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Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on my site

Happy Easter

Jules
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Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
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Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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she is a beautiful model very good on camera good shots . However on my monitor it looks like its lacking a little colour. Needs more saturation +8-10 in PS CS

Great shots cheers

Doug T
 
I think you need to get closer, mostly I see background, I want to see more of your lovely daughter. (not in any purient way) but, IMHO portraits are all about the person.
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
--
Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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Well I have been drinking for the last few hours, (SNPA!) but I'll try and not be too crude anyway....

(and let me just start but saying... actually, no I won't say that. let's just say she looks great, and you've done a more than adequate job of making her look good)

1. I think this would look even better if you dropped her right hand a little. Right now, it runs very parallel to the top of the dress. Drop the wrist a little, make it look a little more casual, and show off more of the dress.

2. I think I had a two, but now I can't see the picture anymore. :(

Cheers,
Karl P
 
Liembo said:
A nice pose, but the lighting is a bit harsh. The shadow of her
hair on her left side is distracting.

Her skin tone is a bit light, perhaps a slightly different color
temperature setting (if you're processing RAW) or play with white
balance.

What light sources are you using?

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Hi Liembo

Thanks for your comments ,

My lighting is a Portaflash system which is a UK starter set , I used 2 white brollies here ,

I also have 2 softboxes and silver brollies ,

Appart from practice what lighting should I try ?

Thanks Jules

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doug tessler said:
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
--
Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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she is a beautiful model very good on camera good shots . However
on my monitor it looks like its lacking a little colour. Needs more
saturation +8-10 in PS CS

Great shots cheers

Doug T
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Thanks Doug

This is all about getting better for me , I will try your advise & keep you posted

Jules

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Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
snow4ever said:
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
--
Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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Hi Snowy

I agree with your ideas , I am at the monment trying to master my lighting and lenses , I will try your ideas later today & report

Thanks Jules
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Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
Karl Palsson said:
Well I have been drinking for the last few hours, (SNPA!) but I'll
try and not be too crude anyway....

(and let me just start but saying... actually, no I won't say that.
let's just say she looks great, and you've done a more than
adequate job of making her look good)

1. I think this would look even better if you dropped her right
hand a little. Right now, it runs very parallel to the top of the
dress. Drop the wrist a little, make it look a little more casual,
and show off more of the dress.

2. I think I had a two, but now I can't see the picture anymore. :(

Cheers,
Karl P
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Hi Karl

Thanks for your kind words

Kayleigh will be pleased you liked her, I will continue to try different poses & keep posting them here

Jules
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Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
Julian:

Hope you don't mind. I did a pass at what I think might be a nice target. Everyone has different taste, but here is the result of some editing in PS7, incorporating some comments from others:





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julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)
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Hi Julian,

Keep up the good work.

There are many ways to take good portraits and everyone has a different technique. However, I would make the following suggestions as a starting point.

Turn camera through 90 deg & shoot in portrait, not landscape.

Move model further away from the background to throw it out of focus and make it less fussy and distracting.

Model body is too square on to the camera. Try turning the body/shoulders about 30 to 45 deg to the camera, with just the head turned to face camera.

Move in closer to fill the frame. For head & shoulders use something like 80 to 100mm lens, and keep aperture fairly wide to minimise depth of field.

Your lighting was reasonable, possibly a little more frontal light to cut shadow areas a little bit. Normal starting point would be main frontal light just to one side of camera position and fill in at about 45 deg and around ¼ to 1/6 of light output of main light.

I only have a couple of mono portraits on my gallery at the moment, but look at http://www.pbase.com/image/27309919

Ken C

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Long live monochrome. What would Ansel Adams have produced with the 300D (or Rebel if you like).
 
Thanks for posting Jules, I've learned a lot from these subsequent suggestions. You have a beautiful model to test out your new studio with.

I have started to look for little a highlight in eyes in the photos (can't remember the term). I don't know how you might get that with her left eye with your equipment though. Blind her with fill flash from onboard flash? :-O

Nice portrait.
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
--
Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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Mark Williams
http://markwilliams.fotopic.net/ (Testing for 250MB Free)
 
stargeek said:
Thanks for posting Jules, I've learned a lot from these subsequent
suggestions. You have a beautiful model to test out your new
studio with.

I have started to look for little a highlight in eyes in the photos
(can't remember the term). I don't know how you might get that
with her left eye with your equipment though. Blind her with fill
flash from onboard flash? :-O
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Using a main frontal light should automatically give a highlight in both eyes. When using multiple lights you usually get multiple highlights. The extra ones need to be removed using your image editor. Is is normal just to leave the one from the main light.

Ken C

Long live monochrome. What would Ansel Adams have produced with the 300D (or Rebel if you like).
 
