Playing with portraits

[planetc]

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[John Liddle]

Re: Playing with portraits

Well done Paul - any dog owner would be pleased as Punch with a portrait like those

[paul linton]

Re: Playing with portraits

Great job Paul working with animals is not always easy.

Paul

[digiman]

Re: Playing with portraits

Nicely done. These would be a winner with lots of owners i'm sure.

Can I ask what is your lighting setup for these? Main light brollie cam right with a fill cam left? Just asking because I am getting in to OCF just now and I am interested both in the setup, and whether I can read the image!

Cheers,

Garry

[planetc]

Re: Playing with portraits

These are continuous lights and had one just above the dogs heads to the left and in front, at around 45 degrees. There was another light to each dogs right, almost on the same plain as the dog. Both lights were reflected from white brollies. The end result of light positioning is trial and error, and with the dogs it's a matter of having only short sessions to prevent boredom. I've been trying different things each time I have a session with them.

[Stan]

Re: Playing with portraits

All good but the first is the pick

stan

[ST-EOS]

Re: Playing with portraits

Three good images I would have liked to see a little more separation between the dog and the background in the second. Probably a difficult task to do given the colour of the subject and the background. Well done Paul [emoji106]

[planetc]

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Three good images I would have liked to see a little more separation between the dog and the background in the second. [emoji106]

I've learnt a little trick for that...I'll post later

[planetc]

Re: Playing with portraits

A quick change, without too much time spent, but the principal adds to the separation. In this case not quite as effective as in others, because of the narrow dof
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[jimsphotography]

Re: Playing with portraits

Excellent photography
James

[tesarver]

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Nice set Paul

Tom

[DaveG001]

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Great set Paul
I like the first and second a lot
cheers
Dave

[Parsen66]

Re: Playing with portraits

Great images Paul. This genre is something that has been on mind recently, certainly after losing my dog and not really having a pucker shot of her anywhere

[digiman]

Re: Playing with portraits

These are continuous lights and had one just above the dogs heads to the left and in front, at around 45 degrees. There was another light to each dogs right, almost on the same plain as the dog. Both lights were reflected from white brollies. The end result of light positioning is trial and error, and with the dogs it's a matter of having only short sessions to prevent boredom. I've been trying different things each time I have a session with them.

Cheers for the info Paul, wasn't too far out! Never used continuous, although I suppose it makes sense with animals.

Cheers,

Garry