Second time I've tried my hand at portraits

[weezerisrock]

UPDATE: more photos on the second page.

Last time I took shots of my sister, this time I took shots of a girl I used to work with. The hardest part was going up to her and saying, "So, uh, you mind if I take pictures of you sometime?" Never know how to start those conversations. Took the shots Wednesday evening, here are the first two I worked on. I'll have more but just thought I'd share.

I go tonite to do my third photo session with another friend (an ex actually) and we'll see how those go. I'm hoping after I'm done with her I'll feel confident enough to start advertising myself locally to do some senior portraits.

[Daytonj6]

hmmmmm....
Weezer is AMAZING

[leonaashlee]

I really like the first shot...but both are good. Nice work

[weezerisrock]

Thanks guys, I just finished these two last night, I'm sure I'll have a couple more to show soon.

[beachcomber]

Good pair of pictures weezerisrock, especially the first one.
Nice natural light, your friend has beautiful eyes, you really must take more pictures of this young lady, nice job

beach

[sheldonc]

good portraits - prefer the 1st but just because I always like to see the eyes

[kirbinster]

Good shots, but you need to pay better attention to the background -- it detracts from the picture.

[windrider86]

I too am partial to the first one. She certainly is photogenic

[weezerisrock]

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Good pair of pictures weezerisrock, especially the first one.
Nice natural light, your friend has beautiful eyes, you really must take more pictures of this young lady, nice job

beach

Thanks Beach! I still have another 40 or so shots to process. I'm gonna try to do a few and post some more tonite.

good portraits - prefer the 1st but just because I always like to see the eyes

Yeah me too We took only about 4 shots with the sunglasses on cause she asked. But I gotta admit post is even easier when you don't have to worry about the eyes lol.

Good shots, but you need to pay better attention to the background -- it detracts from the picture.

Thank you, I'll try to keep that in mind. Every time I have taken a portrait I've gone back to the computer and found something I should have looked for the first go around I think you may like some of the ones I'll post in a bit, they have much less busy backgrounds.

I too am partial to the first one. She certainly is photogenic

Thanks! yeah she kept asking me what should I do, to which I kept replying, you're doing great!

[BrentGambrell]

Originally Posted by weezerisrock

Thanks! yeah she kept asking me what should I do, to which I kept replying, you're doing great!

That's a great way of making a client feel vulnerable. It's happened to me before. I had such a happy person pose for me in a conceptual shoot and I hardly told them to do anything, because.. I just didn't think of anything..and their mood completely changed. They hardly wanted to smile and they lost track a lot.

I was reading on the DPS portrait tips that, if you have your client lean in more towards you, but kept the head leveled, it would give a nice perspective to the photo. It's all about reading, watching, learning, and eventually knowing.

I regretted ever booking a shoot without knowing proper poses for the location/client. Although, they were learning experiences and you do grow and learn from it.


I prefer the first photo, besides the annoying background.