Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Wes Elkin]

40D, 24mm 1.4L II, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/100











Fuji Velvia 100F, 50mm 1.8 II, f/2.8, 1/90

[John Hinton]

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[Jon Ruyle]

Very nice, John.


I like the composition and the lighting, and the background green-grey works well with the other colors in the picture.

[devsalvi]

Is this photo under-exposed? Please help.


Thanks,


Dev


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[peety3]

Two of my favorites:


40D, 50/1.8, Manual at f/2.8, ISO 400, 1/60th, triggering two 580EX IIs, both with shoot-through umbrellas.





1D Mark III, 24-105/4IS at 58mm, Av at -2EC, f/4, ISO 800, 1/60th, triggering two 580EX IIs. The "A" flash was camera left and up high on a stand, with a 1/2 CTO gel and a Honl Shorty Snoot. The "B" flash was also camera left, about a foot lower and a foot closer than the A, with a 1/4 CTO gel and a Rosco 103 "Tough Spun" gel as a poor man's diffuser. Biggest mistake was not getting a stand-in to check lighting ahead of time - I wish I'd brought the B flash up somewhat.

[Jon Ruyle]

Both very nice, peety3, and your descriptions of how you got the nice lighting are appreciated.


I think it's interesting that for the first pic your flashes cost 10x as much as the lens

[Rob Gardner]

Here's a few of my favourites:


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[Colin]

hard to beat half a bald dude!

[clemmb]

Canon G5


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[Jon Ruyle]

Very nice, Garret and clemmb. Both of your pictures use color very effectively to capture (very different) moods.