My Portraits

Breadcrust

Senior Member
I am not much of people photographer but sometimes I try.

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STM

Senior Member
I agree about the lighting, but more of note, for me at least, is the fact that the background is rather distracting because it is so sharp. Try using a longer focal length and a much wider aperture. The key to outdoor portraiture is to have the background just sharp enough to give a sense of "place" without competing with the subject for your attention. When possible outdoors, I use the longest lens I can given the room I have to work, from 180mm to 300mm and usually only 1 stop down to throw the background sufficiently out of focus but with still enough detail to maintain some idea of where the subject is. Here I used my 300mm f/2.8 AIS @ f/4:

 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Nice shots Breadcrust

I agree with the others but those are still pretty good for someone who doesn't do much portrait work.
 
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