Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[ddt0725]

Both shots are truly fantastic, Mark! I was just looking through your website and your work is so remarkable, every shot shows such creativity from props, lighting, composition, depth of field. I love your work!!!

[Mark Elberson]

Wow 😊 Thanks so much Denise!!!!!!

[Mark Elberson]

Love this shot Mark! Was this set up or just spur-of-the-moment?

Stephen

Spur of the moment. She was on her mat and looking terribly cute so I grabbed my camera and got on the floor with her :-)

Thanks!

[Steve U]

Spur of the moment. She was on her mat and looking terribly cute so I grabbed my camera and got on the floor with her :-)

Thanks!

C'mon Mark all brides look cute sitting on their mats.
Seriously, I really like the the clever DOF you selected, the perfect framing of those baby blues on the top third and that expression is a beauty.
BTW, the bride is a really good B&W image as well.

[NFLD Stephen]

Spur of the moment. She was on her mat and looking terribly cute so I grabbed my camera and got on the floor with her :-)

Those are often the best shots! Do you mind if I ask how you got the background so white? I think having the background free from other clutter/distractions adds so much to the effect created by the "dreamy" DOF and great expression on her face! Was there coincidentally a white wall behind her?

[Mark Elberson]

Those are often the best shots! Do you mind if I ask how you got the background so white? I think having the background free from other clutter/distractions adds so much to the effect created by the "dreamy" DOF and great expression on her face! Was there coincidentally a white wall behind her?

Yep, that's my family room's white wall, but it was not by accident. I always try to eliminate distractions when composing. There was an outlet just out of frame to the left and a table to the right. I shot this at 50mm f/2.

[Mark Elberson]

C'mon Mark all brides look cute sitting on their mats.
Seriously, I really like the the clever DOF you selected, the perfect framing of those baby blues on the top third and that expression is a beauty.
BTW, the bride is a really good B&W image as well.

Thanks Steve :-) I could stare at those baby blues all day!

[Steve U]

Don't even talk to me until....
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Not till I've had a coffee... by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
Thanks for viewing.

[bouwy]

Beautiful shots Mark Well done....
Steve what can I say....That shot has Perfect framing, Perfect composition, Perfect dof, Perfect everything. As matter of interest, was the Lady someone you use to know....LOL

[Steve U]

That ain't no lady that's my wife!
Thanks a lot Wally.