Recording Artist Portrait

[DanOstergren]

Nice one!

Thanks!

 

[DanOstergren]

Another winner! You are the light sculptor.

Haha, thank you!

 

[Valls]

Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

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Thanks! I use a macro lens for a lot of my portraits which really picks up a lot of great detail, and then add some subtle sharpening in post as the last step. The result is a portrait with details that look so crisp you feel like they are almost popping out of the display.

I did use fill; a white foam board from the Dollar Tree with tin foil glued to it.

Thats nice! Thanks for the info! I've been looking for a good macro lens for a while, actually! the Canon MP-E 65mm has all my attention for now, just gathering some money for it! But I wanted to have it for the macro shots, now I want it for the portraits aswell! hahah

 

[Valls]

Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

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Thanks! I use a macro lens for a lot of my portraits which really picks up a lot of great detail, and then add some subtle sharpening in post as the last step. The result is a portrait with details that look so crisp you feel like they are almost popping out of the display.

I did use fill; a white foam board from the Dollar Tree with tin foil glued to it.

Thats nice! Thanks for the info! I've been looking for a good macro lens for a while, actually! the Canon MP-E 65mm has all my attention for now, just gathering some money for it! But I wanted to have it for the macro shots, now I want it for the portraits aswell! hahah

Aaaaand I just found out I wouldn't be able to use it for portrait because the furthest it can focus is about 101mm away so.. I gotta chose between extreme 5x macro and no portraits or 1x macro and lovely portraits aswell! Probably will go with the latter

 

[Warhorse]

Great portrait!

 

[DanOstergren]

Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

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Thanks! I use a macro lens for a lot of my portraits which really picks up a lot of great detail, and then add some subtle sharpening in post as the last step. The result is a portrait with details that look so crisp you feel like they are almost popping out of the display.

I did use fill; a white foam board from the Dollar Tree with tin foil glued to it.

Thats nice! Thanks for the info! I've been looking for a good macro lens for a while, actually! the Canon MP-E 65mm has all my attention for now, just gathering some money for it! But I wanted to have it for the macro shots, now I want it for the portraits aswell! hahah

Personally for my work, if I were to be getting my first macro "portrait" lens, I'd go with a longer focal length that isn't going to distort facial features when you go in for closer shots that utilize the lens' macro capabilities. I like the 100mm focal length because it doesn't distort anything, and I can use my 50mm lens for shots that are waist up or full body, etc.

 

[DanOstergren]

Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

Sent from my ASUS_Z01RD using Tapatalk

Thanks! I use a macro lens for a lot of my portraits which really picks up a lot of great detail, and then add some subtle sharpening in post as the last step. The result is a portrait with details that look so crisp you feel like they are almost popping out of the display.

I did use fill; a white foam board from the Dollar Tree with tin foil glued to it.

Thats nice! Thanks for the info! I've been looking for a good macro lens for a while, actually! the Canon MP-E 65mm has all my attention for now, just gathering some money for it! But I wanted to have it for the macro shots, now I want it for the portraits aswell! hahah

Aaaaand I just found out I wouldn't be able to use it for portrait because the furthest it can focus is about 101mm away so.. I gotta chose between extreme 5x macro and no portraits or 1x macro and lovely portraits aswell! Probably will go with the latter

If you're doing portraits, I'd recommend the Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM (non L version). If you want a lens for extreme macro though and don't intend to use if for portraits, get the other one.

 

[DanOstergren]

Great portrait!

Thank you!

 

[Derrel]

I used the Canon 100mm F/2.8 EF for a number of portraits back in the early 2000s. It is a solid Imager and doubles as a field telephoto and also as a macro lens as well as a portrait lens.

Here is a shot from the Canon 20D with in-camera sepia toning and the yellow filter preset applied. This shot was made Sept 21, 2005, at f/2.8, 1/80 second, Iso 800.

The 100 is a pretty decent lens. The MP-E is for 1x to 5x " ultra macro".

 

[DanOstergren]

View attachment 186024 I used the Canon 100mm F/2.8 EF for a number of portraits back in the early 2000s. It is a solid Imager and doubles as a field telephoto and also as a macro lens as well as a portrait lens.

Here is a shot from the Canon 20D with in-camera sepia toning and the yellow filter preset applied. This shot was made Sept 21, 2005, at f/2.8, 1/80 second, Iso 800.

The 100 is a pretty decent lens. The MP-E is for 1x to 5x " ultra macro".

I definitely wasn't expecting to like this lens or use it as much as I do. I owned it for about 5 months before I gave it much of a chance, but I'm glad I'm using it now. I was lucky enough to find it for $200 in a pawn shop in Portland; I don't think they realized what they had.

 

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[Valls]

@DanOstergren @Derrel

Thanks guys!! I'll keep an eye for the 100mm macro! I already have a 100mm focal lenght, but its a Yongnuo non-macro and non-stabilized lens, so I might sell it and get the canon 100mm macro! Btw, @DanOstergren, why the non L version? Is the L version not worthed the extra bucks?

 

[DanOstergren]

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[DanOstergren]

@DanOstergren @Derrel

Thanks guys!! I'll keep an eye for the 100mm macro! I already have a 100mm focal lenght, but its a Yongnuo non-macro and non-stabilized lens, so I might sell it and get the canon 100mm macro! Btw, @DanOstergren, why the non L version? Is the L version not worthed the extra bucks?

Personally I find a steady hand and the right shutter settings to be enough to stabilize the camera, but if you think you need the IS then maybe go for the L version. I also personally feel that luxury lenses are a bit of a money grab and cannot be a substitute for good camera operating skills.

 

[Valls]

Well, I do drink too much coffee throughout the day! hahah steady hands are not my speciallity! though I have to assume I has always been led to believe that the L series had more of a premium glass that would render better quallity image, not only aditional IS and a red line! lol I never had one, though!