Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Sheiky]

Nephew and his wife and dog at Christmas.

By the look in their faces, they where definitely up to something. Cool shot

Have been out of the loop for awhile and here's one from a recent portrait session with my eldest daughter.

Very nice portrait Angelo. She looks like she has a great time and that's nice to watch.

[MrGreenBug]

I haven't been here in quite awhile, nor have I taken photos in quite awhile. I've had a lot of family things going on. But I'm back! Here is a preview from a shoot i had with a friend that I haven't seen in a long long time - It feels so good to be out with my camera taking pictures again
Taken with my 5D II and 50 1.4

I so love this shot Baker! Was this all ambient?

Very nice portrait Angelo. She looks like she has a great time and that's nice to watch.

Thank you so much for the kind words. Yup, she did had fun until the batteries dried up on our shoot.

[Baker]

I so love this shot Baker! Was this all ambient?

Thank you And yes, it's natural light. I have been using natural light for almost all of my portraits recently. I really like the look it gives.

Here is another from that shoot:


Untitled by Chris-Baker, on Flickr

[conropl]

...Here is another from that shoot:

Baker - The eyes are beautiful in this shot. I went to flickr and looked at the larger version, and there is a black outline around the iris of her eyes. Is this something you add in post processing?

Mark - I do like the Texas style shoot. It always looks homey and relaxed.

[ddt0725]

@ Mark - Faantastic composition on all of them but I love the processing of the second one in your engagement set! Also, really like the second to last shot with the horse in the background!

@gk - Very cute fall photo! You really captured the happiness of the day ...a photo to treasure!

[patham]

A shot of my dad.
500D, 17-55 f/2.8 @ 55mm, 1/60s, ISO320

[Rocco]

This is my daughter Sophie. Looking for a little feedback. Curious what you guys will (or won't) notice about this one.

Used my 430 ex II camera left with the Gary Fong LightSphere (love that thing).


IMG_5453-2 by RVier199, on Flickr

[cls]

This is my daughter Sophie. Looking for a little feedback. Curious what you guys will (or won't) notice about this one.

Hi, the first and overall impression is, of course, something like ”beautiful portrait of a pretty model”. But, since I got a feeling from your post that there could be some “secrets” about it, I put on my Sherlock glasses and had a closer look:

- The description says 430 EXII camera left, but the shadows look as if it was mainly lit from front, slightly above camera. The small but intense reflex in the center of her eyes could be on-camera flash. (The camera right shadows are less distinct and the corresponding eye reflex is not as intense.)

- Not a single hair pointing out in any direction means either an extremely well combed model or, as in this case, an extraction from the original photo put on a white background. Masking hair is a pain in…

- I get a feeling that focus hit the hand/nose rather than the eyes. It’s hard to tell from an image this size but at least that’s the impression I get. Such a difference in focus at such a small difference in distance would tell you used a wide aperture. Assuming your 17-55 stays on the camera by default, my guess would be that the photo is taken at 55mm, f/2.8.

- You named the file “…-2”. That indicates you made a second editing attempt that you are more pleased with. My guess is that in “…-1” the background looks different.

- Finally, I’m trying to figure out the reason for her somewhat aghast expression. Maybe you shaved your hair just to get the shot and revealed it just in time for the firing.

(Just to make things clear in case it's not obvius - I really like the portrait and my attempt to "analyze" the photo is by no means meant as negative criticism.)

[Rocco]

Hi, the first and overall impression is, of course, something like ”beautiful portrait of a pretty model”. But, since I got a feeling from your post that there could be some “secrets” about it, I put on my Sherlock glasses and had a closer look:

- The description says 430 EXII camera left, but the shadows look as if it was mainly lit from front, slightly above camera. The small but intense reflex in the center of her eyes could be on-camera flash. (The camera right shadows are less distinct and the corresponding eye reflex is not as intense.)

- Not a single hair pointing out in any direction means either an extremely well combed model or, as in this case, an extraction from the original photo put on a white background. Masking hair is a pain in…

- I get a feeling that focus hit the hand/nose rather than the eyes. It’s hard to tell from an image this size but at least that’s the impression I get. Such a difference in focus at such a small difference in distance would tell you used a wide aperture. Assuming your 17-55 stays on the camera by default, my guess would be that the photo is taken at 55mm, f/2.8.

- You named the file “…-2”. That indicates you made a second editing attempt that you are more pleased with. My guess is that in “…-1” the background looks different.

- Finally, I’m trying to figure out the reason for her somewhat aghast expression. Maybe you shaved your hair just to get the shot and revealed it just in time for the firing.

(Just to make things clear in case it's not obvius - I really like the portrait and my attempt to "analyze" the photo is by no means meant as negative criticism.)

HAHA! Well then.. heh. I did extract it from the original picture and put it on the white background. I was hoping that it wasn't SUPER obvious.. or at least well done. I think I did okay, but man.. a good backdrop with a strobe hitting it would be ideal. That took so long to make it look like it wasn't a copy/paste job.

Thanks for the compliments though guys. Love that girl.

[rlriii13]

Save some for the rest of us! I guess there's nothing else to say... wait, I do have a guess at her expression. Instead of a shaved head, I'm going to guess someone in earshot uttered a bad word.