Portrait Photography

[Daniel]

Portraiture tends to take up a lot of my time, what do you guys think about it? I don't know why I enjoy it, I think it's the social aspect of it. Many photographers tend to do shoots by themselves, but in portraiture you have a living subject. Oh well, here are a couple portraits I have taken. One is a self-portrait (I love my tripod), and the other was a friend a couple of months ago.

[kman]

these are really good. I love the second one how the subject is in focus and there is a nice blur in the background

[Daniel]

Yeah, that's called a "Bokeh" in Photography, a clean bokeh can go a loooong way in a portfolio.

[kman]

Yeah, that's called a "Bokeh" in Photography, a clean bokeh can go a loooong way in a portfolio.

yeah its great. how exactly do you do it?

[Daniel]

Yeah, that's called a "Bokeh" in Photography, a clean bokeh can go a loooong way in a portfolio.

yeah its great. how exactly do you do it?

It's all depth of field. There is a ring inside the lens that regulates the amount of light that enters the image sensor, if you change it, it effects the brightness as well as the amount of the photo that is "in focus" at a time.

[kman]

oh ok. what camera do you shoot with?

[Daniel]

oh ok. what camera do you shoot with?

Nikon D60, both pictures were taken with the kit lens (18-55mm).

[1995billy]

oh ok. what camera do you shoot with?

Nikon D60, both pictures were taken with the kit lens (18-55mm).

It almost Looks as if you used a flash on the second one, By the way the lighting is on the woman.

[Daniel]

oh ok. what camera do you shoot with?

Nikon D60, both pictures were taken with the kit lens (18-55mm).

It almost Looks as if you used a flash on the second one, By the way the lighting is on the woman.

Filling flash was needed on both, and used appropriately. If anything, the flash was slightly harsh on the second image, but that could easily b fixed in Photoshop. Both of these pictures are raw, unedited photos.