Assignment 34 - Portraits

Placebo

sorry guys, i didnt take the pic with the assignment in mind, we can disregard it in the run,
thanks for all the thanks though, means alot.

keps

Placebo wrote: »

sorry guys, i didnt take the pic with the assignment in mind, we can disregard it in the run,
thanks for all the thanks though, means alot.

Sorry that your shot had to be eliminated - I liked it a lot.

pete4130

keps wrote: »

Wow - I don't have anything like a 1.4 - the way it throws the background so much out of focus is just great.

It's got its drawbacks though, anything away from the centre at 1.4 starts to get soft towards the corners and the DoF is so shallow the slightest movement from subject or photog can throw the image slightly out of focus.

On the upside it does give awesome vignetting on full frame.

I'd seriously say 70-80% of my shots are taken with the 50mm.

keps

pete4130 wrote: »

BTW the fact that Andy is a damn handsome guy did not do any harm to the pics. And I'm on Ebay checking the prices of a 1.4/ 50mm

YeGods

Placebo wrote: »

sorry guys, i didnt take the pic with the assignment in mind, we can disregard it in the run,
thanks for all the thanks though, means alot.

Assignment or not, it's a brilliant shot - any chance you'd tell us what set-up/settings you used. I know I'd appreciate the help.

oshead

Placebo wrote: »

sorry guys, i didnt take the pic with the assignment in mind, we can disregard it in the run,
thanks for all the thanks though, means alot.

I think it should be left in. So what if it was taken just a few hours before the assignment was setup. She probably dosn't have the opportunity to retake. Anyway, This is about learning and comparing styles, with a little competitive element added for the fun of it.

Btw, I didn't vote for it cos it's underexposed and I've recently given up and hate all things to do with smoking. But that just my POV.

oshead

squareballoon

Dimy

He wasn't exactly posing for me, but this one looked pretty cool

Batch

Taken in Blackrock College - Ciara from FM 103.8 helping the students raise money for the Special Olympics who where having a €5.00 car wash

Scamp-

It was the very first picture of my roll, but I really liked it.

annash

humberklog

I love the assigment thread but being a lazy so-and-so I nearly always miss the dead line.

NooSixty

NooSixty

pete4130

sprinkles

Chorcai

pullandbang

Liam....

pullandbang

Studio portrait tonight with a giggling model

Winnieacre

First attempt, comments welcome.

6stringmaniac

Might aswell give it a shot. First attempt:

SetOverSet

Placebo

YeGods wrote: »

Assignment or not, it's a brilliant shot - any chance you'd tell us what set-up/settings you used. I know I'd appreciate the help.

Thanks YeGod,

Reference
used a nikon strobe, think sb25 at 1/4 power on a closed black reflective umbrella, [the umbrella is shut, facing away from the subject, so the light is reflected as a beam]
-Umbrellas placed around 1-2 o clock at the subjects face level,

took the image with a 40D, 50mm, only 2-3 feet away at
iso - 100
aperture 4.5
shutter 1/250

the wall behind is white and was atleast 4-5 feet away so it appears darker and all the above settings give the vignette effect.
It was taken at night time, so there is not much ambient light, there was a lamp somewhere at the back of the room, so it was fairly dark.

properties here

milkycoffey

just found this forum this morning! it's a great idea! good to have something to work towards

DK32

pullandbang wrote: »

Studio portrait tonight with a giggling model

Hey Denis the model looks a lot like SusieQ

humberklog

blue5000

I grabbed this one putting up pillars, holding the pillar with an arm wrapped around it and camera in the other hand

peter1892

(Home) studio shoot last weekend:

Chorcai

Fenster

My my. What a freaking coincidence that I just took one:

.Longshanks.

One more

pullandbang

DK32 wrote: »

Hey Denis the model looks a lot like SusieQ

That's amazing - I was just thinking the same myself - http://pix.ie/pullandbang/1627944

blue5000

blue5000 wrote: »

I grabbed this one putting up pillars, holding the pillar with an arm wrapped around it and camera in the other hand

HELP how do I upload a photo here, first attempt with pix.ie hasn't worked, do I have to register somewhere first?

pixbyjohn

blue5000 wrote: »

HELP how do I upload a photo here, first attempt with pix.ie hasn't worked, do I have to register somewhere first?

Upload your photo to Pix.ie or Flickr.com then look here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55194002&postcount=23

sprinkles

oshead

Down in the Botanic Gardens today. Full length portrait.

IamBlip

Winnieacre

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warder6161

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blue5000

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I grabbed this with a samsung nv 10 in one hand and had my other arm wrapped around a 20ft pillar. Thanks nilhg for showing me how to upload this.

blue5000

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Upload your photo to Pix.ie or Flickr.com then look here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55194002&postcount=23

Thanks very much for helping me out,
blue5000

.Longshanks.

Times up! Really enjoyed this one and there were some absolute cracking entries!! The bar has truly been raised

And the winner is

oshead wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=65349566#post65349566

Brillant effort and a really cool point of view. The wall frames her great too. Congrats Dave - over to you now to set the new one.


Can I ask - did you PP her feet bigger or was it down to the wide angle lens?

homer simpson

Worthy winner but the quality of some of the entries have been brillient! looking forward to the next one....

pixbyjohn

Congratulations Dave, All your entries were excellent and you are a worthy winner.
I hope Jessica is given the going rate as your model and not on the minimum wage Well done.

swingking

highest standard I've seen for an assignment for a long time. Well done David. You shoot some amazing portraits.

Didn't enter this one cause of college work. I'll be there for the next one

Thecageyone

Well done winner.

I'm dead happy after receiving 26 votes!! 5 shy of the winner tells me I'm doing something right.

DK32

Congrats Dave, well deserved. Always enjoy your posts.

oshead

Thanks all. Very much appreciated.

I kinda forgot I posted that one and I was hoping the one below of Jessica's Mother would win. Anyway, I did a count and looks like it scored 31 votes too. Same as the winning shot. The shot was taken by Jessica herself. I didn't want to mention it in case it influenced the voting. She pointed and clicked the camera. I set the camera up and did the PP on it btw.

oshead wrote: »

For me it almost proves that portraiture is about the connection made between the subject and photographer (eg. mother and child). Not so much technical ability or even artistic expression. I couldn't have got that shot. Her mother hasn't smiled at me in years.

I guess the onus is on me now to come up with a good enough theme for the assignment. I have a few ideas, so I'll sleep on it and hopefully get it setup by tomorrow sometime.

Cheers
David OS