How to turn a snap shot into a pro portrait
Since I don't really know you yet, I'll pass on asking if your kids are ugly...
jkPost a few examples and I'm sure you can get some improvement tips.
“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
Henry Peach wrote: You can polish them up in photo processing software, but what really makes a portrait look like studio work is the lighting. Mainly it needs to be something other than frontal lighting. This usually means the light source needs to be somewhere else than on the camera. If you have an external flash check out strobist.com . If not google "window light portraits" for easy tutorials. It's amazing what you can accomplish with decent window light, and maybe a DIY reflector. You can use anything white as a reflector: poster board, a towel, etc...
Thanks. Well the pictures I would like to "clean"up were just shots of my kids playing outside, but those right moments where they look at the camera. If I can't fix what I currently have, I'll work on future shots.
You may want to post a couple of them and ask for constructive critiques. I think you would be surprised at the good suggestions. No one's going to be overly critical but we have had folks copy down shots, work a little "magic" and report them with great success. We are here to help.35 IOU wrote:
Henry Peach wrote: You can polish them up in photo processing software, but what really makes a portrait look like studio work is the lighting. Mainly it needs to be something other than frontal lighting. This usually means the light source needs to be somewhere else than on the camera. If you have an external flash check out strobist.com . If not google "window light portraits" for easy tutorials. It's amazing what you can accomplish with decent window light, and maybe a DIY reflector. You can use anything white as a reflector: poster board, a towel, etc...
Thanks. Well the pictures I would like to "clean"up were just shots of my kids playing outside, but those right moments where they look at the camera. If I can't fix what I currently have, I'll work on future shots.
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