Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Keith B]

I was looking over some recent albums and ran across this, from Easter.





EOS 7D,EF 100mm f/2.8<span style="color:red;"]LMacro IS USM, 1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 100

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Precious!


Nice shot.
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[neuroanatomist]

Precious! Nice shot.

Thanks! []

[Sheiky]

Great shot John! Also the rest is great...wow[H]


Here are a few I made about 2 weeks ago. My little sister is always up for some posing []





5DII with 24-105 @ 24mm f10 1/80 iso100 with polarizer





5DII with Sigma 50mm 1.4 @ f2 1/6400 iso100


Jan

[Keith B]

Nice shots Jan.


I especially like the second one. How is that Sigma 50 1.4. I'm really interested in it but there are tons of mixed reviews of it.


I never liked my Canon 50 1.4 so I sold it. The 1.2 is a little too pricey.

[Sean Setters]

And a couple of shots from yesterday (and maybe bumping the thread will get Jan's attention so he can respond to Keith's Sigma 50mm question). :-)

[Rodger]

Love the flare Sean!


Here are two from a recent senior shoot! (I broke free from my strobist foundations and shot natural light!)

[neuroanatomist]

I like the first shot, Rodger. The second looks overexposed a bit. Also, maybe I'm being dense here, but what's that black object behind her, and why is it there? It's pretty distracting to me...


--John

[canon-ball]

that girl is gorgeous. her eyes are captivating.

[Sheiky]

(and maybe bumping the thread will get Jan's attention so he can respond to Keith's Sigma 50mm question). :-)

Haha good one Sean! I already PMed Keith...[:P] But for the record (and perhaps to answer other people with the same question) here it is:





Hey Keith,


thanks for asking about the sigma.


I only tried out the Canon 50mm 1.4 and found out that it wasn't meant for me. Too small, feels cheap and it was totally not usauble at f1.4


After reading some reviews I thought what the heck, I'm just gonna try the Sigma and if I don't like it, I'll return it.


I Only have had 1 copy, and it is good! I love it!


Yes it had an AF inconsistency. It was frontfocussing and needed micro-adjustment of +9


Luckily for me that was the only flaw. I really enjoy this lens. I also think the 77mm filterthread is very handy and so is the size/weight. It feels good in your hands if your used to somewhat bigger lenses.


I'm not sure what else you are particularity interested in. If you want to see samples(full-size) or want to see specific images. I guess I could make a few for you. Just let me know! Because I am so happy with the Sigma that I still can't believe everyone has such major problems with it.


Hope this helps a bit already and I'll be hearing from you I guess?


Jan





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By the way cool shots Sean [Y] also Rodger, I really like your first photo! To be honest I am a natural-light man [A] And again you payed attention to Sean's basic rule []

[Madison]

Here's an outtake from a shoot I did yesterday. I won't use this one in the actual series but it's a freaky portrait nonetheless.