Candid portraits

[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. 8)

 

[gary samples]

pixel peeping

 

[wickidwombat]

window shopping

 

[wellfedCanuck]

pixel peeping

love the look of concentration...

 

[Northstar]

window shopping

This is a great candid portrait.

 

[wickidwombat]

window shopping

This is a great candid portrait.

Thanks

 

[Kamera Obscura]

sad.

dario./

 

[briansquibb]

1DS3, 200 f/2

Yes her hair really is that soft and silky

 

[Northstar]

sad.

dario./

I'm curious about this photo....could you expand on "sad"?

 

[RichATL]

Getting into street photography with the shorty 40.


Peanut Connoisseur by RichMeade, on Flickr


Tucker Market by RichMeade, on Flickr


Watermelonman by RichMeade, on Flickr

 

[cemsen]

have been following CR for a very long time now. time to stop being a lazy arse and post something, for what it's worth.

Mark III / 135mm

 

[westr70]

@samples. Is that kid on this forum? I bet he is. Great shot and well done.

 

[Kamera Obscura]

That's the first thing that came to my mind after I took the picture.

May I kindly ask what prompted you curiosity? It could help my Photo eye ball.

Thanks,
dario.

 

[bornshooter]

one from george square in glasgow during queen visit

proud to be british by abledestroyer, on Flickr

 

[bornshooter]

one from edinburgh a girl having a good phone call by the looks of it

It's good to talk by abledestroyer, on Flickr

 

[tphillips63]

Here it is again - not sure why it is different

It's the same thing. I've read that Chrome always considers that photos are sRGB.

Here's a photo exported with ProPhoto (I'm curious if it works). Yuck, it doesn't! It's green as hell.

Okay, here's the same photo exported with aRGB. It doesn't work, but the colors are interesting. The orange is muted.

And below is exported with sRGB.

(Oh, they have EXIF: 40D, 70-200 F4 IS)

Chrome is not a color managed browser. IE9, Safari 5 and the latest versions of Firefox are. That is why your color in Chrome (and I see the same too) look crappy. Ditch Chrome.

I never noticed until I read this but comparing IE and Chrome side by side it is obvious.
http://mansurovs.com/is-your-browser-color-managed