Posts Tagged ‘Cleveland Photographic Society’

Tough Work

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Ashley on Rust
Exp: 1/250s @ f/2.8, ISO 160
Gear: Olympus E-P1, Leica 50mm f2

I was showing some friends shots from a recent CPS model shoot I was at.  I was explaining to them that I was just dropping off a CD but decided to stay so the only camera I had with me was my E-P1 and one lens, the Leica 50mm. So I continued explaining about all the manual focusing and  their only comment after looking at the pretty models was “must have been rough.”

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Fundamentals: Portraits

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Last night I helped out with the portraiture class over at CPS.  Nancy gave her lecture and we had a portrait setup using a backdrop and my DIY spyderlight.  We showed the students how to use a reflector and some posing techniques.  A few tips for better portraits:

  • Get closer
  • Watch  your background, try to eliminate distracting elements
  • Be careful to focus on the eyes, particularly the closest one

Here are a few shots I took of students that were posing as models.

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