Senior Photos - Male

leebaseleebase Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
edited August 3, 2009 in People
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Trying to move away from weddings and into portraiture. This is my nephew.

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I was actually most worried about this most basic of shots. I didn't get asked for a "yearbook" shot until I got there. I don't do "studio shots" -- don't have backdrops or lights. Then I remembered the "kneeling, f1.8" trick.

Anything can become a background -- as the grass in the backyard did in this photo.

FYI - he has heavy acne and I used Portrait Professional 9 on the faces in these photos.

Lee

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  • InsuredDisasterInsuredDisaster Registered Users Posts: 1,132 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    Color car, I like it. Maybe slightly closer cropping? But I like his pose.

    The BW car shot, I'm not digging it. He's too far back for me.


    River shot as well, zoom in a bit. You can barely see his face. It might also be your border here.


    The bottom one, great "studio" shot I think. He really stands away from the grass. Maybe that's a bad thing , maybe not. I like it.


    If he does have heavy acne, then your PP is awesome. Seems natural to me.
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  • leebaseleebase Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    InsuredDisaster wrote:
    Color car, I like it. Maybe slightly closer cropping? But I like his pose.

    I thought of that -- particularly as there's not much of interest to the left. However, I didn't want his head to be any closer to the top of the frame.
    InsuredDisaster wrote:
    The BW car shot, I'm not digging it. He's too far back for me.

    I like to have a variety of looks. Some with him close and some not. What I like is him looking off into....what? One wonders.

    InsuredDisaster wrote:
    River shot as well, zoom in a bit. You can barely see his face. It might also be your border here.

    I just love the framing of the tree and the branches too much to crop this photo. I'm not even all that fond of the his posture or expression. But I love the lighting of the photo. I did take a different shot more to your suggestions.

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    Now in this one the flash failed so I a very dark subject. Having shot raw I processed one image optimized to the background and one optimized for him and then combined them. It's not perfect, but it's the best I could do.
    The bottom one, great "studio" shot I think. He really stands away from the grass. Maybe that's a bad thing , maybe not. I like it.

    I'd hope that folks wouldn't even notice that it's grass :)
    If he does have heavy acne, then your PP is awesome. Seems natural to me.

    Portrait Professional does a great job,

    Lee
  • InsuredDisasterInsuredDisaster Registered Users Posts: 1,132 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2009
    leebase wrote:





    I'd hope that folks wouldn't even notice that it's grass :)





    Lee

    I probably wouldnt have, but you did mention it.thumb.gif
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  • leebaseleebase Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    InsuredDisaster wrote:
    I probably wouldnt have, but you did mention it.thumb.gif

    I appreciate the time you gave to provide feedback.

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    I did another of the car shots, this one emphasizing his pride and joy.

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    Lee
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