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fnaqzna · 03-24-2010, 06:33 PM

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.

motdakasha · 03-28-2010, 06:36 AM

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.)

mixedmedia · 03-28-2010, 07:09 AM

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

fnaqzna · 03-28-2010, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by motdakasha

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.)

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

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Originally Posted by mixedmedia

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

Thank you.

motdakasha · 03-29-2010, 01:02 PM

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

fnaqzna · 03-29-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by motdakasha

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.

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motdakasha · 03-29-2010, 10:57 PM

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

fnaqzna · 04-03-2010, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by motdakasha

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...

forseti-6 · 04-10-2010, 11:06 AM

Very nice!

lionrock · 05-01-2010, 08:29 PM

Most excellent. I love looking at these.

RetroGunslinger · 06-15-2010, 09:41 PM

What's your typical camera/lens setup?

fnaqzna · 06-16-2010, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGunslinger

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.

RetroGunslinger · 06-16-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fnaqzna

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.

Radio Monk33 · 06-19-2010, 08:49 AM

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

03-24-2010, 06:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
fnaqzna Meat Popsicle Location: Left Coast	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.

03-28-2010, 06:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
motdakasha Hiya Puddin'! Miss me? Location: Silicon Valley, CA	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.) __________________ =^-^= motdakasha =^-^= Just Google It. BA Psychology & Photography (I'm not going psychoanalyze you nor will I let you cry on my shoulder. Have a nice day.)

03-28-2010, 07:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	they're all very beautiful. nice. keep doing them. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-29-2010, 01:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
motdakasha Hiya Puddin'! Miss me? Location: Silicon Valley, CA	well let me know next time you get a shot like that.. i'd love to try to replicate that level of texture __________________ =^-^= motdakasha =^-^= Just Google It. BA Psychology & Photography (I'm not going psychoanalyze you nor will I let you cry on my shoulder. Have a nice day.)

03-29-2010, 10:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
motdakasha Hiya Puddin'! Miss me? Location: Silicon Valley, CA	hax! I kind of feel like you just told me Santa Claus isn't real. __________________ =^-^= motdakasha =^-^= Just Google It. BA Psychology & Photography (I'm not going psychoanalyze you nor will I let you cry on my shoulder. Have a nice day.)

04-10-2010, 11:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
forseti-6 Existentialist Location: New York City	Very nice! __________________ "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

05-01-2010, 08:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
lionrock Insane	Most excellent. I love looking at these.

06-15-2010, 09:41 PM	#11 (permalink)
RetroGunslinger eats puppies and shits rainbows Location: An Area of Space Occupied by a Population, SC, USA	What's your typical camera/lens setup? __________________ It's a rare pleasure in this world to get your mind fucked. Usually it's just foreplay. M.B. Keene

06-19-2010, 08:49 AM	#14 (permalink)
Radio Monk33 Psycho	Very nice, I can see why people use those fast portrait lenses! __________________ "Punk rock had this cool, political personal message. It was a bit more cerebral than just stupid cock rock, you know" -Kurt Cobain