People Don't Smile

jbuck92 · 01-24-2012, 02:51 PM

This is x-posted in the Post your Photos section with another thread I started, but I thought I'd post this one here for a bit of critique. I want to start doing portraits more often and was looking for a bit of guidance on them. Any suggestions? This wasn't a posed model. It's my girlfriends little brother, actually, and I just said "Hey, Alec!" and he looked up as I took the picture. Definitely a candid shot. But other than posing (although I'm not opposed to hearing suggestions on different poses and whatnot), any suggestions? Lighting? ISO/shutter/aperture? Composition? PP?

I decided to go with B&W since the object on his right was bright red and sort of distracting, and there wasn't all that much color variance to the picture.

SpecialK · 01-24-2012, 03:50 PM

It's pretty good as a hey-shoot :-) It is kind of pointless to try and critique it as a portrait, though, as there was really no attempt to make it one (pose, lighting, hair, clothes, etc).

At one time "portrait" meant a sort of controlled, stylized shot.

jbuck92 · 01-24-2012, 03:58 PM

Ah ok thanks! I had no idea that's what a "portrait" is defined as.

01-24-2012, 02:51 PM	#1
jbuck92 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 381	Don't Smile Lens: 18-55mm DA-L Camera: K-r ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/90s Aperture: F5.6 This is x-posted in the Post your Photos section with another thread I started, but I thought I'd post this one here for a bit of critique. I want to start doing portraits more often and was looking for a bit of guidance on them. Any suggestions? This wasn't a posed model. It's my girlfriends little brother, actually, and I just said "Hey, Alec!" and he looked up as I took the picture. Definitely a candid shot. But other than posing (although I'm not opposed to hearing suggestions on different poses and whatnot), any suggestions? Lighting? ISO/shutter/aperture? Composition? PP? I decided to go with B&W since the object on his right was bright red and sort of distracting, and there wasn't all that much color variance to the picture.

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01-24-2012, 03:50 PM	#2
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,481	It's pretty good as a hey-shoot :-) It is kind of pointless to try and critique it as a portrait, though, as there was really no attempt to make it one (pose, lighting, hair, clothes, etc). At one time "portrait" meant a sort of controlled, stylized shot.

01-24-2012, 03:58 PM	#3
jbuck92 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 381 Original Poster	Ah ok thanks! I had no idea that's what a "portrait" is defined as.