This year's crop

jmphotocraft

Been a while, hope you all are well. Here's my current crop of Senior Portraits for the class of 2018..

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4

Wiren

All very nice sir. Are you using a wireless flash gun on a pole to get catchlights in the eyes, or is that all sun? Love them all, especially the water shots. Noticing your DOF on #1... was that with f2? I see everything from his left ear over slightly oof as though you had a shallower dof than the other images...., I am betting all of these young gents are quite happy as they should be.

jmphotocraft

Thanks Lee! Wireless off-camera flash on 1 and 3, on-camera naked flash on 2 and 4. Apertures were f/3.2, f/5.6, f/6.3, f/5.6 with a Canon 70-200/2.8II on a 5DSR. In #4 he wanted the lighthouse on the shore to be noticeable as it is a local landmark. Also he is on the sailing team and behind him is the waterfront where they sail from. Kind of wish I had used f/8 on #3 to further define the many dinghies behind him, tied to the dock he is sitting on.

By the way, if you use Firefox, there is a neat plugin called Fxif that allows you to right click any image and view the Exif info, if present.

jmphotocraft

A couple more...

IMAGEMAX

Looks like you got it right, great and I'll bet they liked them! I would eliminate the I believe it is a tree to the picture right to the left of his head in the last one (just a suggestion, they are great as they are and you did a wonderful job)! And...you got them to smile! Larry

jmphotocraft

Thanks Larry (sorry for the delay). I see what you're saying about the tree, however that background is very recognizable to people in town, and it places the subject in context. Deleting the tree would be obvious.

Hackbone

First post are really great images. In the last two the sky kills it for me but we all have different tastes so that is ok.

anwmn1

1, 4, and the first of the 2nd batch are my preferences.
2 highlights seem a bit hot and the framing is in between a head shot and a portrait. Just feels strange for some reason.
3 the lighting and background in this feel like an in studio shot with a fake background. I also do not like the right hand in this one. I always have them hook their thumbs in a pocket or belt loop to prevent this.
Overall good stuff. I am sure your clients were happy.