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Sep 29, 2011 17:20 |  #1
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Been taking lots of photos of friend to try and learn how to do senior portraits. Natural lighting only, and the two lenses I use are the 50mm f/1.8 and the 85mm f/1.8. Any C&C apreciated:

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Sep 29, 2011 20:11 |  #2

The B/W of #3 and #4 is definitely keepers to me.

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Sep 29, 2011 23:21 |  #3

i think you need a little more light and dont let mothers see their seniors smoking

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Sep 30, 2011 00:49 as a reply to  @ Bryan Grant Photography's post |  #4

Yeah, they all have raccoon eyes. A little fill flash or a reflector would take care of that.

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Sep 30, 2011 06:35 as a reply to  @ Frugal's post |  #5

Sames as other set...'soft' and underexposed.

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Sep 30, 2011 07:21 |  #6

^+1 and a big +1 on the no smoking in senior photos haha

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Sep 30, 2011 08:45 |  #7

Be mindfull of you backgrounds. They can be distracting.

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Sep 30, 2011 17:31 |  #8

You need a lot of practice to be honest. The eyes are dead. The composition and posing does not work. Some of the images appear to be soft.

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Oct 02, 2011 16:11 |  #9

try using a reflector...works wonders!!! I also don't like the smoking one

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