When you are photographing people, how often do you get shots that just… well….. are not flattering and simply do not compliment your subject at all?
I’m talking about getting the picture right as they are blinking, or somehow you manage to capture them looking like they have one lazy eye. I guess I am trying to say that my timing is flat out awful! Anyone else have this problem? It’s not every time in every photo but it is enough to drive me insane! I am probably getting about 40-50% of them looking all jacked up.
If I get 30% keepers I am happy with the shoot-That is 30 of every 100 of the thousand or so I shoot each game that are publishable at the beginning of the season. The number of keepers goes up the deeper into the season that I get
Rob pix4u2 wrote: If I get 30% keepers I am happy with the shoot-That is 30 of every 100 of the thousand or so I shoot each game that are publishable at the beginning of the season. The number of keepers goes up the deeper into the season that I get
Wow. I can't imagine what it would be like to shoot sports all the time. Have you ever been on the ice and shooting? Or do you shoot from the stands only?
I've been in the penalty box shooting a game and on the ice for intermission contests, I prefer to be in a "protected" area with pucks whizzing by at 90-100mph. I really enjoy shooting sports - football,baseball, you name it. I'm just usuallyrusty at the beginning of hockey season because it is a fast moving sport.
Rob pix4u2 wrote: I've been in the penalty box shooting a game and on the ice for intermission contests, I prefer to be in a "protected" area with pucks whizzing by at 90-100mph. I really enjoy shooting sports - football,baseball, you name it. I'm just usuallyrusty at the beginning of hockey season because it is a fast moving sport.
Wow, amazing shot. Yea I would probably prefer to be in the safe area also. Heck, I'm afraid of being on a skating rink, just skating. lol
I have been doing portraits for years & have had better results because of lil trick that I was taught by a seasoned photographer. If it is a posed session have the client close their eyes for a brief min & then as soon as they open their eyes & smile snap the shot. This method also helps with people who tend to scrunch their eyes when they smile. Have them practice this a couple of times so that they are opening their eyes & smiling at the same time. It also gives you an better idea of timing so you can snap the picture at just the right moment.
If they truly do have a lazy eye, a tilt of the head can make both eyes look wide open. HTH
Its impossible to time it so that someones eyes are open, our own eyes simply dont work that fast, so dont blame yourself, its why you should when photographing people take several shots of each pose, that way you have a much better chance of getting a photo with eyes open in each pose, I even do it with group shots and if you dont change the focal length it makes it much easier if you need to swap a few heads so that everyone in the group is looking at camera with eyes open, who says photography doesnt lie
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I'm going to say 1-5% will be good, I mean keeper good. You never know, some shoots I'll come back and all the shots are crap or something is looking good. You know how it is.
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