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Went on a course today, very grey clouds and a lot of nervous beginner photographers. We went out in the afternoon to play around with aperture. This lady was extremely nervous in front of the camera and it took about 10 mins before she chilled out. I had to give some direction because she kept looking straight at my camera. i found when I gave clear instructions and I appeared confident with my camera she then started to calm down. Today was a great learning curve for me I already knew the basics about aperture but learnt a bit about dealing with people in front of my lens.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D MkII |
| Lens: | EF24-105mm F/4L IS USM |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 5 Feb 2011 - 3:03 PM |
| Focal Length: | 105mm |
| Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/100sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 500 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Being the other side of the lens |
| Username: | 
catgirl73 |
| Uploaded: | 5 Feb 2011 - 8:14 PM |
| Tags: | Lady, Nervous model, Portrait |
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| Votes: | 7 |
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She could maybe either look a little happier or off to one side, and my preference would be a slightly narrower DOF to blur the background further, but I do like the composition, the detail and the warm soft tones
(and she has a great taste in camera 
)
Tim
I like this a lot. Agree about the DOF, I might have opened up a touch more to blur a little extra, but the almost "candid" feel, the emotion of her nerves comes through very much and I like that its "natural".......I might be tempted, as an alternative, to not touch the photo at all, but maybe actually crop it down from the top, making the whole image a bit more "letterbox"? It might bring in a bit more focus on your model and give it an alternative feel too....worth a go? I like this very much....
Ah, then you might struggle....I have the same lens and f4 is usally pretty good for most applications, but to get a shallower DOF you need a longer focal length (I tend to shoot right at the long end with that lens and wide open too...it does help) or I am afraid, a different lens. I might have been tempted to maybe shoot this with a 50mm f1.8 or f1.4....you wouldn't compress the background so much, but you would make it much softer, even when at a distance. Would mean getting closer to the model and recomposing and so on, but then thats photography! Hope this helps?
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