That's excellent, Randy!
That's excellent, Randy!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Smooth and silky portrait, Randy. Well done!
This is really a great portrait. The model is very present and light and background is beautiful. I am very intrerested in the lens you used.
The two other portraits taken with the same lens shows that you need to be careful about the backgrond. The brickwall is disturbing. Maybe the girls are to close to the wall and to far from the lens.
Agree and agree. There's a real learning curve with this lens. It sounds more complicated than it really is, but it only means that I can't just point the lens, frame as I would, and expose a sheet. I really have to be more careful in where the sweet spot is.
Background is always a problem when we have constant harsh sunlight every day and we don't venture out too far. But yes, the two girls were closer to the background than I like.
Thanks very much for your comment, Mr Vogel.
Very nice work on portraits on this thread! That last one is fantastic! The glowing necklace really adds something special to everything else in that picture.
Thank you! Ari!
Last edited by cowanw; 21-Jun-2020 at 19:23.
The trick would be, if the circle of image of the lens allows it, to raise the front standard to align as much as possible the center of the lens with
the eyes of the subject (which also moves the eyes of the subject to the center of the image, lowering them) and then lower the back standard to effectively raise again the eyes of the subject to right position in the image.
If your camera does not allow vertical movements of the back standard, quite often it is possible to tilt forward both standards - to keep them parallel -, and then tilt the camera backwards to put both standards in the vertical position. This is equivalent to lower the back standard.
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