Portraiture(the basics)

Portrait - Photography• Why? / Where? /

When? / Who?• Basic equipment• 3 Classic views of the

face• 4 Classic lighting

techniques• Software (that I use)

• Additional equipment

Is portrait photography for me?• Why?

– You control everything!• When?

– As often as I can (work etc)– I’m currently aiming for one shoot a month

• Where?– Almost anywhere.

• Who?– Friends, Family etc– Models (websites)

GumtreeModelmayhem.comPurestorm.com

Basics

• 85mm Lens or equivalent depending upon crop factor of your sensor. – 50mm x 1.6 (crop factor) = 80mm

Full Frame sensor50mm 200mm

Basics

• 85mm Lens or equivalent depending upon crop factor of sensor. 50mm +

• Simple Background• No flowers growing out of peoples heads etc• Or blur it using depth of field and zoom length

• Flash or not?• Window light• Desklamp etc

• Focus point• The eye nearest the camera

“it is the highlight next to a shadow, that gives a photograph

depth”-David A. Ziser

Classic Views of the Face

TIME FOR LIVEVIEW

(please look at hand outs, and follow along)

Software

• Photoshop Elements!!!– (I only bought CS6 in May and Lightroom 4 in March)– Liquify Tool

• Digital Portrait Professional - £29.99– Portraitprofessional.com– Easy to over cook photos, take it easy on the sliders!!

Additional Equipment

• You don’t need studio lights!– A torch will work too.

• Reflectors – ebay

• Got a Flash gun?

Additional Equipment

• You don’t need studio lights!– A torch will work too.

• Reflectors – ebay

• Got a Flash gun? – Endless possibilities…

• Get it off camera• Umbrellas• Grids, Snoods, softboxesAll for the next talk - on & off camera flash, in Nov?

The End…

Questions??