Prime Lens Portraits - Post Your Best!!

bohdank wrote in post #11279661
Ya, the right side of her lower cheek was buried in darkness and I did a crappy job, so far, of bringing it back. The shadows were very weird and in some parts extremely deep. Didn't notice the hair... thanks for pointing it out.

A work in progress.

LOL I probably would never notice that stuff but for the last few days I have been trying to swap faces between two photo's from a family shoot that I did where the silly mom in the picture had her head tilted back and it looked kinda goofy but man that is hard to do.

QueenChatty wrote in post #11279711
LOL I probably would never notice that stuff but for the last few days I have been trying to swap faces between two photo's from a family shoot that I did where the silly mom in the picture had her head tilted back and it looked kinda goofy but man that is hard to do.

:o

I just realized I posted on the wrong thread.

Oh well. no one has complained, yet (not shot with a prime).

Swapping heads can be very hard to do, or relatively easy. Depends what you have to work with. The best of luck.

bohdank wrote in post #11280200
:o

I just realized I posted on the wrong thread.

Oh well. no one has complained, yet (not shot with a prime).

Swapping heads can be very hard to do, or relatively easy. Depends what you have to work with. The best of luck.

LOL I didn't even notice and how could we....you shouldn't have said anything lol! Yes the swapping I don't think is going to happen. In one photo she has her head tilted up and in the other tilted down and she also has glasses on ugh!!

For those taking photos with the 50mm 1.8 II, are you using manual or AF?

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PhotoCupcake wrote in post #11281637
For those taking photos with the 50mm 1.8 II, are you using manual or AF?

auto focus for me I figure the camera is better at it than I am lol

Always auto focus unless the light is too dark. Focus on the eyes and click = win.

^Always live view focus... Hahah

Two new ones from me... This is another one of my roommates.

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ann-mom wrote in post #11281760
auto focus for me I figure the camera is better at it than I am lol

My problem is that the AF on that lens is off for anything but close-ups. So I'm forced to use manual in many cases.

PhotoCupcake wrote in post #11282715
My problem is that the AF on that lens is off for anything but close-ups. So I'm forced to use manual in many cases.

I experience the same problem with this lens. Considering purchasing the 1.4 just for that reason.

PhotoCupcake wrote in post #11282715
My problem is that the AF on that lens is off for anything but close-ups. So I'm forced to use manual in many cases.

In that case, the real question is why don't you get the lens fixed, not whether other people use MF or AF.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #11283017
In that case, the real question is why don't you get the lens fixed, not whether other people use MF or AF.

I suppose the question I should have asked is if other people using the same lens have the very same problem