I absolutely love when I get to take portraits of someone with a freckled face. This is someone whom I scouted from a social app a few weeks ago. He had never been photographed before but was very enthusiastic about the idea as soon as I asked him. It was a little difficult to break through his nerves during the shoot though.
I used an original Canon 5D with a Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens attached. Lighting for the high-key shots was a two-light setup. A beauty dish for the main light (some with a reflector added beneath his face for fill), and behind him a very large octa-box aimed directly at the camera creating a white background and light that wrapped around the subject. For the low key shot I just used a single beauty dish.
gheller wrote:
(4) is off the charts! Amazing and should stand on it's own.
(2) seems like he is forcing himself into an (awkward) feminine pose.
I would have ditched the earrings.
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Thank you! I think 4 might be my favorite as well, but I'm also really partial towards the first one.
I agree with you about the pose in the 2nd one. If I'm to be honest I think that one shows some of his nerves coming to the surface and it kind of makes him look scared of the camera. I think I'm going to scrap that one.
DanielScott wrote:
Thank you! I think 4 might be my favorite as well, but I'm also really partial towards the first one.
I agree with you about the pose in the 2nd one. If I'm to be honest I think that one shows some of his nerves coming to the surface and it kind of makes him look scared of the camera. I think I'm going to scrap that one.
Why would you ditch the ear rings?
Thanks for you thoughts on my review.
Just a personal preference on the earring... he has a subtle, juvenile purity about him and the earring interrupts that feeling for me.
