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11/13/2007 02:13:57 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
Tim
You may want to carefully select the photos you want your potential clients to view...
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
I will probably go ahead and post here as well. My wife and I are just in the beginning steps of going semi pro. Our focus will be senior and family type portraits. |
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Fortunately my first client does not have internet access:
(From the recent Black and White Side Challenge) |
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11/13/2007 02:17:13 PM · #27 |
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11/13/2007 02:31:40 PM · #28 |
Is there something below Amateur ? Beginning amateur wanna-be, maybe ?
If so, count me in.
For your consideration : 30-day Portrait Folder
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11/13/2007 02:50:49 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by hopper:
category suggestion:
novice
amateur
advanced amateur
semi-pro
pro |
Great, got those in at the top now.
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11/13/2007 03:01:44 PM · #30 |
Sounds like a group for me! :D
As soon as I finish editing, I'll share a few from last weekends sessions.
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11/13/2007 03:02:59 PM · #31 |
Gah I wish I thought I was a pro! lol Even if it is what I do for a living now. :)
Here's my first submission!
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11/13/2007 03:20:22 PM · #32 |
Well.....I would consider myself a semi-pro......I have a full time job at something else.....part time at the portrait business. However, I am a wanna be full time PRO.
Message edited by author 2007-11-13 15:25:19. |
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11/13/2007 03:23:56 PM · #33 |
My first submission
One of my favorite models to photograph. |
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11/13/2007 03:32:14 PM · #34 |
 
 aimeethetoo and I are starting to do some portrait work for friends at church. These are from our first senior portrait shoot. The first one the family ordered a 16x20 of. It looks pretty sweet that big. The way we end up shooting is whoever has the camera takes the shot and whoever opens the image up at home gets to edit. We end up forgetting who took the shot and who edited the shot. At DPC we are competing against each other. For portrait sessions we are basically the same entity. |
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11/13/2007 03:42:08 PM · #35 |
I'd love to join. people portraits are my fotog of choice. I believe I fall under the advanced amateur category.
I really need a kick in the butt to carve out more time (read any time at this point) for my art.
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11/13/2007 04:29:46 PM · #36 |
I love portraiture... there's always something to learn and improve upon. Count me in.
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11/13/2007 05:00:58 PM · #37 |
| I would enjoy being part of this group. Portraits are my absolute favorite things to shoot. While I had a small, very part-time portrait business prior, since we've just moved cross country I haven't invested anytime into setting up shop in the new place. So I guess, I'd consider myself an advanced amateur for now since I don't shoot much at the moment, other then for my own pleasure. :) |
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11/13/2007 05:08:21 PM · #38 |
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A fun portrait shoot for the wedding I did Saturday. Basically the goal was a bride waiting on the alter for her approving (happy) groom.
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11/13/2007 07:17:37 PM · #39 |
Oh ohhhhh, I am IN!!!
I have a bunch that I haven't uploaded here yet... shot em week before last :)
Wedding Friday... going to be FUN!! :) |
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11/13/2007 08:48:45 PM · #40 |
Cool! Sign me up as an amateur (just starting out).
I really admire and have learned a lot from many of the folks already signed up (Cindi, David, Leroy, Jennifer, Tim, etc), so this should be really fun and good learning!
I'm an engineer and have never gone through any photo training, but I've learned a lot here. My natural tendency is toward tight crops, off-centered in a landscape orientation. I'd like to develop that and to branch out. =)
Here is some of my early stuff:
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I've recently purchased lights - a Strobist-type setup, and have really enjoyed exploring how they can be used for portraits:
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Technically that last one was with tungsten worklamps, but you get the idea. Yay light! =)
Definitely will be watching this thread.
Cheers!
-Jeff |
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11/13/2007 10:22:50 PM · #41 |
I really need to update my portfolio...haven't done that since I graduated!
here is our studio...
www.lumanimagery.com
edit to fix the link
Message edited by author 2007-11-13 22:41:01. |
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11/13/2007 11:45:22 PM · #42 |
Im interested. Its about all I shoot these days anyway
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11/14/2007 07:07:07 AM · #43 |
Portrait photography is my focus at the moment. Nothing pro. I'm an amateur, and just working on taking really nice portraits of family and friends, instead of the usual snapshots. I have some really nice portraits that I've just entered into a competition, and I'll certainly be working on more for DPC challenges, so I can't post them yet.
Equipment wise, I've got a basic one-light setup with 550EX, and a radio trigger. I've built myself a $15 softbox last week, which is just AWESOME for portraits, and really easy to setup/packup.
I like portraits that have something more, that says something about the person. I guess I lean more toward environmental portraits. A beautiful or meaningful place, or a prop, or something to make a portrait something more than a well-lit mug-shot. :)
Anyway, I'll be keeping an eye on this thread!
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11/14/2007 07:27:16 AM · #44 |
Originally posted by surfdabbler:
Equipment wise, I've got a basic one-light setup with 550EX, and a radio trigger. I've built myself a $15 softbox last week, which is just AWESOME for portraits, and really easy to setup/packup. |
I would be interested in seeing pics and a recipe for your softbox. |
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11/14/2007 07:30:13 AM · #45 |
And I am going to post some of my wifes images here too as she puts them in her folders.
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11/14/2007 11:18:30 AM · #46 |
Thought I might post a response I made to a comment recieved on one of my images from this thread. Might help someone - who knows.
Comment by smurfguy:
Nice, Tim. Is the background lit with a light, or does the vignette produce the effect?
Comment by timfythetoo:
This was our first proper single person portrait shoot. We did these indoor shots at their home with our 420ex bounced off an umbrella for the main light but also with a flood bulb in a desk lamp as the back light. What this gave us were a combination of light and colors that couldnt be fixed proper with a simple white balance selection. We had this funky orange cast on the background that was hard to eliminate. You can actually still see some of it around her body.
The vignette is overall added afterwards in Lightroom. We tried to get it in camera but did not succeed with that light setup. Pretty much all of the images that we finished editing for her had some sort of vignette added as the last element. Lightroom has an excellent vignette tool.
This shoot taught us a number of things. Even though our flash was technically off camera we were still attached to it by a 2ft cord - solution is we now own a 580ex to act as the master. At some point we will pick up a vivitar to use as a backdrop light. We also learned that we can not count on a bare wall to be a good backdrop - so right now we are in the market for a black and a white muslin plus a portable backdrop stand so that we can easily shoot in other peoples homes if need be. And finally we learned that our Sigma 18-125 lens was not so hot for portraits - we purchased the Tamron 28-75 2.8 as a replacement and boy oh boy what a right decision that was. |
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11/14/2007 12:34:03 PM · #47 |
I think I had better sign up as an amateur. Possibly even an amateur amateur :- )
My wife has just surprised me with a Bowens 'Studio in a Box' set for my Birthday. I currently looking at it with a mix of trepidation and excitement :- )
I am going to have to learn how to use it though, so any Lighting and positioning hints and tips would be most welcome.
So far my only portraits have been natural light and home made reflector.
Indoors
 
