Candid portraits

[Tijn]

60D with 70-200 f/4L IS.
ISO 100, 127mm, f/4, 1/640s.
Ice skating outside at sunset. The light was gorgeous.

[candyman]

Canon 7D
TV 1/80
AV 6.3
ISO 400
Spot AF
Tamron 18-270

[Crapking]

Nice shots, looks like a little catch light in the eyes - off camera flash or ambient lighting ?

[candyman]

Thanks.
Ambient lighting. I have a favourite corner in the house with good light ....when the sun is shining ... [size=78%] [/size]

[Kamera Obscura]

summer.

[smirkypants]

I guess it's open to debate about what constitutes a candid photograph. My dictionary defines it as "(a photograph of a person) taken informally, esp. without the subject's knowledge." So I suppose there might be some overlap. But I tend to take the view that once the subject has awareness of / reacted to the camera then it's no longer candid.

Soooo... if I have a person in the studio and I am shooting her. Then we start chatting and she's not expecting the shot, and I snap it when she's giggling, is that candid? Even though she's in makeup and surrounded by lights? Avedon was actually quite famous for tricking people into letting their guard down and then snapping a shot. Were these candid?

[smirkypants]

Clementina waiting...

[bchernicoff]

7D, Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 OS

[wellfedCanuck]

I love both of these last two shots. They each capture the essence of childhood, that sweet innocence that burns off somewhere in the teens. I'm a father of 3, my oldest has long since passed that stage but my youngest is still there, hopefully for another year or two...

[bchernicoff]

They each capture the essence of childhood, that sweet innocence that burns off somewhere in the teens.

Well, that innocence wore off two seconds later when she made the face she always makes while being photographed. The only keepers with her are the candids ;-)

[wellfedCanuck]

haha... awesome!

[Sc0tt White]

Crazy Frenchman

[rebelphil]

7D, EF 85mm 1.8, f/ 2, 1/100 sec, ISO 1000

I sat on my living room floor by a window, my granddaughter came by, gave me a quick glance, and I took the shot. After that, all I saw was tail lights and a cloud of dust…she was gone!   

[facedodge]

[Crapking]

Don't forget to include camera settings, situation, etc.  We are trying to learn from each other how to quickly capture candid moments, NOT how to set up lights, position models, etc.