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Billy McCallion
Billy McCallion
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Tuesday 17th November, Portrait Of The Day
Hello everyone,
Here is the portrait of the day from the Camera Club.
Another good example of control of available window light this time with eye contact directly at the camera.
The portrait series is now starting to build with aperture choice and tripod use discussed today.
The next session will now be with clients, where you will greet the sitter and chat to them about their session and discuss how you will provide that lasting portrait image.
Again, well done to all those attending and the completed images will be available tomorrow to download.
Billy McCallion
Here is the portrait of the day from the Camera Club.
The portrait series is now starting to build with aperture choice and tripod use discussed today.
The next session will now be with clients, where you will greet the sitter and chat to them about their session and discuss how you will provide that lasting portrait image.
Again, well done to all those attending and the completed images will be available tomorrow to download.
Billy McCallion
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Tuesday's Portrait Of The Day
Good lighting, good subject, good composition... produces excellent results every time!
Well done to all attendees, feedback will be given next Tuesday on all the images and contact sheets will be available for you to keep so you can monitor your own progress.
Well done again,
Billy McCallion.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Available Light Portrait Example
Last Tuesday I demonstrated a portrait session using available window light. What we are striving to achieve here is a quality of light to use in your portraiture that can be controlled and provide you with high quality consistent results.
The results shown below will be discussed next Tuesday with all students and then you can produce your own images using a simple formula.
Here, on the right is the image produced on Tuesday 27th Oct using window light and notice the "natural expression" I suggested you should always include in your portrait sessions. Now we will build on this example to produce a set of "must do" portraits.
Next Tuesday all students will be producing similar results to start building there own portfolio of images using this lighting technique.
If you have any questions so far please click the "comments" tab below this post and I will reply as soon as possible.
Here's to your success,
Billy McCallion.
PS Here is the link to the November updated Free Photography Resources PDF: Free Photography Resources
The results shown below will be discussed next Tuesday with all students and then you can produce your own images using a simple formula.
This is my portrait showing a good example of a photograph taken using available light. The reason I am showing you this is because this was taken in my living room... not a studio.
Please take note of the quality of light which is available to you under normal room conditions. This portrait was taken at f5.6 - 1/125 sec using 200 ISO speed setting on a Fuji S3 Pro camera.Here, on the right is the image produced on Tuesday 27th Oct using window light and notice the "natural expression" I suggested you should always include in your portrait sessions. Now we will build on this example to produce a set of "must do" portraits.
Next Tuesday all students will be producing similar results to start building there own portfolio of images using this lighting technique.
If you have any questions so far please click the "comments" tab below this post and I will reply as soon as possible.
Here's to your success,
Billy McCallion.
PS Here is the link to the November updated Free Photography Resources PDF: Free Photography Resources
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Welcome to the first Location Portraiture Blog
Every week I will update this information from the Tuesday lunchtime club.
Week 1: Equipment.
Of course we start with the camera and the minimum requirement which is a 35mm DSLR camera complete with an appropriate lens. I won't recommend which camera to use because that's not as important |Nikon, Fuji, Pentax etc are all good makes/brands so it will be quite difficult to make a big mistake using brand names.The minimum requirement for recorded pixels is 6-12 million along with a reasonable size memory card.
I also suggest you shoot at the best quality setting for your camera but not RAW because it's not really necessary for this type of photography work. Within the course we will be using Pentax dsl, Fuji S3 Pro and Nikon D40.
Week 1: Equipment.
Of course we start with the camera and the minimum requirement which is a 35mm DSLR camera complete with an appropriate lens. I won't recommend which camera to use because that's not as important |Nikon, Fuji, Pentax etc are all good makes/brands so it will be quite difficult to make a big mistake using brand names.The minimum requirement for recorded pixels is 6-12 million along with a reasonable size memory card.
I also suggest you shoot at the best quality setting for your camera but not RAW because it's not really necessary for this type of photography work. Within the course we will be using Pentax dsl, Fuji S3 Pro and Nikon D40.
Tripod, I suggest here that you invest in a good tripod because it will serve you well. A good brand is Manfrotto so click here to see more examples Calumet Uk Tripods It is wise to have a look at the selection of tripod heads that you can use because remember with a 35mm camera on the tripod you will have to move the camera from horizontal to upright so you need a tripod head that does this easily. We will be looking at pistol grips, fluid video head and standard tripod heads.
The first part of this portraiture series will be using and controlling available light indoors and I will include examples of each portait tutorial as we move forward.
Please leave any comments or questions by clicking on the "comments" link below this post.
Thank you,
Billy McCallion.
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