A year's worth of people
 

I used to avoid portraiture. Over the past year, I've been working on it. Here are some selections taken chronologically over the last 12 months or so. I find I tend to do head shots.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/...659f84aaf1.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/...d8d4376c74.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/...66f3592c21.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/...f174228b1d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/...0b7c9a9374.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/...b6758dfddb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/...eda87657cf.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/...e440c3f8e0.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/...e10789c790.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/...273186a6dc.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/...1c115fe617.jpg

What kind of lighting set up do you do to get the really great skin contrast in the B&W shots? (i.e. ISO, aperture, shutter, light source direction, type of light source, etc.)

they're all very beautiful. nice. keep doing them. :)

I'll have to check. I'm not following any sort of standard routine.

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Thank you. :)

well let me know next time you get a shot like that.. i'd love to try to replicate that level of texture

That level of texture isn't really "real". There's some post processing to heighten it.

LucisArt 3 Image Enhancement Software for Artists - Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements

hax! I kind of feel like you just told me Santa Claus isn't real.

I'm not sure how to break this to you, but...

Very nice!

Most excellent. I love looking at these.

What's your typical camera/lens setup?

I used to use a 50mm f/1.8 primarily for portraits, but there are a couple up there using an 18-200mm zoom. The last couple are using an 80-200mm f/2.8 lens.

IMHO, the 50mm works fairly well. Dollar for dollar, it's still the best lens I have. The 80-200mm is better, but it's a LOT more expensive.

Camera is a Nikon D300.

I get where you're coming from. I use a Lumix DMC-GH1 and while the box lens is fairly impressive compared to most, I find myself usually resorting my my $100 Canon 50mm f/1.8. It produces astonishing results at used VCR prices.

Very nice, I can see why people use those fast portrait lenses!