."

Which ones do you feel are overdone?

Jul 30, 2009 at 08:13 PM

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p.1 #21 · High school senior portraits

these are freakin' amazing bro! Definitely an inspiration to me for my future senior shoots.

Jul 30, 2009 at 09:59 PM

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p.1 #22 · High school senior portraits

What's the story with #13? Is that the mom with her son? If you actually flashed that shot, I bow my head to you, sir.

No signs of flash shadows and it seems you chose the perfect aperture to get both of them in focus!

Nice work, but please, for the love of God, number the pictures next time!

Travis

Jul 30, 2009 at 10:07 PM

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p.1 #23 · High school senior portraits

The third one is stunning. In fact, all the musical ones are very expressive of the subject and therefore perfect for the moment they portray. I wish there had been some way to provide the full reflection in the piano.

Jul 30, 2009 at 10:12 PM

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p.1 #24 · High school senior portraits

"A senior with a 5D oh snap she should give that to me."

• That's my camera (5D infrared conversion) that I was using during the shoot. She's into photography, so she was thrilled to have some pictures taken with it.

"What's the story with #13? Is that the mom with her son? If you actually flashed that shot, I bow my head to you, sir. No signs of flash shadows and it seems you chose the perfect aperture to get both of them in focus!"

• Yep, senior with his Mom (her idea, but also her check). There was a flash on each of them, thanks, but unfortunately there's no aperture perfect enough to get them both in focus, so I focused on each of them individually and merged the shots.

Interesting how reactions to these vary - one person's winner is another person's reject. Which is why, from both an artistic as well as a commercial perspective, shooting outside the box, stretching the limit and breaking the occasional rule (as long as the rule is known first) can be a good thing.

Jul 30, 2009 at 10:39 PM

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p.1 #25 · High school senior portraits

Most of these are really nice.. I especially like the hockey player, mother and son, the photographer, and the serious guy in the chair. To my eye the last one is blown out pretty bad but I'm sure that's what she wanted if you kept it.

Jul 31, 2009 at 01:39 AM


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