May Photo Project: Portraits

[masdog]

Frying tonight ?
Don't ask me why the cat decided to 'help' with dinner !

Please be assured that NO animal was hurt in the taking of this image - it was ALL his idea ! - there was NO oil in the frying pan and the cooker ring was NOT tuned on !

LOL...I love this one. Cats sure have a way of doing crazy things.

[almo]

Random Fun Self Portrat



My name is Captain A. Luyckx, and I'm a member of SG-1 muwahahaha

Yeah right! SG-11 maybe...

[Alison]

Thank you so much Robert You DO know how many I have don't you?

Excellent portrait masdog. Groups aren't all that easy to do. You have done a fantastic job with exposure, colours and clarity. WTG!

[freedom1500]

[QUOTE=Alison][][SIZE="3"]Thank you so much Robert You DO know how many I have don't you?


At least two, maybe three? Am I close?
R

[Alison]

LOL! Nope...try 8.

7 girls 1 boy (ALL mine)!

It's difficult getting us altogether to have a family portrait done!

[freedom1500]

[SIZE="3" LOL! Nope...try 8.

7 girls 1 boy (ALL mine)!

It's difficult getting us altogether to have a family portrait done! [/SIZE]

Whaaa!!! Bless you. Wait till they're all married with kids... that'll be some family portrait. Hope you have a wide angle lens?
R

[Alison]

My baby boy is 2 today!
So I thought I would post a couple of him.
Happy Birthday Wesley!

#1. "Wesley" Canon EOS 350D, 50mm 1.8 lens, Manual Mode, F/5.00, SS 1/100, ISO 100, Bounced Flash
#2. "Nap Time" Canon EOS 350D, 50mm 1.8 lens, Manual Mode, F/2.00, SS 1/80, ISO 400, Bounced Flash

[poker]

#2. "Nap Time" Canon EOS 350D, 50mm 1.8 lens, Manual Mode, F/2.00, SS 1/80, ISO 400, Bounced Flash

I remember this shot. This is when he fell asleep on his toy box! I love this shot.

You have a big family. My hat's off to you. We have a 23 month old boy and he is a handful.

It must be a burden to be loved by so many....

[drg]

A couple of 'formal' portraits

Tucker and Lucky were being unusually cooperative.

[Alison]

Thank you Manacsa
Having lots of children has given me ALOT of practise in portraiture lol.
It's very tiring but very rewarding.
I took a few of my oldest daughter today but I haven't worked on them yet. Not that they need much work. The odd little rotate, spots removed that sort of thing...watch this space

[Alison]

Introducing my oldest daughter, Samantha.

#1. "Sam" ( Canon EOS 350D, Manual Mode, 50mm 1.8 lens, F6.3, SS 1/320, ISO 100 )
#2. "Bluebells" ( Canon EOS 350D, Manual Mode, 50mm 1.8 lens, F5.6, SS 1/160, ISO 100)

[shiladitya_p]

A tribal child at Purulia district, INDIA

[dbutler]

Shiladitya, do it again! The image didn't post.

Here are my children:

[Alison]

Awwww they are sooooo beautiful dbutler. Gorgeous photographs.

[biggy smalls]

Sorry about the quality, they are scans from prints I did years ago.

[SmartWombat]

I took this for the reflection...

[JamesV]

Here's one to add to the mix.

[Atheomerase]

Why not, I'll jump on in also...

[ladybugamanda]

May I play??? This is my daughter and one of my favorite subjects.

[Alison]

Here's one I took of Lisa, one of my 10 year old twin daughters, yesterday.
(I must get a twin shot taken).

EXIF INFO:
Canon EOS 350D
50mm 1.8 lens
Window light and an 11 watt ceiling bulb.
No flash or reflectors.
50mm 1.8 lens, Raw format, Manual mode, F/3.2, SS 1/30, ISO 400

[WillCAD]

(I must get a twin shot taken).

Couldn't you just kinda copy the shot of Lisa?

[freedom1500]

EXIF INFO:
Canon EOS 350D
50mm 1.8 lens
Window light and an 11 watt ceiling bulb.
No flash or reflectors.

Alison,
Some photographers spend thousands of dollars on studio lighting equipment with expensive light altering gadgets and don't even come close to achieving the quality of portrait you produce with window light and... a ceiling light bulb. That's amazing. Go girl!

[Alison]

WillCAD - lol. That's funny. But they do look slightly different. I would still love to get a twin shot.

freedom - wow! thank you so much. What a lovely compliment.
I have studio lights, but it's such a pain getting them out and putting them away all the time. Plus having Tungsten's with 2 babies running around isn't really safe.
I had my 430EX ready and waiting just in case I needed to use it, fortunately I didn't need to ;)
I prefer natural lighting to be honest.
I also have a backdrop stand but I clamped my black bg to a set of bunk beds for these shots lol.
You just have to make the best of what you have. I just show that it is possible to work with the minimum as long as you know what your doing ;)

That's another reason why I post my info. I feel it might help people learn that they don't need all the fancy shmancy equipment that they think they might need. (Like I did when I started shooting portraits).

[Alison]

#1 Lisa
EXIF INFO:
Window light. 11 watt ceiling bulb. No flash. No reflector.
50 mm 1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 400
SS 1/80
F/ 3.2
B&W diffused glow applied in Virtual Photographer

#2 Drama Student
EXIF INFO:
Window light. 11 watt ceiling bulb. Reflector. No flash.
50mm 1.8 lens
Manual Mode
SS 1/100
F/2.8
ISO 400

[Spec A!]

Wow there are some great portraits and subjects out there! Here's a few from what I have online of my daughter Maren:






And I love this one, even tho it's horrible photograph!