Few natural lights portraits

8 years 5 months ago #457491 by Georgian-Si-Valentina-Mihaila
Those shots were taken around 6-7pm, all natural light in M mode. I am trying to figure out the exposure compensation. Looking forward for your awesome advise and critique. Thank you all!


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8 years 5 months ago #457539 by Conner
Strong portrait


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8 years 5 months ago #457564 by goodoldroute15
Nicely done!


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8 years 5 months ago #457604 by KCook
The exposures look fine to me.  In #1 the quality of the light is a little hard.  One way to deal with this is to use a scrim or diffusion panel.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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8 years 5 months ago #457608 by Georgian-Si-Valentina-Mihaila
Thank you Kelly for your valuable and prompt response. Do you think I can compensate for that in post since I am a solo photographer and equipment is limited. I also try to learn as much as I can about pure natural light since it's beautiful and requires less equipment to carry around. If I load my mind with equipment setting, posing and expressions are out the door. I am already nervous before any shooting regardless. I am very determined to find something unique or really good, if not, I will stick to my 15 yrs old regular job until I retire and take decent photos of my family vacation. Thank you again! GM


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8 years 5 months ago #457643 by KCook
If you are using Lightroom you could try setting the Clarity slider to some negative value.  The opposite of the typical Clarity setting.  Otherwise, just lightly brush the offending areas with a brush set to Blur.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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8 years 5 months ago #458451 by Don Fischer
I got a rule about everything, If it works, don't fix it! Those are super shot's to my eye's, I'd leave them alone! A lot of photo's I see look over cooked to me, product of someone thinking with just a bit more PP they can make it better.


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8 years 5 months ago #459065 by Travel Nut
Excellent captures - well taken.


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