Color portraits and or photographs of people

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Eye Witness Event Overloon 2022
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Last night we had our first portrait shoot at the camera club since 2019, some of the members forgot how to use their light setups from being so out of practice. For me it was quite difficult to be there because this time the room was a lot smaller and it was very crammed in there, my anxiety was getting a bit high and I didn't "get in there" as it made me feel very uncomfortable, so I ended up taking opportunities wherever I could, I didn't make a lot of pictures and fewer keepers still. I also did have any control for the lights (most of the lights were set up for Canon and Nikon DSLRs) so I had to work with whatever ambient light I could get.

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We had a very cute couple but it was difficult to get enough DoF for both of them with limited light and limited angles, this was the only decent picture I could get.

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The only other model we had was a professional model and very popular with the crowed, we had almost a lineup of photographers to make pictures of her.

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I wish I didn't clip the tip of the guitar but I am quite happy with this one.

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I wasn't sure about this one, I don't think I got the right angle for her nose, maybe I should have been a step more to the right, I still have a long road ahead of me when it comes to portraits of people.

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I am on the fence with this one as well because her attention is so obvious on the opposite side.

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I like this one a bit more because she looks more attentive with playing with the guitar, though she was just pretending of course.

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This one is probably my favourite of the entire evening, though the light is not very ideal, the shadow on the left side of the face (apparently the ones who set up the lights left the right one twice as bright as the left side).

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I missed most of the "action" shots on the black backdrop, a few jumps and a few poses, but I did get 2 last shots. This setup was made with strobbing flash only so I had only ambient light so my ISO was high as a kite.

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I tried to get that backdrop into the shadows to see if it was to distracting but I could only do that in post, not sure if it was a good idea.

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Towards the end of the session I asked her if I could make a few pictures of her eyes, she has very beautiful green eyes with rusty orange on the inside. I forgot how difficult it is to focus on the right spot on the eye, especially hand held with one hand (I had a small LED light on my left hand). This was at 1:1 macro with my Laowa 60mm f 2.8.

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This was as close as I could physically get, at 1.5 to 1, and note to self: need to replace this lens with a longer one for this kind of subject because I was so close to her I couldn't get the light in very well and I was casting a shadow from them lens on 1/3rd of the image. I need more working distance.

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One of our longest acting member of the camera club (joined in 1984 I think, one year after the camera club being created) and his trusty old Taz, I very cuddly little furrball.

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I wanted a B&W one but with something a bit more different to the image, a High Key, so I pushed the highlights and the white as far as it would go. I am white happy with it to be honest.

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Taz is such a good boy for posing for us and he was quite popular with the members as well. I cropped in the image because I like how the hand and the lead in the back adds to the story.

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And a B&W version with a bit more of the owner to add a bit more context. I am very happy with this picture and I am thinking of getting a print of it because it makes me smile every time I look at it.

What I've learned is that I have a looooooong road ahead of me to learn about lights, working with models, thinking of composition, posture and angles but it's difficult since I don't have a studio setup or space for it (unless I want to give up on having a living room, which I may have to do in a few years). I will try to practice outdoors instead ... If the UK weather lets me of course ... "Pray to the urinating cloud" :p
 
Good Evening,

And Happy New Year to everyone! During the holidays I was fortunate to have one of my son's and his family fly in from Nevada and spend a couple of weeks with me. My little buddy hung out with me by the brook, trying to figure out why there weren't any fish, frogs or turtles around (it was 60* F). He had planned on catching some, putting them into the plastic containers, and bringing them back up to the house to show his 8 month old sister...:)

Regards,

Edd

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Gladys, Mike, & Ray-1950
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I'm not sure if this fits this forum, but I thought I would give it a go. First, I didn't take it. I am the two year-old with the somewhat vacant look in the middle. My guess is my mother took it. My grandmother is on the left and my grandfather is on the right. They are outside reading the local newspaper sometime in August, 1950. I know because of the headlines describing the US government's seizure of the railroads (in anticipation of a nationwide strike) and another describing fighting in the Korean War. I colorized it using two Photoshop neural filters (photo restoration and colorization). In general, I prefer B&W to stay black and white, but in this case, I like the colorized version better.
 
I just discovered this thread; what a wonderfully eclectic mix of portrait photography. I have never done any shooting that I would actually consider portrait but given the broad mix in this thread I thought my first posting here should be of the wonderful woman that I photograph most, my beautiful wife. Here is a journey over the years (with quite a mix of cameras):
2002 Minolta DiMage 304
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2003 Minolta DiMage 304
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2003 Sony Cybershot
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2004 Sony Cybershot
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2005 Sony Cybershot
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2006 Fujifilm FinePix v10
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2007 Sony DSC-H1
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2007 Fujifilm FinePix v10
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2007 Sony DSC-H1
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2008 Panasonic FZ50 (possibly my favorite camera ever)
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2008 Panasonic FZ50
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2010 Canon PowerShot S90
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2011 Canon PowerShot S90
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2012 Panasonic FZ50
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2013 Canon PowerShot S90
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That's the end of the compact camera era so a great time to split the post.
 
Continued now with more modern gear:

2013 Panasonic G5 and Sigma 30mm
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2014 Panasonic G5 and Sigma 19mm
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2015 Panasonic GF7 and Panasonic 12-32
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2016 Panasonic G5 and Panasonic 14-42
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2016 Panasonic G6 and Panasonic 12-35
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2017 Panasonic G6 and Panasonic 12-35
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2018 Panasonic GF7 and Panasonic 12-60
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2019 Panasonic G85 and Panasonic 12-32
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2020 Canon PowerShot G5X
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2020 Canon PowerShot G5X
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2021 Canon PowerShot S120
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2022 Olympus E-M1v2
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You can't begine to imagine the joy that this wonderful woman brings into my life.
 
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