Head Shots, first try

I did these for a band of kids. I need to improve my lighting on the shadow side of the face, as well as to make sure their clothes are nice and neat and not wrinkled and their hair isn't all frizzy. I'll learn.

This is a really good first try. I think the third shot is great.

Aside from the lighting on 1 & 2, the WB might be off a little. I'd also try a smaller aperture for studio portraits to get the full head (and hair) in focus)

moeronn wrote in post #8133245
This is a really good first try. I think the third shot is great.

Aside from the lighting on 1 & 2, the WB might be off a little. I'd also try a smaller aperture for studio portraits to get the full head (and hair) in focus)

I'm with you on the WB point, so how would I go about correcting that? Stupid me shoots on Auto WB most of the time to then correct it in RAW, but I correct by eye and that's prob. not the best idea when your monitor isnt calibrated. However, unless I were shooting business professional, I enjoy shooting at wider apertures to get the front of the face in focus and not much else.

Be careful with using 35mm for headshots. It actually works really well with all three of these, but can be very unflattering for some people (makes noses look bigger, etc).

They all could use some more light, and maybe a simple reflector on the shadow side is all you need.

These three are really fun portraits though.

heycow wrote in post #8133281
Be careful with using 35mm for headshots. It actually works really well with all three of these, but can be very unflattering for some people (makes noses look bigger, etc).

They all could use some more light, and maybe a simple reflector on the shadow side is all you need.

These three are really fun portraits though.

I had a reflector on the shade side, but obviously it wasn't positioned so well for all of them. And yes, I used the 35 (on a crop so it's ~56mm) here cuz they're kids and I know I can get away with it. Most adults would get the 50mm or 70-200mm.

For WB, you're best bet is to get a grey card and shoot a test shot with it before shooting the models. You'd need to reshoot the grey card for each different lighting setup, but it is much easier than trying to eyeball. However, since these were indoors with stobe(s), your WB should be around 5500. I'd check what you have on the last shot and try it on the first two.