Julian, you might consider a key light to bring the subject out from the background a bit and add some life to her hair. Maybe mount one of the 'brollies up high if you don't want to buy another unit.
julian porter said:
Hi All

this is my first attempt with my new home studio

BE KIND :)



I as ever would appreciate your feedback there are several more on
my site

Happy Easter

Jules
--
Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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Julian, I see you are really into this DSLR stuff now. Well good for you. Glad to see you are going at it.

My own personal take on your pics is: WAY too much background and not enough girl...lose the chair, stick her on a stool, and the hands auto go into her lap. Turn her body 30 degrees and turn the head in.

As I said, my OWN taste, but ya know I am weird anyway.

BTW, me and a buddy hiked 2 hours to a waterall near Mt Rainier yesterday, scrambled 500 foot up a cliffside to get a good view but the lighting was poor and everything was a dull UK-Day gray. Total waste of time, but got a good work out all the same.

Regards

David Roberts

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Greetings from Mt. Rainier Country
 
Derob said:
Julian, I see you are really into this DSLR stuff now. Well good
for you. Glad to see you are going at it.

My own personal take on your pics is: WAY too much background and
not enough girl...lose the chair, stick her on a stool, and the
hands auto go into her lap. Turn her body 30 degrees and turn the
head in.

As I said, my OWN taste, but ya know I am weird anyway.

BTW, me and a buddy hiked 2 hours to a waterall near Mt Rainier
yesterday, scrambled 500 foot up a cliffside to get a good view but
the lighting was poor and everything was a dull UK-Day gray. Total
waste of time, but got a good work out all the same.

Regards

David Roberts

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Greetings from Mt. Rainier Country
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Thanks guys for your great advise , I am as we speak tweaking those images I took ytesterday and planing tomorows shoot

I apopreciate all your time and advice a great deal

Regards Your friend Jules
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Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
Derob said:
Julian, I see you are really into this DSLR stuff now. Well good
for you. Glad to see you are going at it.

My own personal take on your pics is: WAY too much background and
not enough girl...lose the chair, stick her on a stool, and the
hands auto go into her lap. Turn her body 30 degrees and turn the
head in.

As I said, my OWN taste, but ya know I am weird anyway.

BTW, me and a buddy hiked 2 hours to a waterall near Mt Rainier
yesterday, scrambled 500 foot up a cliffside to get a good view but
the lighting was poor and everything was a dull UK-Day gray. Total
waste of time, but got a good work out all the same.

Regards

David Roberts

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Greetings from Mt. Rainier Country
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Hi Dave

Glad to see your still lurking :)

Thanks for your coments , I am just about to plan my next shoot here in my new studio , Im having a great time playing around here and Sue is threataning to buy me a 1D ll after seeing me try one at a localk show last week :)

Roll on my birthday !!!!!

Jules
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Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

 
Oh God! A 1D. You will be uncontrollable then.

I have just got myself a fabulous deal with Dell (US) and have ordered a 10D, a 28-135 IS USM, Canon EX555 Speedlight, and a couple of Sandisk Ultras to get me going. They will take a week or so to get here, but good time they are a comin!

Going to Hawaii in a couple of weeks for a quick vaca as well, so they may be here in time, hopefully.

Did you go over to Florida again this year?

I guess I'll have to try and keep up with you now. Can you send your daughter over for a couple of weeks? Nah, didn't think so.

David
julian porter said:
Derob said:
Julian, I see you are really into this DSLR stuff now. Well good
for you. Glad to see you are going at it.

My own personal take on your pics is: WAY too much background and
not enough girl...lose the chair, stick her on a stool, and the
hands auto go into her lap. Turn her body 30 degrees and turn the
head in.

As I said, my OWN taste, but ya know I am weird anyway.

BTW, me and a buddy hiked 2 hours to a waterall near Mt Rainier
yesterday, scrambled 500 foot up a cliffside to get a good view but
the lighting was poor and everything was a dull UK-Day gray. Total
waste of time, but got a good work out all the same.

Regards

David Roberts

--
Greetings from Mt. Rainier Country
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Hi Dave

Glad to see your still lurking :)

Thanks for your coments , I am just about to plan my next shoot
here in my new studio , Im having a great time playing around here
and Sue is threataning to buy me a 1D ll after seeing me try one at
a localk show last week :)

Roll on my birthday !!!!!

Jules
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Please check out my site and if you have a comment please visit my
guestbook . http://www.julianporter.co.uk

Julian Porter Southampton UK
Sony P9 & 717 and Canon 300D

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Greetings from Mt. Rainier Country
 
Ken Clifford said:
Move model further away from the background to throw it out of
focus and make it less fussy and distracting.
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To get the background more out if focus you can also use a wider aperture.
 
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