Brissy Meet - two from me

[Manta]

I'm lousy at portrait shots and very rusty with the camera in general, after not touching it for so long. Here are the best of mine from yesterday - which doens't say much for the quality of the rest!! Thanks to Bindii for organising it, Lani, Kat & Sherry for being very patient models and to all the crew who turned up. A fun arvo indeed.

[EDIT: Didn't like the first version I posted of this shot of Lani - preferred this unsaturated one]

[Bob G]

I quite like the desat. one Simon

[Big Red]

I don't like the green smudge through her ear but love the pose

[Bindii]

Ahem! For someone who says he cant take portraits these are pretty darn good! I love the perspective you've used on both of these and the pp'ing is ace also!

[biggerry]

#2 has a great expression, I am torn between the bars though, I reckon it would be better without out them, however I only say that because they are so OOF, maybe if they were more in ofcus they would add to the atmosphere..ie goal etc..

#1 is very nice however I winding down that lippie would be good, at that level it looks like one of those old skool BW images with colour painted on! This would also be a good square crop..

[Manta]

Thanks for the comments folks.

Gerry, I also ummed and aahed about the bars but I was looking for a shallow depth of field and expected it to look okay. Wrong!

As for the first shot, I was just looking for something a little different and so played around with some pp. Again, not the best result but shows I definitely need more practice in set-up, posing, lighting and pping (in other words, I need a lot of help when it comes to portraiture!)

[zafra52]

The first one is the best of the two.
I am not sure about the second one.