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Portraiture(the basics)
Portrait - Photography• Why? / Where? /
When? / Who?• Basic equipment• 3 Classic views of the
face• 4 Classic lighting
techniques• Software (that I use)
• Additional equipment
Is portrait photography for me?• Why?
– You control everything!• When?
– As often as I can (work etc)– I’m currently aiming for one shoot a month
• Where?– Almost anywhere.
• Who?– Friends, Family etc– Models (websites)
GumtreeModelmayhem.comPurestorm.com
Basics
• 85mm Lens or equivalent depending upon crop factor of your sensor. – 50mm x 1.6 (crop factor) = 80mm
Full Frame sensor50mm 200mm
Basics
• 85mm Lens or equivalent depending upon crop factor of sensor. 50mm +
• Simple Background• No flowers growing out of peoples heads etc• Or blur it using depth of field and zoom length
• Flash or not?• Window light• Desklamp etc
• Focus point• The eye nearest the camera
“it is the highlight next to a shadow, that gives a photograph
depth”-David A. Ziser
Classic Views of the Face
TIME FOR LIVEVIEW
(please look at hand outs, and follow along)
Software
• Photoshop Elements!!!– (I only bought CS6 in May and Lightroom 4 in March)– Liquify Tool
• Digital Portrait Professional - £29.99– Portraitprofessional.com– Easy to over cook photos, take it easy on the sliders!!
Additional Equipment
• You don’t need studio lights!– A torch will work too.
• Reflectors – ebay
• Got a Flash gun?
Additional Equipment
• You don’t need studio lights!– A torch will work too.
• Reflectors – ebay
• Got a Flash gun? – Endless possibilities…
• Get it off camera• Umbrellas• Grids, Snoods, softboxesAll for the next talk - on & off camera flash, in Nov?
The End…
Questions??