Post your best portraits(street, studio, candid etc...).

[Nirmala]

Im certainly not at the standard of most on here, but I'll add one to join in. I like it simply cause it makes me wonder what he is thinking? Natural light shot on the fly as i was going past. Guess he was on his smoko break, or not?

 

[JPAZ]

Guess he was on his smoko break, or not?

Given my proclivity for "street" shots, I like it.

 

[Nirmala]

Thanks JPAZ

 

[Menace]

EF85 @ f1.2 - Jpeg

 

[tomscott]

Bed of bluebells by TomScottPhoto, on Flickr

 

[Heavyweight67]

A very quick photo of one of my twin daughters, if either of them sit still for more than 30 seconds I'm lucky...

 

[Menace]

A very quick photo of one of my twin daughters, if either of them sit still for more than 30 seconds I'm lucky...

Rather appropriate tee shirt

 

[lundstrom.emil]

Camilla Majewska, Photographer Emil Lundstrom by imaginize.net, on Flickr

 

[Menace]

Little princess

6D, 85mm, f1.2, ISO100, 1/1000.

 

[JPAZ]

Sorry about a double post (just put this in another thread) but I like the way it turned out.

From Madurai, India. 5Diii, 1/800, f/8, iso 1600 using 24-105 at 105. Noise reduction with LR then convert to B&W using PS/NIK Silver Efex.

 

[notapro]

Head shot from March 2014.

[Image removed, retouched image by privatebydesign appears later in the thread.]

Not sure how this will look to others.

When using the "save for web" option in Photoshop, the image looks oversaturated when viewing it on the forum page.

I saved the "regular" file (not "saved for web"), and it looks fine on the forum page.

When I click on the link to view it in an image viewer (e.g., IrfanView, Windows Photo Viewer), it looks desaturated and dull.

 

[stan_tall_man]

Some of my favs over the last year

 

[Northstar]

As models are my thing. I'll post here some examples of my portfolio.
I'm not very experienced in technique and such, but I'm a very motivated person.
I love to shoot girls, but I don't like to retouch them as hell.
I try to keep my retouch very basic.
Don't work for a magazine, so I don't make them look like fake plastic dolls.
Hope you'll like it!

Stunning shots Yannick! Love that first one with her hair flying!

 

[Northstar]

Head shot from March 2014.

Not sure how this will look to others.

When using the "save for web" option in Photoshop, the image looks oversaturated when viewing it on the forum page.

I saved the "regular" file (not "saved for web"), and it looks fine on the forum page.

When I click on the link to view it in an image viewer (e.g., IrfanView, Windows Photo Viewer), it looks desaturated and dull.

She looks great to me, very nice! Only one small critique, her left eye looks like a black hole...needs to be slightly lighter. IMHO

 

[Northstar]

Little princess

6D, 85mm, f1.2, ISO100, 1/1000.

What a cutie!!

 

[RLPhoto]

Heres a few.

 

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Little princess

6D, 85mm, f1.2, ISO100, 1/1000.

Cute little princess. Well done Menace.

 

[notapro]

Head shot from March 2014.

Not sure how this will look to others.

When using the "save for web" option in Photoshop, the image looks oversaturated when viewing it on the forum page.

I saved the "regular" file (not "saved for web"), and it looks fine on the forum page.

When I click on the link to view it in an image viewer (e.g., IrfanView, Windows Photo Viewer), it looks desaturated and dull.

She looks great to me, very nice! Only one small critique, her left eye looks like a black hole...needs to be slightly lighter. IMHO

You're absolutely right about that eye, Northstar. Non-photographer folks like the shot very much. Anytime someone in photography or art views the shot, they see that black eye. I wish I could go back in time and have her move that lock of hair!

Here is a photo where both eyes are visible.

 

[notapro]

Heres a few.

I like especially the top photograph. Visually interesting are your model's direct, connected expression and eye contact, as well as the way you incorporate sublty a depth of field element into your composition (with the tack-sharp hair on the right of the frame and the more softy rendered earring on the left).

 

[RLPhoto]

Heres a few.

I like especially the top photograph. Visually interesting are your model's direct, connected expression and eye contact, as well as the way you incorporate sublty a depth of field element into your composition (with the tack-sharp hair on the right of the frame and the more softy rendered earring on the left).

Thank you notapro and an interesting note is that none of these are models but clients. It's amazing what proper lighting, location, and especially pose can make an normal person look at there very best.

Having someone naturally beautiful to start with (like a model) makes it simpler but the real challenge is making someone who is not of that caliber look great.