Not sure if you guys will be up for this, but I thought it might be a fun thing to do once a week. We're photo bloggin'...


My husband won a guitar this week! So, he wanted some "arty" shots of him with it to show his friends. Now before I show you anything, I'll give you my excuses first

As always, lighting and I have issues, it is my major bug bear. I wish I could justify the expense of a backdrop, frame and lights (as well as have the space to keep them). Maybe it's time to google up ways to do this on the cheap. Anyway, I muddled though with my flash set to bounce the light as best it can. My house is dark, very dark, I did try a few without the flash but they were blurry I upped my iso to get that nice arty grainy look (as well as brighten the shots) and I did some HEAVY post processing in Lightroom. I'm not sure how I feel about them, this is my first real attempt at this kind of shot, so crits would be awesome.

http://www.achilles-shield.net/photo/?level=album&id=23

Thanks


So what did you do this week?

 

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I really like them Shal, you seem to have a natural gift for poses. 3,4 and 5 are the best IMO.
And Shal, you don't need a expensive set up.(until you can afford it)
All the portrait "art" shots I do, I do with 1 or 2 clip on lamps from Target (About 8 bucks a piece), 2 60 watt bulbs, and using my shutter speeds.
Try it.

 

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Hehe, I think you mean, "He's a natural poser." He knew what he wanted his shots to look like so I just had to stand there and shoot I will definitely need to rig something up, I really want to get in to portraits though I need more willing victims

The third one was a happy accident, he was just looking out the window while I was playing with my settings, I looked up, liked what I saw and told him not to move

 

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Aye, some of my best and favorite portraits happened by accident.

 

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