Candid portraits

[gary samples]

He Love's to shoot   
but he is a little heavy on the trigger finger

200mm f2 great-grandson Trayvin take's after his papa
Start them young

[gary samples]

START THEM YOUNG.  GIRLS RULE
granddaughter she is a shooter for sure

[dr croubie]

I just wish my grandparents had gear like that... (although, at least my mum had some nice Pentax Spotmatic and Takumar lenses that i'm, uh, "borrowing")

[gmrza]

I just wish my grandparents had gear like that... (although, at least my mum had some nice Pentax Spotmatic and Takumar lenses that i'm, uh, "borrowing")

I wish that too!  My grandfather reckoned "Wer zuviel Geld hat fotografiert oder hält sich Tauben" (Those who have too much money either get into photography or keep homing pigeons), so unfortunately, no gear from him!  At least I got a Zeiss Ikon from my father!

[nightbreath]

We started experimenting with self-portraits few weeks ago, here are first examples:

[Northstar]

START THEM YOUNG.  GIRLS RULE
granddaughter she is a shooter for sure

I like both of those shots Gary, cute kids.  Is that a 1.4 extender on a 600mm? 

[gary samples]

START THEM YOUNG.  GIRLS RULE
granddaughter she is a shooter for sure

I like both of those shots Gary, cute kids.  Is that a 1.4 extender on a 600mm?

   1.4III   and it works great most of my work is at 840mm here in Utah you need all the len you can get. but I just don't like  the 2x  would like the 1200mm but my wife like's living indoors I would have to sell the home to get it LOL 

[n0iZe]

Here's one "candid portrait".
Shot with a Canon EOS 450D and a 50mm f/1.4 USM mounted to it.
ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/60sec

Let me know what you think.

[gary samples]

old pro

[Andy_Hodapp]

I take all of my portraits with a Canon T1i and 50mm 1.8 II because thats pretty much all I have.  I find the most beautiful pictures of my girlfriend and just people in general to be when they are not paying attention to the camera.  Here are some of the photos I've taken of people, many my girlfriend when they were not paying attention.

[Crapking]

We started experimenting with self-portraits few weeks ago, here are first examples:

Nice images, but not exactly 'candid' portraits.  Every now and again, we debate the meaning of 'candid', but as OP, I am really hoping to keep on-thread by having posters display and discuss settings/strategies used to quickly capture unplanned/unposed moments in time.  My intent with the thread is to see/learn what and HOW others use their cameras to spontaneously and quickly make memories worth sharing. 

I guess using a self-timer is a strategy I hadn't thought about till now, so maybe it actually does meet the criteria.

Just hoping all posters remember to describe their settings/situation more in detail so we all can learn to step out of our comfort zone of controlling the lighting/posing, etc.

[Crapking]

Here's one "candid portrait".
Shot with a Canon EOS 450D and a 50mm f/1.4 USM mounted to it.
ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/60sec

Let me know what you think.

Nice composition, thanks for including exif info!  Love it when they are unplanned and spontaneous. I guess indoors and hoping for some bokeh you needed to shoot more wide open (1.8,  but ISO only 100?  I'd thought you be willing to go a little higher to allow quicker shutter speed, but that's what making these candids is all about.  Quickly setting camera, do you remember which mode you had set?

My only 'critique' is post-processing (lack thereof). Skin tones look a little off. But, this thread is NOT the place to get into that?

[briansquibb]

Here's one "candid portrait".
Shot with a Canon EOS 450D and a 50mm f/1.4 USM mounted to it.
ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/60sec

Let me know what you think.

Nice composition, thanks for including exif info!  Love it when they are unplanned and spontaneous. I guess indoors and hoping for some bokeh you needed to shoot more wide open (1.8,  but ISO only 100?  I'd thought you be willing to go a little higher to allow quicker shutter speed, but that's what making these candids is all about.  Quickly setting camera, do you remember which mode you had set?

My only 'critique' is post-processing (lack thereof). Skin tones look a little off. But, this thread is NOT the place to get into that?

Do you mean bokeh or bg blur?

[Crapking]

The bokeh around the lights in the mirror, intentional or just good luck

[RLPhoto]

My new assistant. Saw good light and took the photo.