Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

that's awesome Rocco

Good ideas rocco

These are really, really nice Rocco! Composition, lighting ...all of it! Looks like you have this mastered!

Rocco - loving the new setup, superb shots mate.

We're well and truly into our world tour now, currently in New York before heading across to France. Had a couple of sneaky beers today and a brilliant little pub called McSorley's Old Ale House. This is Pepe and he pretty much epitomises New York for me, really lovely guy and he was nice enough to allow me to take his photo before we left the pub. Anyway, click the photo and read the flickr description for a bit more info.

Lighting is natural from the front window of the pub, it has been an overcast day so the light was nice and soft. I'm really enjoying the 35L, such a versatile little lens.

Take care everyone.
Ben

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Pepe by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr

Nice to hear from you again, Ben! Great shot ...nice composition and tones! Really captures the overall atmosphere of the joint!

I did two processing on this shot of my son and grandson, one with blue and another with a brownish warm toned background. I think I prefer the blue ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8...88900182_c.jpg
Daniel & Caleb by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

Click on the photo & you'll be able to see the other background on flickr.

Awesome bar shot Ben.

I did check out your other image Denise, and I think you chose the right one. The skintones just blend right into the background on the other one.

Here's one of Bella enjoying a walk on our first warmish day of the year.
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Cattail Fluff by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

Great shots everyone! Looks like spring is coming your way David:)

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Wow I just love this thread. Everything here is way out of my league, but I really enjoying seeing what creative people can accomplish.

I really like that shot Rocco! Looks like just one light used, is that right? Was there a reflector or anything else used for fill?

Stephen

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I really like that shot Rocco! Looks like just one light used, is that right? Was there a reflector or anything else used for fill?

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Thanks! There are two used. I had my 64" PLM with diffusion cloth set up for fill. I don't remember ratios or anything, but there wasn't much coming out of it. Main light had the white 22" beauty dish.

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Lol. Feel like I'm hijacking this thread. Last one for a while!

http://www.vierimagestudios.com/img/...78260132-3.jpg

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Thanks Denise and David! It was such a fun shot to get. Ended with a hangover though which was less favourable.

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Thanks Denise and David! It was such a fun shot to get. Ended with a hangover though which was less favourable.

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LOL. One of the lesser known side effects of photography.
Great shots, all. Rocco, good to see you back

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Thanks Denise and David! It was such a fun shot to get. Ended with a hangover though which was less favourable.

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Ha! In my experience, the stories worth telling end with hangovers. Great shot!

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So the other day I saw this awesome B&W portrait by the celebrity photographer, Greg Gorman. It looked so simple I just had to try something like it. I added my own little flare to it and came up with this:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8...41eebcb2_b.jpg

Here is one I took of my son for his 2nd birthday. Right now he is big into trains so my wife dressed him up like a train conductor.

http://patricklandy.com/wp-content/u.../1920-4635.jpg
6D; 50mm, f/3.2, 1/1250, ISO 100.

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Here is one I took of my son for his 2nd birthday. Right now he is big into trains so my wife dressed him up like a train conductor.


6D; 50mm, f/3.2, 1/1250, ISO 100.

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Looks like he is loving it :)
great shot

I do not usually comment on portrats because what do I know other than what I like:confused:, but that is a cute picture. And I like that you did not remove the scratch between his eyes... it gives him the tough little boy look.

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Here is one I took of my son for his 2nd birthday. Right now he is big into trains so my wife dressed him up like a train conductor.

http://patricklandy.com/wp-content/u.../1920-4635.jpg
6D; 50mm, f/3.2, 1/1250, ISO 100.

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I like it!! Finally, someone takes a portrait on the tracks with a model who looks the part. The outfit is what makes this work so incredibly well, IMO.

Love that shot Patrick, handsome young bloke, great portrait.
Thought I would share this one, I don't often see dimples like this.
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SupanovaGC13_7 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

Steve, Are you using an off-camera flash or bouncing the light off something?

Hollywood starlets seem attracted to you....:cool: Or is it the camera? :rolleyes:

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I do not usually comment on portrats because what do I know other than what I like:confused:, but that is a cute picture. And I like that you did not remove the scratch between his eyes... it gives him the tough little boy look.

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Thanks! His mom and me went back and forth on to remove it or not. We ended up deciding to leave it alone because its part of his character and it will probably be there for a while since it took sutures to close up.

