More portraits

[Evertking]

I know now, that more DOF could have made for a image.

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Ok, that about does it. As you can see, My wife kinda gives me the evil eye when I come walking through the house with a big grin and a camera. Lol...
She is very patient with me, encourages me and pushes me in all honesty. She bought me my first real camera. I was still using an a compact point and shoot film and my smart phone. She seen that I love and am passionate about photography. Anyway....
I have laid it out. I want to learn and practice most everyday. If I can't get out and shoot OCF I'm using window light in the house with the kids. How do I improve?

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Just a few other random pics I have taken


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I learned all I know from YouTube videos and shooting wide open. And I have never calibrated a lens till the other day and found my most used lens, the 135 mm, needed a +14 adjustment. I look forward to getting out there and shooting OCF at 5.6 and f8.

[mugge]

I like your photos a lot. One thing though, portraits are very hard to master. Ask any keen photographers. The shot of the two children with the water tap is a keeper for mine.
Cheers Ole

[Evertking]

That's what I am finding out. I will catch some flack for this and have on other forms. But, I like the work of Drake Busath, Tim Walden and Tim Kelly. The thing is, is that there is no information out there on how it's done. Sure they may show a few studio diagrams but the on location stuff is what I'm after. And then I find myself comparing my stuff to a image that has been processed. I guess I need to start learning Photoshop. Cause I'm sure that Drake Busath images are not just Lightroom.

[Shadowman]

You'd be surprised how much you can do with just Lightroom or Elements, Scott Kelby puts out a good text with processing tips on portraits. When I first searched out a text on both software programs the clerk said that the blurb on each was "tips and tricks of the trade of editing and presenting your photos like a pro, nothing to do with teaching you how to use your camera".

Regarding your images, a good series however there are a few hits and misses mainly in the main focusing area (the eyes and sometimes the entire subject), on a few shots the subjects shoulders are in focus but the eyes are out of focus.