This is my first time doing portraits on a planned trip. I've taken spontaneous portraits of family members before, but never did a planned trip where I tried to get people to pose a bit. It's actually a lot harder than I thought... This is part 2 of my weekend shooting (part 1 was the eclipse). I got 2 more groups to post of portraits with different groups as well.


DA* 16-50mm @ 36mm 1/45sec F/9.5 800iso


DA* 16-50mm @ 31mm 1/180sec F/2.8 400iso


DA 10-17mm @ 10mm 1/60sec F/8.0 400iso


DA 10-17mm @ 10mm 1/20sec F/8.0 400iso


M 200 1/250sec F/5.6 800iso


M 200 1/350sec F/5.6 800iso


M 200 1/250sec F/5.6 800iso


M 50 1.7 1/8000sec F/1.7 400iso


M 50 1.7 1/3000 F/1.7 400iso


My biggest mistake was forgetting to switch my camera from remote release mode back to hi-drive mode (where I usually keep it). I didn't realize the shake reduction got turned off when you did that. Ruined about 70% of my photos. Thank god I wasn't getting paid to do this.

I love shooting the M50 wide open to get that bokeh!

[Ash]

Good test run.
Next stage is to work on framing more aesthetically and creatively, as well as getting their poses right.

[Wired]

yea, its obviously beginners work.

I thought the fisheye shots were creative. But I really have no idea how to do poses properly. I believe some hands on direction would be needed here. Or a workshop, or something.

Considering I'm 100% self taught through books and forums, I'm happy with what I did here.