dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

I have been shooting portraits for years [family and individual]. I want to chat about my experience doing a headshots session in our studio today. The portraits I take capture the personality of a subject [and and/or family] - of course. There are components I consider at each sitting: Pose, Lighting, Composition, Camera/Lens settings and Backdrop. Today, the headshots taken in our studio were close-up portrait shots - that include the client's head and shoulders - my portraits focus on the eyes as the main focal point. I show cropping that is deliberate rather than accidental.

As mentioned I used two different cameras today [see images posted from my Hasselblad X1D II with 45mm F4 on tripod- and Sony a9 with Sigma 24-70mm hand held]. I did my best to color match in two different camera formats using Lightroom Classic [with a huge RAW image data sizes difference] - still a process where I am honing my skill.
Image 1 & 2 Hasselblad / Image 3 Sony]

Thoughts?

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

To me, the colors of the Hasselblad are much better than the Sony.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Interesting.
Of the two shots with the blue top, I like the Sony (#3) color more.
Just shows that everyone perceives color differently, eh?

(Which is why I don't try to match colors down to the angstrom. I know people don't see things how I see them....)

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Congratulations on lovely portraits of a beautiful woman. Well done.

Dennis

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Three actually looks more natural to me - but who am I to vote against Hasselblad

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Well Dave from what I see if the images were not placed side by side no one could really see a difference in the Colors.
All three images are great!!

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I think the Sony wins the contest of the blue dress photos. When I compare the pearls, hair framing the model’s face, and fabric of the dress, the Sony image is clearer and sharper IMHO.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

The skin tone in #1 and #3 look more natural to my eye. Number 2 appears a bit too yellow. I think the model’s dress color in #2 flatters her more than the blue dress does, although she’s a lovely lady in either color.

Stan

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Even though all three are great portrait shots, Greg, I like #1 the best, it looks more natural to me.

dhelix33 Loc: Live in Raleigh, NC - Grew up in Teaneck, NJ

Appreciate that people see and feel different about very similar images. Just to share - I inadvertently shot this at ISO 1600 on the Hasselblad did noise correct. Next time I may just do a headshot using both cameras within same exposure setting range. 😎