Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Rodger]

Sorry to break the trend haha.

















These are from my school's homecoming this past weekend (I go to a small private school without a football team so we have our "homecoming" after everyone else). I didn't like these until I used the vintage look from a photoshop action. They're still not the greatest portraits, but they're kind of fun. haha.


Oh yeah, balloons are cheaper than flowers (her idea!).


-Rodger

[twistedphrame]

They're still not the greatest portraits, but they're kind of fun. haha.
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To be honest I really like the second one with the exception that the girl's eyes are closed, it's a nifty composition

[bassmangtk]

This is Doc Hendley, founder of www.winetowater.org. He brings clean water to places the UN won't let larger groups go and funds it through wine tastings.





This is a fan of his at the rally.


Gary

[Rodger]

To be honest I really like the second one with the exception that the girl's eyes are closed, it's a nifty composition

Thanks twistedframe! A couple cool shots came out of just pointing and shooting haha.

This is Doc Hendley, founder of www.winetowater.org.

Very cool. I've never heard of him. Is he a big name? Did you crop or were you that close when you took it?


-Rodger

[Keith B]

I shot this tonight just messing around with lighting. Not crazy about the green wall and the fuchsia sweater but liked the light and expression.


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[Sean Setters]

I shot this tonight just messing around with lighting. Not crazy about the green wall and the fuchsia sweater but liked the light and expression.

As soon as I saw the picture I thought to myself, "Wow, that's great lighting.." The colors don't bother me, though...but I imagine they might clash a bit more for those who aren't colorblind. ;-)

[Keith B]

Thanks Sean! I'm holding that in high regard since I've been a fan of your work for some time now.


This kind of thing always happens, I tell my girlfriend I'm just messing around don't worry about posing, just sit there. I don't get concerned with colors in the shot because I'm just checking lighting. And then when I realize I'm really liking everything else about the shot and that they are keepers except for the color. BW just doesn't do much for the lighting in this shot either.

[Sean Setters]

BW just doesn't do much for the lighting in this shot either.

You know, that's something I've come to realize--delicate strobist lighting doesn't always translate well to black &amp; white. Sometimes the color of the light (as in a gelled background or mainlight) significantly helps draw the viewers eyes to specific elements within the frame. Every now and then, though, I like a picture better in black and white. Take this one, for example, from the same shoot:





The color version simply wasn't working for me because her shirt was actually a light blue. However, when I converted it toB&amp;W and applied a red filter in post, the shirt became darker and the picture worked better. You might want to try the same technique.