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<blockquote data-quote="kevy73" data-source="post: 488362" data-attributes="member: 23493"><p>Not bad for a first effort - I am sure you know where you can improve.</p><p></p><p>The best rules for portrait work - especially with a kit lens is - I used to try and do this religiously when I first started.</p><p></p><p>Get as close to the subject as you can with the background as far away as possible and shoot as wide open as you can.</p><p></p><p>If you look at the first image - you were nice and close, aperture was as wide as you can get on that lens - look at the trees in the background - they are nice and blurry. The chair, car etc don't do much for the image - as I am sure you are aware - but there are good elements there you can work on.</p><p></p><p>The second image - the subject is way to close to the tree for me. No or very little subject separation. More comfortable pose, although I would have loved to have seen her looking at the camera.</p><p></p><p>Awesome start to portrait work. Keep it up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kevy73, post: 488362, member: 23493"] Not bad for a first effort - I am sure you know where you can improve. The best rules for portrait work - especially with a kit lens is - I used to try and do this religiously when I first started. Get as close to the subject as you can with the background as far away as possible and shoot as wide open as you can. If you look at the first image - you were nice and close, aperture was as wide as you can get on that lens - look at the trees in the background - they are nice and blurry. The chair, car etc don't do much for the image - as I am sure you are aware - but there are good elements there you can work on. The second image - the subject is way to close to the tree for me. No or very little subject separation. More comfortable pose, although I would have loved to have seen her looking at the camera. Awesome start to portrait work. Keep it up! [/QUOTE]
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