
This is my first ever studio portrait.
Rebecca is pictured here in this photo. She and her Mum were kind enough to come along to a studio photography tutorial evening organised by the camera club that I'm a member of in Cheshire - the NCPS.
She looks very composed and confident doesn't she - much more than I was anyway!
On the NCPS club website you can see the way in which the studio lighting was set up by fellow NCPS member Geoff Robinson. It's the second photo from the top on this link: http://www.ncps.org.uk/pages/Members/Reports/Report171.html
For the benefit of the technically minded amongst you the photo was taken using my new Nikon D700 camera and a Nikon 50mm f1.4G lens at f8
Like what you see here and are interested in photographic composition?.....the blog section of my website now has a complete set of 5 articles covering my personal approach to the subject: Ian Bramham Photography - Blog
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to my website Ian Bramham - Fine Art Photography where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
@MK: Thanks MK!
@Jane: Thanks Jane!
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks Alfredo!
@Mags: Thanks Mags! (PS - the lighting was set up already for us)
@Corporate Photography Services: Thanks very much.....well I did manage to read all 450 pages of the manual LoL and I use NX2 which means I can do things like retrospectively alter picture controls. With this one I altered the settings from 'standard' to 'neutral'.
@Marie LC: Thanks Marie!....Yes, Rebecca is a natural isn't she!
@Scene by Sharon Photography: Thanks Sharon!
@Ian Smith: Hi Ian. It was a lovely lighting set-up that Geoff organised for us. Although the artificial room lights stayed on I didn't seem to get any issues with different colour temperatures (although I know nothing about this kind of studio photography). There's a link here to the original colour version of this photo: http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/ianbramham/?action=view¤t=NCPSPortraits006ppcresize730noborde.jpg (click on the photo when it appears to get a larger version)
@hugo poon: Thanks very much Hugo!.....I feel a bit of a fraud even though I really like the photo as I didn't set up the lighting and the skin tones are pretty much straight from the camera combined with Photoshop CS3 on it's default B&W settings.
I do love the delicate tonal transitions that are possible with this new camera.
@MadScientist: What a nice thing to say....thanks!
Rebecca really has that 'Mona Lisa' smile doesn't she.
@Ted: Hi Ted!....it's been really great to be learning something new. I'd love to do more portrait photography but, for the moment at least, it doesn't feel that it's as easy to organise as taking photos of landscapes (even though it should be a lot easier)
Re the crop on this photo....I think the guys at Flickr were right and that the way that I framed the photo made the hands look a bit too separate from the rest: http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/ianbramham/?action=view¤t=NCPSPortraits006ppbresize730.jpg
@Victoria: It's really great to hear from you Victoria and I'm so pleased to see that you liked the prints! Which print did you prefer.....the colour one or the B&W?
@Annie Viguié: Thanks Annie!
@Victoria: me too.....I'm pleased you liked that one! (send me an email if you would like me to send you the high resolution digital file of that photo)
NIKON D700
1/125 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
50 mm (35mm equiv.)