Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[elmo_2006]

Canon 450D, Sigma 10-20mm 4-5.6 EX @ f/4.0


Sorry I could not resist:





@f/5.0

[Garrett-Grimsley]

Today in photo class our teacher busted out the studio lights, really old and cheap ones to add, for our reallyreally inexperienced class. I'm pretty much the only one that knows what I'm doing, has experience and actually has a DSLR and a pro film camera. Anyways, I was helping people out with setting up the lighting and whatnot, and decided to move in someones shoot. I just stood behind the person doing the shoot and did my best to get a good shot. About 80% didn't come out how I liked, either she wasn't looking right, the lighting was off, or just bad framing/angle. These are the few that actually came out decent.


note that I wasn't directing the shoot, I was simply snapping shots when I could. And others managed the lighting. Everything was taken with my Canon 350D and 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8.














And totally unrelated to the above, a random shot from a week ago.

[lifesundeath]

[Sean Setters]

Canon 50D, 17-55mm f/2.8 IS


f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 200


strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, camera left (behind subject), 1/16 power, shot through a 16" Alzo softbox. Flash triggered via Cybersyncs.

[devsalvi]

Hi all,


This may not be an appropriate place for this post but why not if it can help with PP of portraits.


Just a new (noticed only now) thing I ran into. If you use photoshop cs4 for processing raw images, in Adobe camera raw, there is a control called "Clarity". If you move the slider to the left, it makes the picture creamier and gives the skin a soft look. Thought I will share it here





Cheers!


Dev

[Rodger]

If you move the slider to the left, it makes the picture creamier and gives the skin a soft look.

Or, if you slide it to the right, it gives a bit more of a Dave Hill style. Not totally, but a bit.


-Rodger

[bastoone]

homeless people always make very interesting subjects. yesterday i was in LA , wandering on Venice beach when i bumped into this guy. He was so funny to me that i coul not not take a shot of him!


i did not even ask his name so i am going to call him the funny and thirsty guy !


++


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[zerowindez]

Hi, for a second I thought the photos were premeditated until I read your description.


Very nice. []

[devsalvi]

Sunset brings peace into an otherwise ferocious creature, my wife :P





Cheers!


Dev


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Camera:Canon EOS 40D


Exposure:0.025 sec (1/40)


Aperture:f/2.8


Focal Length:35 mm


Exposure:0.00


ISO Speed:100


Exposure Bias:0 EV


Flash:Off, Did not fire

[devsalvi]

Self portrait.


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