Tried my Hand at a few Portraits

SCguy · September 6, 2009

I'm trying to figure out if I have the potential to take a decently good portrait. I'm not really people-crazy, my idea of a good time is a photo walk taking landscapes alone, but landscapes don't pay (at least for me).

Here are a few I shot today, first time using my new CTR-301P's. Very impressed compared to the PT-04 triggers I had. No misfires at 30-35 feet, behind an umbrella, and almost dead batteries in my flash (AF200T).

Most shot with K10D, Pentax-M 100mm f/2.8 at f/4, or Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 at f/4.

The ball was the only way to get him to hold still, even then, I only had about 20-30 minutes.

50mm

100mm w/ his mom

Comments and criticism welcome,

RD

cwhite · September 6, 2009

A nice set of shots, especially the last photo, which captures the love between mother and son perfectly.

Minor issue - I'm not sure if it's my monitor, but there seems to be a bit of a green color cast to the photos. Shooting in a garden with a lot of green plants, you might need to correct for this.

Thanks for sharing a lovely set of photos. Nice work!!!

LightPlane Photo · September 7, 2009

I'd say you're there.

cr8ingwaves · September 7, 2009

Love the last one
the closeup is great.....but as a mom I would like to see the area around his lips cleaned up......just don't like seeing messy mouths and noses.

Kinkajou · September 7, 2009

Ha! #2 cracks me up! I'm with cr8ingwaves on the third one - I love the narrow DOF to focus on those big, big eyes, but I'd like to see it cleaned up a bit as well so that the focus stays on the eyes and doesn't drift down below them. The clone tool is your friend

A great start!