Outdoors
 
What I really need to learn is how to use artificial light - doubly so with winter already here :- )
Thanks
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11/14/2007 12:38:39 PM · #48 |
| Hi, count me in as an amateur. Despite my innate shyness and intention to stay out of this area, I keep getting asked to do portrait shoots. It's time to get better at this stuff.... |
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11/14/2007 12:42:04 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
Comment by timfythetoo:
This was our first proper single person portrait shoot. We did these indoor shots at their home with our 420ex bounced off an umbrella for the main light but also with a flood bulb in a desk lamp as the back light. What this gave us were a combination of light and colors that couldnt be fixed proper with a simple white balance selection. We had this funky orange cast on the background that was hard to eliminate. You can actually still see some of it around her body.
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In this case, you'd be mixing a daylight balanced light source (the 420ex) and a tungsten light source (the desk lamp) The tungsten is a whole lot warmer than the 420ex light - hence the orange cast. You can fix that in a couple of simple ways:
1/ use all the same light sources
2/ change the temp of one of the light sources
- the typical, easy way to do it would be to use a CTO gel on the 420ex to warm it up as well, then just white balance for tungsten. The gels are cheap (a few cents for a 420ex, a dollar or two for a 8x10 sheet)
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
The vignette is overall added afterwards in Lightroom. We tried to get it in camera but did not succeed with that light setup. Pretty much all of the images that we finished editing for her had some sort of vignette added as the last element. Lightroom has an excellent vignette tool. |
You can do that more easily with a focusable light source, like the flash. Off camera, you adjust the zoom to adjust the vignette amount. On top of that, you could play with light source distance to control the fall-off, snooting the light to further focus it, using a grid, etc. Plenty of good ways to go to change the background. Probably more interesting even that that would be shooting through some sort of cookie to get a texture and also gel-ing the light source to get a variety of backgrounds.
A rather tacky example of all three points would be this:
White wall behind me, but a red gel on the flash. Focused to give the vignette, shooting with a cookie between the light and the wall to create the shadow. This is a very literal example though, you can do a lot more with subtle application.
Similar background in this case - a white wall, vignette created with the light focus and a grid, with a blue gel.
Message edited by author 2007-11-14 12:46:53. |
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11/14/2007 12:46:47 PM · #50 |
| I'm in the "I have absolutely no idea" group, but I'd really like to learn about portraiture. I would REALLY like to learn about it. Could you put me in the "knows nothing" list please? |
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