Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[Sean Setters]

My favorite from this evening...the lovely and very athletic Meagan.

[Steve U]

@Sean- Great light on the ball, face, shoulder, net, just everything nice job.


@Tak- great comp and golden light.

[Grizz]

Canon 400D+Tokina 28-70 2.8 @ 47mm 4.0 + Canon EX550 with bouncer slightly facing down to the table [img]/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Discussions-Components-Files/14/0160.IMG_5F00_2997_5F00_1.jpg[/img].

[TakahiroW4047]

@Grizz - Really love her soft expression! Very nice capture : )

[William]

She doesn't like here photo taken so I only had one chance to steal this, just lifted the camera out of my lap and bam, shot taken and camera put away. I got some stern words but it was too late, I had the shot. Can't decide if I like the color or BW better. Most people like color images so I'll post that one and link to the other.


(Edit: The old color one has been deleted from Flickr now so here is the BW to fill the gap)

[thekingb]

Sometimes you have to steal those shots! I like the composition and lighting a lot. As between the two, I prefer the B&W version. Not sure if it was intentional, but the white balance is off on the color version and it pushes too green for me. Look at the center of her neck - that appears unnatural to me on my monitor.

[William]

I hadn't noticed that, you're right, it's in the hairline too. Yes it was intentional, I tried to give it an 80's look, or maybe the 60's, I don't know, "retro" is the word I'm looking for. It didn't look too bad on a dark gray background in LR but it does look a bit garish here. Thanks for the feedback.


Original with no color adjustment:


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BW is my favorite too. Cheers for the feedback [B]

[TakahiroW4047]

@William - Have you ever tried "Gavin's Old Polaroid" preset? It can be a very good starting point if you are looking for a bit of retro look []

[William]

Thanks Takahiro, I like this better. Here is the result with no further adjustment (just Gavin's preset on its own) cheers.






(My poor wife, she was just trying to enjoy a coffee on one of our few days together without the kids). Photographers wives, they do put up with a lot!

[w349]

@William, I sympathise with your wife but she