One thing I've never been too big on is portrait photography. This week I took some pictures of my friend Will. I found it kind of challenging trying to find his best angles and getting good lighting. We didn't get too many we were crazy about and I'm going to have a second try at it.
I did get a few ones I liked though.
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I liked this one mainly because it was a good one of his eyes. I fixed up his completion a bit and lightened around his eyes. I messed with the color a tiny bit to give it a warmer look.
I cropped this one down a bit, fixed the levels and converted it to black and white. I also used liquefy to fix his hair.
I also took some portraits of my little brother with his bike for a school project he had to do
I just decided to have fun with this one. I lightened his face, fixed the levels, messed with unsharp mask, and increased the reds in the picture
While browsing through some pictures, I came across this photographer and I really like the style of their portraits they have taken
http://benoitpaille.deviantart.com/gallery/#portrait
Nice job trying something that you are not comforatble with. The only way that you are going to grow is to push yourself into trying new things.
ReplyDeleteThe bike photo- I really like the editing work that you did to it, the crop I am not a big fan of. Why did you crop off the front wheel? I think the image would be stronger with the inclusion of the front wheel. The background that you left in the crop is not doing a whole lot for me.
The postraits- I like these. Try shooting with a little flash as well. Shooting with flash can help fill in and lighten up the eyes-to really make the portrait pop.
You caould also try using a reflector to bounce in a little extra light. Try making one yourself- Google DIY Reflector- lots of tutorials out there on making your own relfector to help your images out.
The post is nice- good and relaxed, he looks comfortable. The background is simple- not distracting at all. Nice work, keep trying, keep looking at others' work as well.