Maria

[JAS_Photo]

Available light portrait. This photo was taken in the NE corner of a large room with many large windows. The model was positioned diagonally to two of them and had a north window on her right and an east window on her left, hence the highlights in her eyes..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3664971404_2e9266d40d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jas_photos/3664971404/)

[joaoandreqff]

I like itm the lighting is good. I would just clone out one of the highlights from the eyes. But that's just a personal preference.

[jabber]

I think this would work better as a b&w, as the colors are not so interesting to begin with. The eye highlights are good, but there's perhaps a bit too much light hitting the model's face directly (making the image seem somewhat flat). Her expression is also a bit tentative rather than natural and relaxed. Hope that helps.

P.S. Love the Jack London quote, by the way.

[Marko]

I like this portrait but it is not sharp enough for me. Took a look at yr Exif data, that's the answer. 1/6 is way too slow for a portrait 99% of the time. 1/60 is my min unless the subject is lying down or leaning OR I have no other choice. Hope that helps - Marko

[JAS_Photo]

Thanks! Well back to the drawing board. I need an available light portrait, head and shoulders, but not direct sunlight streaming into a window for the course I am taking. Our main dining room will be closed for the summer soon and it has a nice windows on the north and east plus the walls are a faux marble finish. I just need to line up some victims. :) I have another lens that is a bit faster or my 35mm prime if it comes to that. I can pop the iso up to 800 if necessary so that should give me 2 stops of light right there. Plus I am (required) using a reflector board. So I guess it's just a matter of practice.

[MoinMoin]

I like this portrait and could live with its sharpness. For me there is too much light available in the face ;-) - it looks a bit very white.

[JAS_Photo]

Here is that portrait without the photoshop elements. All I did was add a border. When I exported it, it had the same colors as this but after loading to flickr I got the above result.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3670037935_3846a1b227.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jas_photos/3670037935/)

Check here: http://www.photography.ca/Forums/showthread.php?p=26439#post26439

[Marko]

Except for the sharpness, I actually liked the first portrait, and I prefer it over the second one (except the second portrait now has sharper eyes).

[JAS_Photo]

Lol, this is complicated, huh? Oh well, if things were too simple we would not learn from them. I am going to do some more portraits of her after Stampede. :)