Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[JJphoto]

Rob, like your shots very much, beautiful lighting and sharpness, the second one is my favorite one!, the 85mm1.8 is really an amazing lens!


John, congrats on your new 5DII, I just love the beautiful color it can produce. nice shot of your lovely daughter!

[ddt0725]

My little kangaroo ...

[deltasun]

Rob, great saturation and crispness on those shots! Did you use a CPL for them? Mind sharing your EXIF?


John and Denise: great ideas and very cute photos!

[NFLD Stephen]

Denise;


Great timing on the second shot! Looks like she is floating off the ground. Very cute!


Stephen

[ddt0725]

Thanks! All ya have to do is ask her what a kangaroo does & she'll be happy to show you!


John - Beautiful fall portrait of your daughter! I hope you have this one hanging on the wall!

Rob -Nice portraits of the author/musician/editor! VERY nice lookin' subject ...I mean composition! []


Denise

[Sean Setters]

I took a quick couple of shots of Amber yesterday, and they seemed to turn out well. I was testing my recent acquisition--a 22" Paul C. Buff High-Output Beauty Dish (HOBD). I used a B&W Circular Polarizer to bring out the sky. EXIF, setup, and strobist info available in the click-through on last two.






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[ddt0725]

Fantastic (as usual), Sean! Your set-up is amazing!


Denise

[Sean Setters]

Thanks Denise. I'm still unsure how exactly I'll be using the beauty dish most. This weekend I shot a Sweet 16 birthday party, and I had a corner set up with a large softbox and the beauty dish with diffusion sock attached for personalized messages to the birthday girl. The steup turned the beauty dish into a round 22" softbox, basically.


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It worked decently well (lighting-wise, that is...grammar aside), but I think I actually like the contrast brought on by using the dish undiffused.

[Rob Gardner]

@Deltasun: EXIF data and lighting setup posted as per your request

[deltasun]

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<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"]Thanks for the info, Rob...so no CPL. Wow, those just pop!