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Archive 2013 · portrait learning (updated)

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · portrait learning (updated)

Hi al , I'm new here .

This year I want to concentrate on learning how to shoot portraits , here are some of my first approaches , I hope you like them , ( I never before really shot portraits , concentrating ,lets say )

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Mar 03, 2013 at 12:09 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · portrait learning (updated)

Nice work. I really like 1 and 3. On 1, nice job not getting reflections in the glasses and also getting the eye in focus, not the frames of the glasses. I see people do this all the time.

Mar 03, 2013 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · portrait learning (updated)

Thanks , yes glasses are always a pain ...

Mar 04, 2013 at 03:36 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · portrait learning (updated)

I really like #1. Just keep shooting.

Greg

Mar 04, 2013 at 05:50 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · portrait learning (updated)

Thanks ;-)

Mar 04, 2013 at 07:23 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · portrait learning (updated)

I think you have some nice shots here. Now... move back 10 feet and shoot again. After that, move back another 15 feet and shoot again.

Mar 04, 2013 at 10:32 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · portrait learning (updated)

friscoron wrote:
I think you have some nice shots here. Now... move back 10 feet and shoot again. After that, move back another 15 feet and shoot again.
Thanks , Ill do that next time , promise ;-)

Why ? For depth of field ?

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Mar 04, 2013 at 11:00 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · portrait learning (updated)

We all have our individual styles, and what I have to say may not go along with the style you want to develop. If that's the case, you read, you chuckle, you move on.

For me, in this four pics, shot No. 2 is a classic head shot. It's very nicely done aside from the light being too high up, throwing a shadow over her lower eye lid, causing kind of like a raccoon eye. But I still really like this shot.

The others are really tight. No. 1, she's looking away; No. 3, she's thinking; No. 4, she's doing something. What is she doing? Each time you step back, you introduce more information to the picture. You provide context. Is she studying for an exam, and No. 3 shows that she's nervous about it? No. 4, she's hard at it, studying?

We need more information for you to tell your story. By stepping away from your subject and including more of the environment, you can give us context, and you can tell us more about your subject. Think about a portrait photographer that you admire, and go take a look at a series of portraits he's (or she's) taken of someone.

Mar 04, 2013 at 11:10 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · portrait learning (updated)

friscoron wrote:
We all have our individual styles, and what I have to say may not go along with the style you want to develop. If that's the case, you read, you chuckle, you move on.

For me, in this four pics, shot No. 2 is a classic head shot. It's very nicely done aside from the light being too high up, throwing a shadow over her lower eye lid, causing kind of like a raccoon eye. But I still really like this shot.

The others are really tight. No. 1, she's looking away; No. 3, she's thinking; No. 4, she's doing something....Show more →

Thanks so much for that point , I understand , yes you are right , I really appreciate didactic critics ;-)
That way ill have all options and I can choose , that's why I kind of like a 50 for portraits , I find it easier to get some context in .

The truth is , in these specific shots the surroundings where dreadful , so better you don't see them :-):-):-)

Thanks again sir ;-)

Mar 04, 2013 at 12:36 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · portrait learning (updated)

A couple including some surrounding

1 traditional reader

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D800e zeiss planar 50 ZF2

2 digital reader

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D800e zeiss planar 50 ZF2

Mar 06, 2013 at 03:29 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · portrait learning (updated)

I got some very simple lighting , an umbrella and a flash , to start trying , I really find it very complicated :-(, well . i'll try my best .

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And color I think is really impossible to get something right !! here is my first attempt

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Mar 29, 2013 at 07:18 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · portrait learning (updated)

James, when you do a new shoot, go ahead and start a new thread -- it's more likely more people will look at it. Even though you wrote "updated" a lot of ppl who saw your original post may not look again. btw, I still think you need to step back and shoot wider, or not crop so tight. Nice light on these last two.

Mar 29, 2013 at 09:23 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · portrait learning (updated)

The last one: Yes, the light on the subject is splendid; I'd rather not see the top of his head cropped off. The background distracts me a bit.

Mar 29, 2013 at 05:40 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · portrait learning (updated)

Thanks sir , you are right , here I was just concentrating on lighting , son ill try to get everything together ;-)

Mar 29, 2013 at 07:07 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · portrait learning (updated)

Thanks ;-) , yes , I cropped it quite a lot because the background was very distracting , I was mainly trying to get the light right .

Mar 29, 2013 at 07:10 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · portrait learning (updated)

You did that, in spades!

Mar 29, 2013 at 09:10 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · portrait learning (updated)

thanks ;-)

Mar 30, 2013 at 10:17 AM


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