Jessica

paulbroad

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4 Feb 2013 - 5:41 PM

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Decent portrait. I would crop top and left to move her head to the left. Cropping off some hair is not a problem. ISO3200 and flash? One or the other. No point using a high ISO and flash in this situation. A much lower ISO would be better for quality.

Paul

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4 Feb 2013 - 7:04 PM

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hi there paul and willie, thanks for the advice, the mod is good and the crop is more of a modern look and gets rid of a lot of the background which is unnecessary, thanks guys





pete

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5 Feb 2013 - 2:53 PM

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I tend to avoid using on-camera flash. With the excellent high-ISO perofrmance that your camera has, you need never (well - hardly ever) use flash. This allows you to catch a really natural result. Certainly, as Paul says, you don't need high ISO AND flash.

Willie's crop is good - apart from anything else, it moves your attractive daughter from the centre of the frame. Convention is not always right, but it's usually good to place the main interest (often eyes in a portrait) a third of the way from the side, and a third from either the top or bottom of the frame.

Finally, camera position. Whether you shoot level, looking down or looking up affects the result in terms of the psychological effect, as well as perspective. Thsi is a Dad's shot of a daughter: you are taller, bigger, responsible for her. Shooting level woudl give a friend's view. Getting down to the same eye level as your subject can be very powerful - it's the opposite of the boss who insists on having hte highest chair at the conference table!