Assignment: "Portrait of a Person"

[Saralonde]

Last week was a portrait of ourselves, this week it's the portrait of another person. It can be a friend, loved one, or a complete stranger. Just make sure its NOT another self-portrait, a pet or animal, or an object.

My example is one I took this week of my daughter. Always nice to have someone around that is willing to pose for you!


As always, the rules...Please note the change in closing time.

1. Your image you submit should be taken between the 4th of March and the 18th of March. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition.

2. Your post must include "Assignment: Portrait of a Person" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above).

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) or here.

Next week let's start a look at color in images with the topic "Vivid". I want you to use 1 or more bright colors in your shot so that color is almost the subject of your picture. For example:

[Technical Tim]

Outside the date i know but i love this shot of my youngest daughter taken at New Year when we went out for a walk



Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S6500fd
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/280)
Aperture: f/3.7
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

[lisa]

Assignment: portrait of a person.

No more mum! So hard to get a pic of my 3 1/2 year old!



Exif: Seems since my pro account has run out i cant get exif off there, so this is from photoshop:
Taken on 9th march 2009
Camera: Nikon D200
F-stop: f/1.8
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO 200
Exposure bias: +5
Focal lenght: 50mm
Metering Mode: Spot
No flash

Is there anything else needed from the exif? Just let me know if there is!

[Mslanh01]

Here is my submission! Taken on my birthday!



Taken on
March 7, 2009 at 5.24am EST
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure: +0.76
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

[manel]

Can't decide on which pic to post. I've been sweating just like Jed below...





This was taken on a concert held last week.

Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 1000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off


Thanks,
Manel

[wulf]

Originally Posted by lisa

Exif: Seems since my pro account has run out i cant get exif off there, so this is from photoshop:
Taken on 9th march 2009
Camera: Nikon D200
F-stop: f/1.8
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO 200
Exposure bias: +5
Focal lenght: 50mm
Metering Mode: Spot
No flash

Is there anything else needed from the exif? Just let me know if there is!

That is plenty. The bits of data I include are camera, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length (including a note of which lens I used) and the date taken. If I used flash or any post processing, I'll note that too.

We don't need three pages showing every detail that the camera recorded about its internal settings. As a gentle reminder for those who do tend to go a little overboard, the procedure is copy, paste, EDIT and submit

Wulf

[frankjmart]

Basically, I seldom take potraits and this was chosen from the very few that I took. Luckily I got a friend who offered himself to be the model. Edited it a bit with CS3 to increase the impact. Hope you guys could say something about this potrait.

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On

File Size: 431 kB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 1603
Image Height: 2160
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
X-Resolution: 180 dpi
Y-Resolution: 180 dpi
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 (10.0x20061208 [20061208.beta.1251 02:00:00 cutoff; m branch]) Windows
Date and Time (Modified): 2009:03:06 23:03:23
YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2009:03:06 19:00:01+08:00
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:03:06 19:00:01

[lbaranyai973]

An old photo, I like it very much, but it is not for the assignment. It was made on a student conference and the professor was listening to the organizer. He is recognized in the field of his expertise (especially in food safety).

E-410 + Sigma 55-200 | F 4.3 | 1/20 s | 75 mm | ISO 400

[inquiries]

I chose to have the person I love most - my twin!



Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
Focal Length: 55.0 mm
ISO Speed: 220
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Taken on
March 7, 2009 at 12.23pm GST

[lisa]

Originally Posted by wulf

That is plenty. The bits of data I include are camera, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length (including a note of which lens I used) and the date taken. If I used flash or any post processing, I'll note that too.

We don't need three pages showing every detail that the camera recorded about its internal settings. As a gentle reminder for those who do tend to go a little overboard, the procedure is copy, paste, EDIT and submit

Wulf

Thanks, i normally add a bit like i have then a link to the full page on flickr but cant do that this time

Not sure which to stick with as i have this one too, will decide before end of the comp and sort it out!