Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Keith B]

Shot this of my son last night.


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[MacManUS]

A recent shot with the 7D and 85mm f1.8



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[megatronixs]

i felt like adding a few pictures ive taken





all shot with rebel xt with tamron 19-35


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[Chuck Lee]

Shot this of my son last night.

Keith,


Excellent portrait.


I can only see one thing missing. Hair Light.


That little bit of light from high above rear, I find, serves to complete the seperation of thethe subject from the background. 3D Baby!!


The side light is awesome and I think positioned well. With a hair light you could pull the side light around a little and turn it down.


For a two light setup, you nailed it. Kim (my wife) and I recently did some outdoor bridal portraits and that setup worked really well.


Love the mottled grey backdrop. Where'd you get it? The next investment I make in photo equipment needs to be in backdrops.


I'm going to dinner (on the road with contract work - 190 miles from home []), check back in later.

[Keith B]

Thanks Chuck!


It was actually a 3 light shot. I'm not a fan of the direct hair light. It tends to make things look a little glam and not what I was going for.


I normally would have gotten the side light up a little higher to hit more on top of the head but the space wouldn't allow it. I used a Ray Flash for a fill to give it some dimension and 36" Softlighter II for Key. All powered by 580EXIIs.


The background is just a black seamless. i think the combo of the ring light and the soflighter give it the mottled look.

[Sean Setters]

Hey guys, I took this one tonight...






Still loving that Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 wide angle. Today, however, I got a new toy to go with it--the Delkin Fat Gecko Camera Mount. I think this was the most fun I've ever had doing a self-portrait.



strobist: 1 Canon 580EX, 1/2 power, 1/2 CTO gelled, positioned to my right, diffused by a Fong Lightsphere. 1 Vivitar 285, 1/16 power, 1/2 CTO gelled, laying in the back seat pointed at the ceiling, bare. Flashes and camera triggered via Cybersyncs. Camera attached to hood using a Delkin Fat Gecko camera mount.

[Keith B]

Really cool Sean!

[Oren]

Wow Sean - this is so cool!! [H]


So you took it while driving? (seems like that because of the lights behind)

[Sean Setters]

Wow Sean - this is so cool!! [img]/emoticons/emotion-11.gif[/img]


So you took it while driving? (seems like that because of the lights behind)
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Yep, I took the portrait while driving. I used a Cybersync CSRB connected to the camera via a motor cord from flashzebra. The connected to the camera was triggered using a CST in my right hand (which is also working the gearshift). When I fire the shutter using the handheld CST, the CST on the camera's hotshoe would fire the strobes. It was alot of work to set up, but I was happy with the results. ;-)

[devsalvi]

Sean,


This is one of the best self portrait i have seen... and look at the baby... is that a GT?





Cheers!


Dev