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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon

07/01/2007 02:41:04 PM · #1

I haven't had my usual model lately and got inspired to do some self portriats. I did these with the normal nikon d70 kit lense,
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but!!! there is a guy up here who has a Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lense which he is letting me borrow...im going crazy its so fun! so i shot this really quickly as well:
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Message edited by author 2008-12-21 21:42:44.

ShaneBlake

Nikon D7100

07/01/2007 03:51:53 PM · #2

very nice work...

me, i'm not much of a self portrait man, but i do like the sigma 30mm for them. it's just about the right field of view for doing portraits at arms length...

Message edited by author 2007-07-01 15:52:16.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/01/2007 04:17:32 PM · #3

Great job, Claire! Nothing wrong with a little SP-Mania.

07/01/2007 04:41:34 PM · #4

:-D

07/01/2007 11:22:58 PM · #5

here is another shot i took today with the wonderful lens :)

07/02/2007 04:15:46 PM · #6

p.s. ^^^ that is not me thats my friend melissa who was kind enough to model for me :)

07/02/2007 04:23:39 PM · #7

Originally posted by jclairemcphotos:

I haven't had my usual model lately and got inspired to do some self portriats.

I love it when sexy young ladies turn the camera on themselves. Nice work :-)

07/02/2007 04:46:00 PM · #8

hahaha, thanks, i hate modeling but im finally starting to get the patience necessary for self portraits, im hoping to start up a series themed "upsidedown" because im world has been turned all funky directions lately and i want to express that. im excited :)

07/02/2007 04:53:01 PM · #9

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by jclairemcphotos:
I haven't had my usual model lately and got inspired to do some self portriats.

I love it when sexy young ladies turn the camera on themselves. Nice work :-)

Leroy! You know what you have been told! Do you want the electrode treatment again?? Go and take a sunset shot, then relax in a bath of custard. Anymore of these comments and no more Cheese!!

07/02/2007 04:53:57 PM · #10

Originally posted by lovethelight:

here is another shot i took today with the wonderful lens :)

Wow! That is a stunning self portrait! :)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/02/2007 04:56:02 PM · #11

Originally posted by lovethelight:

p.s. ^^^ that is not me thats my friend melissa who was kind enough to model for me :)

HAHa sorry! Again...Stare isnt a self portrait. its just another portrait i did today with the lense my friend let me borrow...but if i was melissa i would definitely be doing more self portraits... her face is just BEGS to be photographed :)

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

07/02/2007 04:57:29 PM · #12

Leroy was only stating out loud what some of us were thinking :) I'd do more self-portraits if the subject matter was more aesthetically appealing, too...

Originally posted by formerlee:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by jclairemcphotos:
I haven't had my usual model lately and got inspired to do some self portriats.

I love it when sexy young ladies turn the camera on themselves. Nice work :-)

Leroy! You know what you have been told! Do you want the electrode treatment again?? Go and take a sunset shot, then relax in a bath of custard. Anymore of these comments and no more Cheese!!

07/02/2007 04:57:52 PM · #13

Originally posted by lovethelight:

Originally posted by lovethelight:
p.s. ^^^ that is not me thats my friend melissa who was kind enough to model for me :)

HAHa sorry! Again...Stare isnt a self portrait. its just another portrait i did today with the lense my friend let me borrow...but if i was melissa i would definitely be doing more self portraits... her face is just BEGS to be photographed :)

Okay :( It is a stunning portrait of somebody else who isn't you, which is why it is a portrait rather than a self protrait!

07/02/2007 04:58:29 PM · #14

Originally posted by formerlee:

Do you want the electrode treatment again?? Go and take a sunset shot, then relax in a bath of custard.

To make any of those things interesting would require a sexy young lady.

07/02/2007 04:58:44 PM · #15

edit to include quote:

Originally posted by formerlee:

Originally posted by lovethelight:

Originally posted by lovethelight:
p.s. ^^^ that is not me thats my friend melissa who was kind enough to model for me :)

HAHa sorry! Again...Stare isnt a self portrait. its just another portrait i did today with the lense my friend let me borrow...but if i was melissa i would definitely be doing more self portraits... her face is just BEGS to be photographed :)

Okay :( It is a stunning portrait of somebody else who isn't you, which is why it is a portrait rather than a self protrait!

because my roomate did makeup on her, not me, and holding a camera and 2 reflectors is kind of difficult to do by myself....maybe i will do a double take of that as a self portrait if it will make you happy :)

Message edited by author 2007-07-02 16:59:36.

07/02/2007 05:00:14 PM · #16

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by formerlee:

Do you want the electrode treatment again?? Go and take a sunset shot, then relax in a bath of custard.

To make any of those things interesting would require a sexy young lady.

Of course, I forgot in the US you only use a mere 110V, whereas in UK where we are real men, we use 240V...and boy does that smart!!

07/02/2007 05:01:16 PM · #17

lovethelight, I am easily pleased :)

07/02/2007 05:02:05 PM · #18

Originally posted by lovethelight:

and holding a camera and 2 reflectors is kind of difficult to do by myself....

get some cheap clamps and clamp them to things.

07/02/2007 05:02:32 PM · #19

Originally posted by formerlee:

lovethelight, I am easily pleased :)

huh?

Message edited by author 2007-07-02 17:02:51.

07/02/2007 05:03:47 PM · #20

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by lovethelight:
and holding a camera and 2 reflectors is kind of difficult to do by myself....

get some cheap clamps and clamp them to things.

hmm....i could do that...but that would involve getting clamps...and getting things to clamp clamps onto...i think i will just have melissa help me out....haha

07/02/2007 05:07:28 PM · #21

Originally posted by lovethelight:

i think i will just have melissa help me out....haha

That's just more fun anyway, huh? :-)

07/04/2007 04:14:25 PM · #22

here is a happier picture i did 2 days ago as i was attempting to copy "Stare" and it didint work because i didn't have the good lense and i was in a different location and yeah....i like being behind the camera...its easier...haha

07/05/2007 12:10:42 AM · #23

wow, thanks for the favs on the self portraits guys, it makes me happy :)

07/07/2007 12:46:02 AM · #24

here is another new one, comments/critiques appreciated :)