GeorgeChew Goldmember  More info | Jan 30, 2006 09:12 | #1 Greetings,  5DII and a few L lenses.
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Overbeyond Member 162 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: Irish living in London More info | Jan 30, 2006 13:26 | #2 I'm no expert on portraits and others will give you technical advice, if needed, on the lighting but I would crop the bottom about just below the neckline of the t-shirt. Far more serious, for me anyway, is the way the top of the head is sliced off. I dont have a problem with the back of the head being lost behind whatever it is he is leaning against. There seems to be a bit of a fashion for cutting heads in portraiture and I don't understand why.
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Robert_Lay Cream of the Crop  7,546 posts Joined Jul 2005 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA More info | Jan 30, 2006 13:38 | #3 I am not a fan of high contrast in portraiture. In my opinion, diffuse, soft lighting is best for infants and children and many female faces and the Rembrandt style of lighting is preferred over harsh lighting in order to obtain the greatest depth (3-dimenstionality) in the facial contours. Bob
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ajbalazic Cream of the Crop  5,228 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: Kitchener, ON, Canada More info | Jan 30, 2006 15:31 | #4 George Chew wrote: I' was trying to create a high contrast effect. Converted to B&W and added a little noise in PS. You high contrast portrait is a successful attempt. I agree with Robert about this lighting not being "ideal" for portraiture, but this is a nice shot. Perhaps a little too sharp for my taste (the line of his face against the white background). Alan
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Greetings, 5DII and a few L lenses.
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KellyM Hatchling 1 post Joined Jan 2006 Location: QLD, Australia More info | Robert_Lay wrote: I am not a fan of high contrast in portraiture. In my opinion, diffuse, soft lighting is best for infants and children and many female faces and the Rembrandt style of lighting is preferred over harsh lighting in order to obtain the greatest depth (3-dimenstionality) in the facial contours. Hi, I am wondering if you could give me an example of this? I was told the same thing about one of my portraits. How might one achieve the "Rembrandt style of lighting"?
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Robert_Lay Cream of the Crop 7,546 posts Joined Jul 2005 Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA More info | Feb 01, 2006 23:52 | #7 My Tutorial on Studio Portrait Lighting Using Two Lights, with Emphasis on Rembrandt Lighting: Bob
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Robert_Lay wrote: My Tutorial on Studio Portrait Lighting Using Two Lights, with Emphasis on Rembrandt Lighting: http://www.zaffora.com/W9DMK/PortraitLighting.htm  or the downloadable PDF version at: http://www.zaffora.com/W9DMK/PortraitLighting.pdf Hope you enjoy! Greetings, 5DII and a few L lenses.
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ragman Member 114 posts Joined Apr 2005 Location: Holland Mi. More info | Feb 02, 2006 18:57 | #9 I actually think if the pic was a bit softer and cropped some it would be a winner. but that is just my opinion.
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