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Portraits

Do you like to take portraits? I know I do and this is the place to post them. Lets include all the useful info on how the portrait was taken such as lighting, shutter speed, f/stop and any other metadata you can so that we can learn how to become better portrait photographers.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on May 6, 2008 at 6:12

Stunning! She has a very pure and innocent look. Nice choice of backgrounds Rike.

Permalink Reply by Rike on May 4, 2008 at 13:31

in times of greatest despair, photography was one of the things to deal with my emotions...

Selfportrait was taken with an Olympus Camedia C4000Z
1/10 sec
F2.8
ISO 100
65mm

cropped and then converted into b/w

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on May 6, 2008 at 6:14

This is a very strong and powerful image. I absolutely love the conversion and the framing. Excellent work!

Permalink Reply by Pat Moore on May 21, 2008 at 5:35

Makes one think...about the message of the hands...to protect one or to simply keep things out...

Permalink Reply by Pat Moore on May 21, 2008 at 5:37

ok Rike and Robert...I have not done portraits before...please give me a few pointers to just start and play with. I would love to be able to do this. I have capture a few...but not because of some great plan...So I'm listening. I do admire both of your talent and work in this area. Thanks, Pat

Permalink Reply by Gar Travis on March 17, 2009 at 16:23

I photograph at both Northern and Southern California Renaissance Faires and my images are used to promote the events. Here is a lovely image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from the Southern Faire captured in 2008.

Permalink Reply by Gar Travis on March 25, 2009 at 21:46

On a Sunday morning before opening to the public at the Northern California Renaissance Faire (Casa de Fruta, California) I captured this lovely young lass as she was preparing for the day.

Permalink Reply by Rike on March 25, 2009 at 22:00

wow, she's a beauty :-)
To me the hat is a little bit dominant - I'm not sure but maybe to crop the photo a little at the top would lead the focus more to her yes... what do you think?
regards - Rike

PS - please bear with my English, it's hard to explain photo stuff in a foreign language ;-)

PPS - sorry, posted my comment twice to the wrong picture...

Permalink Reply by Gar Travis on March 26, 2009 at 19:07

Rike,
While the cropping may be to your liking. I prefer to the show the regal aspects of the hat as it gives more significance to the face by its inclusion. Thank you for your feedback.

- Gar

Permalink Reply by Gar Travis on May 28, 2009 at 19:34

Here is another image of "Her Majesty" taken during the recently completed 2009 Southern California Renaissance Faire season. (05/10/09).