Rakeem - Artist Portrait

[DanOstergren]

Rak is my best friend's roommate's boyfriend, and today while I was hanging out with my best friend I had a few seconds to get a portrait of him. I had him hold a small silver reflector and stand next to a fairly large window in the apartment living room. Normally I wouldn't have the aperture set so wide (f/2) for a headshot like this, but it was getting dark and I already had my ISO set to 800 on my old 5D MKI, and to be honest I don't have to spend as much time retouching the face when theres less in focus. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Derrel]

Looks fantastic on my iPhone's (Retina?) display. DOF placement looks pretty good.

 

[jcdeboever]

Love it. Might be a knockout in monochrome too... Actually, it is

 

[DanOstergren]

Looks fantastic on my iPhone's (Retina?) display. DOF placement looks pretty good.

Thank you [emoji120]


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[DanOstergren]

Love it. Might be a knockout in monochrome too... Actually, it is

Thank you! I’ll have to make a conversion and see how it looks. I loved the color version so much that I didn’t think to see how it would look in black and white.


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[Destin]

Another incredible headshot! I agree this would look great in BW, but it also looks great in color.

 

[DanOstergren]

Another incredible headshot! I agree this would look great in BW, but it also looks great in color.

Thanks man [emoji120]


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[FITBMX]

I am glad you shot this at such a shallow DOF, it gives it very "Intense" eye contact! Love it!!!

 

[acparsons]

Great lighting.

 

[Braineack]

keep it color! I love Dan's colors.

 

[DanOstergren]

I am glad you shot this at such a shallow DOF, it gives it very "Intense" eye contact! Love it!!!

Thank you!


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[DanOstergren]

Great lighting.

Thank you. I love using big windows for lighting.


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[DanOstergren]

keep it color! I love Dan's colors.

Lol thank you. [emoji120]


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[Amocholes]

Beautiful skin tones!

 

[DanOstergren]

Beautiful skin tones!

Thank you.