just a portrait

[iposiniditos]

at a studio, but i didn't like the flashes,
so i shot her next to an ikea light

p.s. 85mm f1.4d is so f#in' great....... can't live without it.

thank you for your comments as always,
theodoros

[Marvin]

I love it. The only niggle I could see is that the nose looks slightly odd in the middle, but that could be my monitor as it's new and not calibrated yet.

[GK]

cool portrait! Like the lighting, but would probably like to see more of her face/hair in focus.

[the foto fanatic]

Beautiful girl! I love the selective focus.

The only aspect that I don't like is the wall on the LHS that close in on her towards the top of the image.

[Alex]

Excellent composition, lighting and treatment!

Great work again!

Alex

[Matt. K]

Gorgious! Just perfect!

[xerubus]

This is a beautiful example of using shallow dof perfectly. You should be very proud, it's a lovely shot.

[iposiniditos]

many thanks everyone.

another one

[marcotrov]

Excellent portraits with good use of DOF
cheers
marco

[whitey]

Fantastic. Love the light. Shots like this make me want to spend the day practicing portraiture with my D80 and 50mm F/1.8

Also makes me want a 85mm F/1.4 - damn lens lust

[zafra52]

Theodoros, thank you for sharing these images with us. I feel a bit awkward criticising your pictures for I have learned quite a lot from you so take my comments only as a different point of view. I feel the angle of the Ikea shade (if you hadn’t told us is an Ikea Lamp I would have thought it is a piece of paper, a curtain or a wall) a bit distracting so I would cut it out of the picture altogether or if this image is a crop of the original reframe it to give a context (e.g. appearing as a prop). The second image you almost have it and I believe the lamps shows a either a wall or as a lamp if you hadn’t cut the hand of the subject, so I would re-crop the image showing more of the hand or removing the fingers. The colour, sharpness of the eyes, and depth of field are all great.

[iposiniditos]

many thanks everyone and special thanks zafra for your suggestions!

[Catcha]

I now know why you can't live without that lens, superb shots, like the 2nd better than 1st but both shots are great

[iposiniditos]

thank you Catcha.

[skumar25]

Superb... in the second shot i would probably crop out the tips of her fingers...

[Matt. K]

Just beautiful! Nicely done.

[devilla101]

A very beautiful portrait. Love the toned down color sepia effect and the simple expression of the child's face

[iposiniditos]

many thanks!