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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > The Dorkroom > How to shoot people and make them like it: The Portrait Photography Thread!
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Try bouncing your flash in a sheet of paper to the side of the subject (so light doesn't spill too much onto your BG) and make sure you background's far away behind (so light falloff helps getting it as dark as possible).

# ¿ Sep 10, 2009 07:01
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# ¿ May 20, 2013 07:38
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Try this.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2009 10:43
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Toupee posted:

Ok flattering is the wrong word. Maybe just "pleasing to look at"?

Are those not portraits? If a character's the subject of a picture, then it's a portrait, isn't it?

# ¿ Sep 15, 2009 14:03
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Unnatural expressions work against 1 (cheese) and 3 (sad panda). You're losing quite a bit of face detail on 2, but I like it otherwise.
Might have been your intention, but you may want to pay attention to your level relative to the subject, and to what you're cropping.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2009 12:35
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 mcmadcow what's your flickr name?

# ¿ Oct 26, 2009 23:28
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Thanks, couldn't find it from inside the iphone app and assumed it was something else. Woops.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2009 11:44
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 I dunno if a lighting setup that dramatic really serves the subject. I mean it'd work deliciously on a palpatine kind of character, but an HR consultant?

# ¿ Nov 10, 2009 20:35
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Interrupting Moss posted:

e: and that depends on your perception of HR guys...
Hahaha yeah, ours are friendly
And about the light, if you're happy and your PE's happy...

# ¿ Nov 10, 2009 20:51
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

DJExile posted:

I had heard that f/1.8 is about the borderline on shooting people, and 1.4 is probably overkill. Can anyone set me straight on this?
DoF is distance-dependent. Play with a DoF calculator. You're looking at 85mm yes?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2009 16:02
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

McMadCow posted:

DoF is magnification dependent. The same subject magnified to the same size on the focal plane will be at the same DoF across all focal lengths.
Oh hey look, someone who actually knows what the gently caress is up. This explains a lot.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2009 00:23
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 You can't really do that on people with glasses.

Verman posted:

This is when you manual focus or ask him to lift his glasses to get a focus point.
'xactly. Sorry I wasn't clear 8-|

evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at Dec 8, 2009 around 22:03

# ¿ Dec 8, 2009 21:21
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 If it's you why not reshoot with the light dialed a wee bit down?

# ¿ Dec 18, 2009 08:57
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Yeah the gallery interface is hosed up something fierce.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2010 10:13
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 This hipster anti-ethos is just killing me.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2010 23:18
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 It looks like you've pushed the right side of her face too far (not much detail left, and the left side's bright enough, so I'd tune it down a notch). Also you've got pretty obvious exposure-adjustment halo's around the jacket.

This is really the kind of picture where bringing to some light along makes post 200% easier.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2010 15:17
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 In the US yes. You should really be thinking about copyright too.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2010 15:24
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Maybe he should be try to retain it was what I was hinting at.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2010 10:48
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Would be a tad more engaging if she were looking at you!

# ¿ Feb 6, 2010 13:50
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

oncearoundaltair posted:

"It's just a pity he was so shy. He was starting to come around when you were leaving."

What would coming around would be my open backhand in the general direction of his face. You don't promise loot to kids who misbehave, it's just encouragement.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2010 19:08
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

fronkpies posted:


Don't shoot girls you want to stay friends with in harsh sunlight. It works in the warm sun with sunglasses, but that's about it.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2010 09:51
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Tongsy posted:

How'd I do? I'm happy with the results, except for the glare on her glasses and the few small shadows
You're missing a stop of light or so. Also, you're kinda setting your own bear-trap by posing a white person in a black-as-night shirt close to a white background.

But the underexposure's the main thing.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2010 12:54
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

psylent posted:

When doing full length shots of people, I have this really terrible habit of cutting off their ankles. I don't know what the gently caress is wrong with me.

Am I alone here?
Used to do the same, started paying attention, now it's become an automatism to check I've got the shoes too when framing full body shots.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2010 13:13
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

dik-dik posted:

Well I've finally got some free time from work, so I can practice taking portraits! Sadly, however, there's no one around other than me, and occasionally my little brother, to practice on. Here's what I've got so far:


That's so deliciously awkward

# ¿ May 3, 2010 07:58
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Well, what do you have, and what can you get?

# ¿ May 25, 2010 13:31
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Hanpan posted:

18-55mm IS Lens which came with the 550D, apparently it's not terrible.
50mm f/1.4
Hopefully a 70-200mm f/4.0 by this weekend.
TsarAleksi already mentioned that, but with studio light you can tighten your apertures up to a point where even kit lenses look really good. You seem to have the whole range covered, so you'll be fine.

# ¿ May 25, 2010 20:28
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Yeah. F/8 tends to be cool though.

# ¿ May 25, 2010 21:53
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

AtomicManiac posted:


Is it me or are those highlights completely blown? (forehead, arms, nails, boobs, all on the light's side)

# ¿ Jun 28, 2010 22:01
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Not blowing them out in the first place would help (turn on the blinkies!), but yeah once it's done there's not much you can get out of them.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2010 22:31
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

torgeaux posted:

This is one of the better shots in the series.
I like it too, but the fact that my SO pulls the same face when she disagrees with me probably helps.
Good going especially on the first bunch, zombie

# ¿ Jun 30, 2010 15:17
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 She looks stoned

# ¿ Jul 9, 2010 21:05
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 It might be my laptop monitor but she looks pretty blue.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2010 08:54
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Gazmachine posted:


Give it another half stop, and pay attention to her posture.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2010 08:54
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Hop Pocket posted:

Easy livin'
Hahaha. I've done the same a couple of times, and it really takes about a minutes to dial everything the way you want (I use CLS, but wahtevs).

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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

Santa is strapped posted:

My friend, standing on the top floor of a parking lot. I was 'freelensing' it. I like the effect.

That's some pretty spot on focus for something free-lensed.

Glass Knuckles posted:

For some reason, I feel like my brain is trying to convince me that the buildings are distracting or something, but I think I actually like everything about the picture.
That's kinda how I feel about it. I want the buildigs to be straight, but it works this way and I'm not sure straight would be better.

evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at Sep 9, 2010 around 09:59

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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 A reflector would go a long way on these. Still I like them and your pops is a good model 8)

# ¿ Sep 18, 2010 15:20
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 I hate the cut feet but I love everything else about it.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2010 08:34
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 All guys and casual means IT.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2010 17:55
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Did you try other prints?

# ¿ Nov 17, 2010 00:00
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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003



 Have them step away from the backdrop so you can light it independently (and throw it OOF if you like).

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evil_bunnY
Apr 2, 2003

AtomicManiac posted:


Haha you're still cutting body parts. Also that second one is underexposed.

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