Follow up to Help with Portrait Lens and Thanks for the Help
Apr 28, 2020 22:13:03 #
After all your advice and suggestions I did the first porch portraits tonight. I was scared to death but ended up having a ball. I used canon the 80d with 18-135 1/200 f 5.6, had 50 mm on T4i but didn’t use it. I see several mistakes (most notably I guess my reflection in the glass door, Mom & Dad’s heads on same level, cutting off feet and forgot to take iso off auto) but otherwise I’m relatively happy and now looking forward to the next one.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🥰
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🥰
Apr 28, 2020 22:34:03 #
Apr 28, 2020 22:40:02 #
Love the last one!
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
Apr 28, 2020 23:08:17 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Love the last one!
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
I’m an army brat, met my hubby while working at a hospital in Trenton Ontario and we moved here in ‘94 to escape Bob Rae and socialized medicine.
Thanks again for your help.
Apr 28, 2020 23:13:08 #
Apr 29, 2020 10:24:33 #
Fun shots and great expressions. A good deed and a job are well done!
Apr 29, 2020 10:40:01 #
Apr 29, 2020 10:44:13 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Fun shots and great expressions. A good deed and a job are well done!
Thanks, Ed and many thanks for your help! They were such a cute family! I sent them all 80 shots and Mom said they loved them! I asked if she thought they could do it again next week or the week after when more of the advice has sunk in and she said, “sure! Happy to be guinea pigs!”
Marg
Apr 29, 2020 10:47:43 #
jim quist wrote:
Looks like everyone had a good time
It was fun, Jim! Thanks again for your help.
Marg
Apr 29, 2020 11:53:01 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Love the last one!
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
Nice job.
(BTW: I’m an Air Force Brat born in St. John’s. How did you wind up in Alabama?)
I live in Montgomery, AL. There are two Air Force bases here. Lots of my neighbors are retirees.
Apr 29, 2020 17:11:09 #
Well done ✔... I hope you don't mind a quick critique though. Chopping off the feet (other than the group sitting down) really is not good portrait technique. Maybe I'm out of line here, but I was taught there are acceptable points that can take place when cropping/framing. Make sure also to keep the image level - a tripod will be your friend!
...Otherwise, this is an excellent project you have going on!!
Edit: my bad!! I see you already noted the problems. Sorry, I need to pay better attention!!
...Otherwise, this is an excellent project you have going on!!
Edit: my bad!! I see you already noted the problems. Sorry, I need to pay better attention!!
Apr 29, 2020 17:30:20 #
You have a great project going, I agree with the cutting off of the feet and my only other complaint is on the last one. I really dislike what I call the toilet seat pose.
Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis
Apr 29, 2020 17:44:49 #
yorkiebyte wrote:
Well done ✔... I hope you don't mind a quick criti... (show quote)
Hey yorkiebyte:
No worries! I appreciate the critique but am glad I had already noted the gaffs! Makes me think there’s hope for some better snaps in my future! 🤪
Marg
Apr 29, 2020 17:47:08 #
Rick Loomis wrote:
You have a great project going, I agree with the cutting off of the feet and my only other complaint is on the last one. I really dislike what I call the toilet seat pose.
Rick Loomis
Rick Loomis
Thanks, Rick. Is having Mom and Dad’s heads on the same plane what gives it that term? I agree the positioning is not good.
Marg
Apr 29, 2020 18:43:08 #
Marg wrote:
Hey yorkiebyte:
No worries! I appreciate the critique but am glad I had already noted the gaffs! Makes me think there’s hope for some better snaps in my future! 🤪
Marg
No worries! I appreciate the critique but am glad I had already noted the gaffs! Makes me think there’s hope for some better snaps in my future! 🤪
Marg
You are well ahead of the curve already!
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