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I like it!! Finally, someone takes a portrait on the tracks with a model who looks the part. The outfit is what makes this work so incredibly well, IMO.

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Thanks! To our shock he liked the bow-tie and didn't want to take it off when we were done. I fully expected him to rip it off as soon as he could.

I used the softboxes that I had asked about in a thread that I created, (Impact 6 CFL octagon softbox).
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http://www.jrogdenphotography.com/im...50144876-5.jpg

http://www.jrogdenphotography.com/im...50355304-6.jpg

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I used the softboxes that I had asked about in a thread that I created, (Impact 6 CFL octagon softbox).

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Out of the three I'd say #2 is my favorite. Nicely done.

Nice shots James, congrats, really like the colours and the original composition of the middle one.

More of the same from me.
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SupanovaGC13_9 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

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Steve, Are you using an off-camera flash or bouncing the light off something?

Hollywood starlets seem attracted to you....:cool: Or is it the camera? :rolleyes:

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On camera with a diffuser.

Two more of my favourites from Supanova.

I got hammered with this girl.
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SupanovaGC13_19 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Green eyed monster....
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SupanovaGC13_21 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

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Two more of my favourites from Supanova.

I got hammered with this girl.
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8...0640a65c_b.jpg
SupanovaGC13_19 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]


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hammered with or by:confused:

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hammered with or by:confused:

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Ouch, actually it was "by".... just my head, nothing serious.

My first time in a studio using flash lights. The assignment was lowkey and highkey portret photos.

Personally I like the results. I love taking pictures of the beauty of a woman without mutch attributes.

Let me know what you think, I can handle critisism:)

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Lowkey studio portret Nina by Co'tje, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8535/8...76f82e9b_z.jpg
Highkey studio portret Sukunya by Co'tje, on Flickr

Cheers!
Marco

@Marco

I like the shots. Studio lighting can be a lot of fun to work with.

For the lowkey shot I may have added a reflector on the far side to add a little of light to fill in the shadow across the face. Wouldn't be much but just enough to lighten up the eye and cheek bone a bit.

Here is one from a shoot I did last weekend. The Marine is getting shipped off to Afghanistan next month for his first tour of duty. They haven't actually had a wedding ceremony yet but they did get married at the court house. They plan to do that when he gets back.

This was shot with 6D, 1/100 sec, f/8, ISO 250 at 84mm on the 70-200 f/4. A 600EX-RT was camera left in an umbrella controlled via the ST-E3-RT on manual mode. I want to say it was 1/2 power but I don't remember exactly.

http://patricklandy.com/wp-content/u.../1920-7540.jpg

First try at newborn portraits, and what better subject than our new baby? :D

This is Sulien, born April 25th, 2013. He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19.5" at birth...hard to believe he's already two weeks old! His first portrait shoot (of many) was on Tuesday, in an owl-patterned sleep sack and hat that my wife knitted.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/8...66aacacb_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 47mm, 1/250 s, f/6.3, ISO 400

Congratulations John. Beautiful shot of you beautiful baby boy.

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First try at newborn portraits, and what better subject than our new baby? :D

This is Sulien, born April 25th, 2013. He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19.5" at birth...hard to believe he's already two weeks old! His first portrait shoot (of many) was on Tuesday, in an owl-patterned sleep sack and hat that my wife knitted.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/8...66aacacb_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 47mm, 1/250 s, f/6.3, ISO 400

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Wow, off this site for awhile and you can sure miss a lot! Sure glad I stopped by this morning and saw this post! Congratulations John to you and your family! He is adorable and the girls must be so excited to have a baby brother! This portrait is perfect and your wife did a fantastic job on the knitting of his little hat and sleep sack!

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First try at newborn portraits, and what better subject than our new baby? :D

This is Sulien, born April 25th, 2013. He was 6 lbs 12 oz and 19.5" at birth...hard to believe he's already two weeks old! His first portrait shoot (of many) was on Tuesday, in an owl-patterned sleep sack and hat that my wife knitted.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/8...66aacacb_b.jpg
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 47mm, 1/250 s, f/6.3, ISO 400

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Precious :-)

Excellent job as well. The posing, lighting and processing are all well suited.

Congratulations John!
A beautiful addition to the family

Congrats John to you and your wife and family, fantastic news.
Congrats on the lens as well, beautiful portrait.

Congratulations John.

A beautiful subject and great shot.