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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Revet" data-source="post: 266373" data-attributes="member: 17612">I am just starting Portrait Photography.  I am starting with a single off-camera speedlight (SB-700) on my Nikon D3100 with a sync cord.  I am using an umbrella (white) in the reflective mode.  I will try shoot through mode next.  Settings were 1/200th, f/2.2, Iso 200.  TTL flash, Macro lens (60 mm).  I am learning and playing around with the standard lighting methods (loop, split, Rembrandt, butterfly, broad and short lighting.  Please critique these for me paying attention to the lighting as that is what I was trying to practice with.Rules:1) No mention about the choice of model (me) because I took these early in the morning before a shower and a full load of coffee!!  My goal here is to learn on myself and then bring the more photogenic members of my family (ie. the females) into it.2) Nothing on more equipment yet, that will come after I get this down.  Note, I will also switch to manual flash in the future, I wanted to try out my new sync cord here!!3) Forget focus comments,  I did the best I could using an object where I thought I would be to manually focus on.  Same goes for the cropping, Did the best I could without looking through the view finder.  Again, just trying to work on the lighting.Ok, here they come.  Drum roll please!  I'm nervous!!!  LOL   The first is my attempt at butterfly.  I had trouble getting a shadow under my nose.  I had the umbrella right behind the camera as high up as I could get it.  Any tips??   <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://gallery.nikonites.com/gallery/files/1/7/6/1/2/portrait_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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