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<blockquote data-quote="Curt" data-source="post: 30748" data-attributes="member: 165"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks Marcel, as I said in a earlier post portraits is not my favourite area..lol.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My other problem is space & equipment; I used an old blanket as a back drop draped over our fireplace. I had about five feet of space. As to the hat & glasses, my son wanted to wear them…lol. And I posted that photo because it was his favourite (I shot several with & without hat & glasses). I let him move around and just shot him in his natural state (so to speak…lol). My idea was to just have my son blend into the background rather then pop out from it. I tried back lighting (hair light) but didn’t like the way it looked.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But I will keep working at it and get it to the point that I am happy with. I just ordered a soft box & stand so I hope to learn more using that as well. Hopefully in the future I will find a better place to shoot, maybe my basement (right now renos going on down there). </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Curt, post: 30748, member: 165"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Thanks Marcel, as I said in a earlier post portraits is not my favourite area..lol.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My other problem is space & equipment; I used an old blanket as a back drop draped over our fireplace. I had about five feet of space. As to the hat & glasses, my son wanted to wear them…lol. And I posted that photo because it was his favourite (I shot several with & without hat & glasses). I let him move around and just shot him in his natural state (so to speak…lol). My idea was to just have my son blend into the background rather then pop out from it. I tried back lighting (hair light) but didn’t like the way it looked.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]But I will keep working at it and get it to the point that I am happy with. I just ordered a soft box & stand so I hope to learn more using that as well. Hopefully in the future I will find a better place to shoot, maybe my basement (right now renos going on down there). [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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