ACCURATEin

That's a really good first attempt at a portrait shot. Bokeh is strong with that one. Beauty dish or reflector if you decide to get more into it.

Nicks2001tl

You can use shadows or hair in the face for an artistic effect but for portraits generally speaking seeing a bright looking face or faces is a portrait. IMO.

stogie1020

MattG,

I love the setting, looks amazing!

Based on the light (coming from camera left), I might have turned the entire setup 90 degrees to the subject's right to get that soft low light directly on her face. It may also have allowed the wind to blow her hair out of her face rather than in to it. I am not sure what the background would be for that though. Just a thought.

MattB07TL

*MattB not G lol

And I thank you for the feedback. I may end up going back to this location I really loved the setting

stogie1020

My bad, I suck at typing.

jupitersolo

They are hard to do, you have to pick a spot on the ground, put a rock and something. Then you have to make sure that you spin the lights over the same spot each time as you rotate around the spot yourself.

Depending which lights you use, I find it best to splice a good piece of speaker wire between the lights and battery pack. Just gives it a little more girth to spin and control. Plus the thin wire that they use to make them, breaks pretty fast when spinning, cutting the current from battery pack.

Sarlacc

And I'll counter Stogie with 2 other options

Keep her where she is and use a soft bounce to give a tad more fill.

OR

Turn her around and the sun a backlight and use a bounce to key one side or all of her face.

But most importantly...get her hair out of her face!

srika

5B8A9714cbws by Rasidel Slika, on Flickr

Mizouse

That's the fountain on "married with children" right?

srika

yeah

MattB07TL

Went up the mountain in hopes of getting some milky way action and failed, Got some cloud action instead lol.

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is300eater

Haleakala Summit/Maui
from our trip to Maui last week...

I'm normally not a fan of lens flare, but it was going to be another 3 hours or so before the sun got high enough to be out of the frame... and we had gotten on the road @2:30am to reach the summit for the sunrise, and by this time we were starving (they don't serve food up there). There's no way we were going to wait around. I snapped a few pics and we headed down the mountain (which was another hour drive)

Haleakala Summit by trainerKEN., on Flickr

Undying Dreams

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Matt and Ken, beautiful pics!!

pttl

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slickooz

This is my neighbor's outdoor cat. He pretty awesome, always hunting birds/squirrels.
441G3754 by slickoooz, on Flickr

jupitersolo

Squirrels, bring him my way!

MattB07TL

Awhile back I bought a Sekonic L-758 light meter along with a ring light and collapsible background that has just sat in the closet. So wife and I got bored and figured I would try them out. So this is my first attempt at shooting a studio style portrait with 5D3 and Rokinon 85 1.4 @1.4. As I said the is my first try at shooting studio type shots and I had a little difficulty doing it but was kind of happy with how this shot turned out.

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slickooz

Island Beach State Park by slickoooz, on Flickr

MattB07TL

^ Beautiful work dude

pttl

Nice shot Man! Is that facing the ocean? How far down that island can you get by car?

slickooz

Thanks! After the entrance, I think we parked at parking lot 8. It was about 15 min walk till the Judge's shack. No it wasn't facing the ocean, thats why their was some light pollution on the bottom right.


Thanks Matt! I like the portrait you posted of you wife. Nice catch light!

slickooz

Miles by slickoooz, on Flickr

stogie1020

Perfect focus and nice detail!

Steven Bell

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Game....set.....match.

MattB07TL

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pttl

Nice Matt!

is300eater

Juxtaposition by trainerKEN., on Flickr

slickooz

Canon 1D3 by slickoooz, on Flickr

slickooz

Before/After by slickoooz, on Flickr

Italiano

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ReLaX

Portraiture has always been a weak spot for me. I commend you on a job well done!

ReLaX

Dragonfly on a Cherry tree in my backyard.

ReLaX

Canon T3i and a Televue 85mm Apochromatic refractor.

lcrazyaznl

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G37 4.2 Supercharged by lcrazyaznl, on Flickr

G37 4.2 Supercharged by lcrazyaznl, on Flickr

some left over shots from my Import Tuner Feature July

97BlackAckCL

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asianspec

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nice shots man, seems your photos travel around to other forums. stumbled some the other day on the subie forums

MSW 6SP

I bought a Nikkon D5300. I am not sure how to use it yet but the learning process is fun.

einsatz

Hah! If you like that type of photography, check out David Levinthal's work (http://www.davidlevinthal.com/works.html) - I saw him speak at the Corcoran just before his exhibit opened there... Awesome photography, and hearing the story behind his photos was super interesting. Recommend his book "Hitler Moves East" ( )

ReLaX

[QUOTE=MSW 6SP;15043517]I bought a Nikkon D5300. I am not sure how to use it yet but the learning process is fun.




If you're learning AND having fun you're halfway there.


Enjoy!

slickooz

Here a stray that came up to me while I was waiting for some birds, very friendly cat.
Stray by slickoooz, on Flickr