This is JK from Saturday’s photo shoot. This young man said he doesn’t like to smile, so I felt priviledged and very lucky when I was able to get a laugh or smile out him. As we were shooting and talking, I asked him what he was going to do after he graduated and he’ll be going into the Marines in July. Luckily what he’ll be doing will require about a year and a half of schooling before he sees any active duty.
I learned a lot from this experience. One is that I need to get a bigger memory card. Two is that another camera body would be extremely nice to have so I wouldn’t have to fiddle with changing lenses as often. Three, start a bit later and work a bit faster. Four, bring water for both of us.
I also quickly learned that I needed an extra person to hold the reflector (his mother was sick and not able to come), so it was abandoned early in the shoot. It did put a nice glow back on him, but I couldn’t maneuver the reflector and handle the camera at the same time. If you remember, I said that I might try spray painting the flip side of the reflector with shiny gold paint, which I did do. It didn’t stick, though, and flaked off when I tried to fold up the reflector. The paint can directions said for an application like this to prime the surface first, and I do think that would have helped, although I wanted some of the silver to show through. I might go back to the store and take another look at the sun shades available. Although, I can just order a real one now to have in case there is a next time.
I’ve whittled down the 400 images to about 100, using a very critical eye. If there was any softness in the focus at all, it was flagged as a reject and deleted. I want to narrow down the remaining images even further to give them only the best. More images to come over the next few days, although there will probably be a break in between for other things.
very nice portait and it looks like you learned a lot! I think / supose you got a lot of god closer portaits as he has a interisting face especially with his freckles.
Greets,
Sebastain
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Nice portrait. Love the complimentary colors of his natural coloring and the landscape itself.
What a handsome young man!
Sounds like this was quite a learning process for you. That’s great! Looking forward to seeing more from this session.
what a joy to make other smile and capture it on “film”! i am sure you were smiling too.
i look forward to more shots!
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Glad you made him laugh! he has a nice smile! i’m sure it was a great experience for both of you!
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Great background information and image, Toni !
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I like how he is looking slightly off camera. Nice way to pose him and put him at ease with the shooting. Your experience with the reflector was very interesting. The mild colors look very good.
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This portrait came out nice! Sounds like you got alot of great experience from doing this.
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great portrait. i like the processing here to make the dark tones.
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Nice portrait! Great color/contrast-usage!
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Lovely portrait Toni. Very well composed and such a nice relaxed feel. Way to go!
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very nice image Toni. I don’t use reflectors at all; strictly natural light so I don’t have to worry so much about bringing an assistant. Yes, a very large memory card is essential with one or two as back up PLUS an extra battery too. Looks like you got some really nice ones.