Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[DavidEccleston]

Mark,

At first my wife was very unsure. A camera that makes our lenses act shorter, a slower burst rate (Your 1D2 has a nice 8.5fps, our 7D is 7, but the 1Ds2 is a mere 4), lower res, and crappy controls, and a small LCD. What was I thinking?!? She took an ISO 400 picture that showed quite a bit of noise too, and she was ready to tell me to send it back. The USB1.1 1 picture per minute transfer rate didn't impress her much either. Then she saw the results, including some ISO 1600 shots taken in a basement with no windows, and decided that yes, perhaps this camera has found a home after all.

[magsbang]

how do i view the images,i am new here?

[swuwick]

Getting into portraiture, what do you guys think?

[swuwick]

And this one

[nvitalephotography]

went to a fundraiser/pin up shoot over the weekend. Here are a few from the day






I may be doing another similarly themed photo shoot in a few weeks so feel free to tell me whats wrong with these so I can improve.

[Sean Setters]

Good stuff Nick. ;-)

[ahab1372]

Yep, I agree, great stuff Nick. Maybe Clyde could look a little older, but I guess that can't be done by the photographer. I definitely like the poses.
The model in the car came out great, too.

[Steph]

Indeed, very nice! I like the orange car a lot...

[Steve U]

Hi Nick, very impressive series, particularly like the second and third shots, lighting spot on and poses a little bit different.
I would like a little more grit or shadow in the B&W, perhaps even a vignette. It is a clean, clinical shot with flawless models, but the subject matter screams B&W. There is a slight amount of introduced shadow from the hat and the light positioning, but I would have made it more grainy, a little darker, but that probably says more about me.
Great show of your versatility and skill, can't wait to see your next set.

[bob williams]

Nick, as others have said---nice set. I agree with steve regarding a little more "grit" in the B&W. Also, in the first image of the redhead girl, there seems to be some kind of blue shadowing around her head shoulder and legs, like maybe you cloned something out or some other processing issue, not really sure, but definitely noticable on my monitor. Does anyone else see this, or do I need to go shopping again?