Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[bouwy]

Real Thinker.7D, 70-200mm IS, hand held (bit shaky LOL)


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[Madison]

[Rodger]

Terrific lighting Madison!


I'm so excited I finally have some more portraits to add to the thread! Well, one.. but, I got to play with a friend's Alien Bee 800s a few days ago! Four light set up!!






Strobist Info: 2 AB 800s @ 1/3 power, standard reflector, behind subject on either side. One Vivitar 285HV @ 1/4 power, 43" Westcott shoot-through umbrella, below and aimed up to fill in below the nose and eyes. One Canon 430EXII @ 1/16 through another Westcott 43" shoot through, on a human boom, on axis, slightly above and aimed down for soft light on the face.

[Madison]

Thanks Rodger: people are always so against umbrellas but that picture was lit with one umbrella only, as the only light source, and nothing else. ^_^





Umbrellas rule!

[Keith B]

I love umbrellas.


It's funny I was reading a guy models comments on model mayhem a while ago. He said he showed to a shoot once and they had umbrellas set up and he walked out.


What a maroon!

[Madison]

Yeah that's Model Mayhem for you 99,9% wannabes with attitudes acting like jerks and making demands. Horrible.





I call modeling agencies these days asking to do test shoots with new faces. The difference between a professional model even an unexperienced one, and people from Model Mayhem is mind boggling.