My attempt with portaits..the eyes have it
Jan 8, 2012 17:24:42 #
I have been reading about how when you take a portait you should zone in on the eyes. In other words the eyes should tell the story. A family friend is going through a rough time in her life right now and is hurting. I asked her to just look into the camera and think about how she felt. I believe that I captured her mood. What do you think?
Buddy 36
Buddy 36
I was at her level about four feet away
Jan 8, 2012 17:35:50 #
Well....the eyes are not sharp at all. Hard to tell it is a focus issue or camera shake.
Jan 8, 2012 20:04:22 #
CaptainC wrote:
Well....the eyes are not sharp at all. Hard to tell it is a focus issue or camera shake.
Thank you Captain.. I recall it being a focus thing. Took me a couple of times to get the better shot. My goal was to have her eyes tell the viewer that she was suffering. I still am not sure if I reached that goal or not? But I will keep on clicking until I get them right.
Buddy 36
this was an intended happy shot
Jan 8, 2012 20:49:49 #
BUDDY36 wrote:
Thank you Captain.. I recall it being a focus thing. Took me a couple of times to get the better shot. My goal was to have her eyes tell the viewer that she was suffering. I still am not sure if I reached that goal or not? But I will keep on clicking until I get them right.
Buddy 36
CaptainC wrote:
Well....the eyes are not sharp at all. Hard to tell it is a focus issue or camera shake.
Thank you Captain.. I recall it being a focus thing. Took me a couple of times to get the better shot. My goal was to have her eyes tell the viewer that she was suffering. I still am not sure if I reached that goal or not? But I will keep on clicking until I get them right.
Buddy 36
This second one is much better. You may have been closer than the lens can focus in that first one.
When you can - and it is not always easy to do - move your subject away from the background a bit to mitigate that reflection in the shiny door.
Jan 8, 2012 22:35:21 #
CaptainC wrote:
quote=BUDDY36 quote=CaptainC Well....the eyes ar... (show quote)
The background I knew would cause a problem I was not concerned about the back ground just the eyes at the time of the shot. **Buddy 36**
Jan 9, 2012 10:25:22 #
If you focused ON her eyes you would of had a great portrait,always try to get the eyes in focus.Especially since that was the subject you were trying to bring out.
Jan 9, 2012 12:41:04 #
photophly wrote:
If you focused ON her eyes you would of had a great portrait,always try to get the eyes in focus.Especially since that was the subject you were trying to bring out.
Thank you Photophly..for your comments. Apparenty I did not do as I had wanted to do. That makes sense to me now! Duh.
Buddy 36
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