Portraits
Jun 10, 2019 23:03:11 #
While I still am very interested in portrait photography, my main subjects... are not. The girls I photograph are not exactly interested in posing, or sitting still for that matter, so I have had to resort to candid shots, but I am having a hard time capturing them in the right moment. Either the angle isn’t quite right, the lighting is too harsh, or the photo is blurry. Any suggestions?
Here are some lucky shots I did get:
Here are some lucky shots I did get:
Jun 10, 2019 23:23:26 #
Shoot in the shade, use off camera flash. Set your ambient exposure (-1 stop) & adjust flash accordingly using loop lighting with a modifier. The swing image is picking up a great deal of ambient green from the background and throwing it into face and hair. Whenever possible use a white reflector in front of your subject to reduce the green bounce. Also set your white balance.
Jun 10, 2019 23:42:14 #
Strodav
Loc: Houston, Tx
Same with my grandkids. I bribe them for more formal sessions, but mostly I go for candid shots with a 70-200mm f/2.8 in order not to crowd them. I mostly shoot natural light as our houses here in Tx have lots of big windows, maybe with a fill flash. I sometimes use an 85mm f/1.8 when the light is starting to fade.
Jun 11, 2019 01:57:05 #
Jun 11, 2019 08:45:15 #
Grandkids?, bribery always works, Ice Cream usually, get a confined play area for them and set up where you can see but are out of the way, that gets harder as they get bigger, have fun, tire them out and they don't run as fast, YMMV & VBG,
Jun 11, 2019 08:49:30 #
Any suggestions? like Designdweeb said... offer recompense... until you become one with your craft then you may be able to do creative testing with agency models...
Modeling is silent acting are requires a considerable skill set...
I have found that ballerinas are fabulous to work with and constantly push my skills over the top...
Also thespians seriously need good head-shots...
How to learn your craft? YouTube is a stellar resource and infinitely better than UHH...
Hope this helps laylatakesphotos
Wishing you all the best on your journey...
Modeling is silent acting are requires a considerable skill set...
I have found that ballerinas are fabulous to work with and constantly push my skills over the top...
Also thespians seriously need good head-shots...
How to learn your craft? YouTube is a stellar resource and infinitely better than UHH...
Hope this helps laylatakesphotos
Wishing you all the best on your journey...
Jun 11, 2019 09:02:09 #
Because your main subjects are not cooperative is there anything that you could do that will be convincing to them? If not you are confined to snapshots. You cannot plan snapshots so a great majority of your images will not be acceptable.
The best results come when using a cooperative subject because you can plan the posing, select the background and look for the best lighting.
The best results come when using a cooperative subject because you can plan the posing, select the background and look for the best lighting.
Jun 11, 2019 09:36:46 #
camerapapi wrote:
Because your main subjects are not cooperative is there anything that you could do that will be convincing to them? If not you are confined to snapshots. You cannot plan snapshots so a great majority of your images will not be acceptable.
The best results come when using a cooperative subject because you can plan the posing, select the background and look for the best lighting.
The best results come when using a cooperative subject because you can plan the posing, select the background and look for the best lighting.
try shooting with more then one shot. people seem to relax after they hear the camera shutter.
Jun 11, 2019 10:37:01 #
Many little girls like to dress up and model. Have you tried that approach as a sort of game perhaps? It would make some beautiful and fun shots and create a good memory. Also, the bribery that was suggested might also work.
Jun 11, 2019 11:12:30 #
philo wrote:
try shooting with more then one shot. people seem to relax after they hear the camera shutter.
I shoot a lot of performances where nobody posses for camera shots. My best advise for you is to find a spot where the light seems decent on your subject and shoot in burst mode (selector position CH on Nikon cameras). I will often come home with hundreds of photos but there may be only 10 or so that I select to work on. Really, the hardest part is picking out the top 10.
Jun 11, 2019 12:40:34 #
mkting1
Loc: Phoenix, Az
I have hyper Grandchildren! This will sound nuts, but my 'keep' rate is higher after I read Steve Perry's ebook on Wildlife Photography....and no, one does not need a 600mm lens mounted on a gimble! Just his techniques. I promise you...you will be a happy pixel hunter! Buy it, you'll love it...
Jun 11, 2019 14:26:43 #
Grands!! What a joy and challange.
I also do Silly Sessions. Ask them to give me their silly faces funny faces. Then pretty faces, serious faces then more silly etc back and forth. Works most of the time. Get/try them together they like goofing off with each otrher. Then serious, try to seperate them and get each seperate. they dont want the other to have a better serious pic than them.
Its work but its fun.
I also do Silly Sessions. Ask them to give me their silly faces funny faces. Then pretty faces, serious faces then more silly etc back and forth. Works most of the time. Get/try them together they like goofing off with each otrher. Then serious, try to seperate them and get each seperate. they dont want the other to have a better serious pic than them.
Its work but its fun.
Jun 11, 2019 16:36:25 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
laylatakesphotos wrote:
...Any suggestions?
Take lots and lots of shots.... that increases the odds you'll get a few good ones.
Use fast focusing cameras and lenses.... For example, I shoot a lot of sports and the Canon cameras and lenses I use for that are among their fastest focusing.
Pre-plan whatever you can... such as setting up exposure parameters, even manually prefocusing lenses to close to the distance you expect (if your lens has a distance scale).
For kids, and other fast, erratic moving subjects, I use zooms a lot. At least initially, until I'm sure I've got a good selection of images "in the can". Only then I might switch to specialty lenses such as large aperture primes where I can control depth of field for some additional drama, etc.
With kids they can often be "resistant" at first, but settle down and even start to ignore you after a little while.
A lot of the time I just "interact" for a while with subjects, be they kids or wildlife or pets or whatever.... not trying to get a shot or even raising my camera until things have settled down a bit.
Jun 11, 2019 22:19:08 #
Amadeus
Loc: New York
I shoot my grand kids using a 3 fps burst. I take a lot of pics and hope to get lucky. I think I got lucky with this one. It was shot at 130mm 1/250th of a sec and f4.5. She was actually on her bike riding up and down the street.
Jun 11, 2019 22:25:42 #
Engage them in your latest “project” ask for their ideas...BTW, the call me Mamarazzi because my camera is never far away...
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