Random portraits thread

[stigmundfreud]

just a few from tonight

[mikee boy]

4hero said:

Some candid stuff.

Who's this clown??? Stubble? No rank shown on 'Number 1' Dress Uniform? Obviously not real military and looks like he's been sitting on that hat.

[4hero]

Edinburgh festival Mikee

[stigmundfreud]

and for Andy here is the set up:



Due to the small nature of the room and if I bounced off the ceiling I'd get red wash what I did after this shot was to rotate the flash until I was satisfied. Eventually the best position was found with the flash to be pointing at the wall oposite from the bath and flooding back into the room.

Need to touch up the final images to filter out the reflection from my bloody IR trigger

[andy-xr]

Erm,,,you appear to have missed a couple of photos from that last set you know.



(thanks for the tips on lighting)

[paul26982]

Toastgirl said:

I have a few portraits of my colleague from last weekend:







Any advice or criticism?

now im loving that

[stigmundfreud]

andy-xr said:

Erm,,,you appear to have missed a couple of photos from that last set you know.



(thanks for the tips on lighting)

yeah I dont wanna get a perma-ban

[stigmundfreud]

paul26982 said:

Toastgirl said:

I have a few portraits of my colleague from last weekend:







Any advice or criticism?

now im loving that

definitely a great looking girl, toastgirl if that is you and you're ever near swindon would b good to hook up

[Toastgirl]

Mike, Andy and Paul, thanks for your responses! She’s a colleague of mine on the photos, unfortunately not me, but I’ll forward your comments to her.

[stigmundfreud]

Toastgirl said:

Mike, Andy and Paul, thanks for your responses! She’s a colleague of mine on the photos, unfortunately not me, but I’ll forward your comments to her.

well if ever you want to get in front of the camera too!!

[Bob_Defly]

My son (with food on his jumper) sitting in whilst I tested some lighting.

[Toastgirl]

stigmundfreud said:

well if ever you want to get in front of the camera too!!

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind...

[Jenx]

Yellabelly said:

A lady I know very well!

But probably not as well as you think

[pernod]

Just stumbled across this thread... good timing as just sorting out my travel portraits to see if I have enough for a complete series. Feedback Welcome!

[Toastgirl]

Started practicing...
Welcome any C+C

Edited by Toastgirl on Sunday 12th April 14:38

[Toastgirl]

pernod said:

Just stumbled across this thread... good timing as just sorting out my travel portraits to see if I have enough for a complete series. Feedback Welcome!

I love both portraits Pernod, probably the first one even more so! I like the way the guy looks at his dog and the dog is so cute!
Both pics great in B&W and they're very 'crisp & clean'!

[stigmundfreud]

Toastgirl said:

stigmundfreud said:

well if ever you want to get in front of the camera too!!

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind...

Good because I meant to email last night and say that of the two I much prefer your look, not keen on the processing stuff you add on but you have a good look.

[stigmundfreud]

Toastgirl said:

Started practicing...
Welcome any C+C

Edited by Toastgirl on Sunday 12th April 14:38

noticed last night you like to use natural light which is something I dont get to do too much. Like the look, keep it up!

[Toastgirl]

stigmundfreud said:

noticed last night you like to use natural light which is something I dont get to do too much. Like the look, keep it up!

Thanks Mike! If there is natural light available I try to make the most of it, but also I have only been owning a proper flash for a couple of weeks, so haven't got much practice using it. The other reason I didn't use a flash today was, because my batteries have ran out, so I definitely need to buy some rechargeable ones...

[john185k]

Loads of really nice shots, really like those last two Toastgirl

Something I don't do very often, but here are two of mine...