How does one take such an uplose picture like this.

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mikew_RIP

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If this isnt your picture do you have permission to post it.

As far as portraits go i know nothing:D so i will let someone else help you.
 
Horoscope Fish

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cichy1012 said:
How does one take such an uplose picture like this. Do you think it was taken then cropped? Ive tried to get up close like this with a 50mm 1.8, an 85mm 1.8 even the 35mm. Just wondering what your opinion is.
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It could have been cropped but I'm guessing the photographer used something like a 70-200mm to take the shot to begin with. That's one of the more commonly preferred lenses for portraiture. Your 35mm and 50mm primes are simply too short for portraiture like that.
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john*thomas

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I'm sure the photographer knows about proper lighting also..... I have a friend that does portraits and that's all she tells me.....lighting, lighting, lighting.
 
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Horoscope Fish said:
It could have been cropped but I'm guessing the photographer used something like a 70-200mm to take the shot to begin with. That's one of the more commonly preferred lenses for portraiture. Your 35mm and 50mm primes are simply too short for portraiture like that.
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I beg to differ a bit, as ANY lens can take a portrait with that point of view, it all depends on where you stand. I've gotten quite a few similar portraits with my 50mm 1.8G, you just... stand a little closer. On a crop sensor camera, the 50mm will even capture this shot while still maintaining a comfortable distance. With anything short of an 85mm, there's a bit of lens correction to do, but the LR profiles seem to handle it quite well.

Granted, the 85mm and 70-200mm are preferred for a reason, but don't sell the 35mm and 50mm prime short.
 
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All with the 50mm 1.8G, for reference, except with the last, which was the 18-55 3.5-5.6!!!

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(please note, the one with my son was just a test of my flash/umbrella set-up, but still shows the quality that the 50mm can capture up close.)
 
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Pretzel said:
I beg to differ a bit, as ANY lens can take a portrait with that point of view, it all depends on where you stand. I've gotten quite a few similar portraits with my 50mm 1.8G, you just... stand a little closer. On a crop sensor camera, the 50mm will even capture this shot while still maintaining a comfortable distance. With anything short of an 85mm, there's a bit of lens correction to do, but the LR profiles seem to handle it quite well.

Granted, the 85mm and 70-200mm are preferred for a reason, but don't sell the 35mm and 50mm prime short.
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I didn't mean to imply it's physically impossible to get close enough to your subject to duplicate that shot using a 35mm or 50mm lens. You'll be three feet from your subject and you'll have all sorts of facial distortion to deal with, lose the compression you'd get with a zoom lens and what not but yes, it IS possible to do.

My overarching points were/are that I'd bet you my next paycheck that shot WASN'T taken with a 35mm or 50mm lens and if you asked the photographer why not the answer would be along the lines of, "Because that's too short a focal length"; and two, that the preferred lens for that type of portraiture is something like a 70-200mm.
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Shooting this I would have done it with either my 85mm or my 70-200mm. In all likelihood there is very little cropping. If the photographer had been back a ways, necessitating the need for and real cropping, his bokeh would have started to disintegrate.
 
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Looking at the photographer's gallery and checking for the exits, I found that she uses a Full frame camera with a 85mm 1.2 lens. The depth of field and bokeh would be hard to reproduce with a 50mm 1.8 lens in my opinion. The photo was probably processed with some kind of "portrait professional" software as well to remove blemishes, pimples etc...

Achieving professional results needs a lot of knowledge, pro tools and a lot of practice with these tools.
 
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aroy

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With 35mm F1.8

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You can get isolation at higher F stops if you choose the background carefully, though they help a lot, there is no need for exotic optics
 
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480sparky

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One takes it by knowing how cameras and lenses work, how to pose the subject, and a comprehensive knowledge of lighting.

I suppose I'm the one that needs to ask: What is an 'uplose' picture?
 
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Moab Man

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Marcel is right, I'm sure Portrait Professional was used. I use this program too and there are things, little tell tale signs, that gives it away that the photographer did not correct for.
 
Horoscope Fish

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Moab Man said:
Marcel is right, I'm sure Portrait Professional was used. I use this program too and there are things, little tell tale signs, that gives it away that the photographer did not correct for.
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I've only tried Portrait Pro a time or two and it's almost scary how powerful that application is. I think I like it, but talk about needing to use a light touch! Wow... The couple times I dared to fire up Portrait Pro, I just played with some of the defaults and even then I felt I needed to dial it waaaaay back. Still, the skin tone and texture corrections are pretty amazing.
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Horoscope Fish said:
Thank you for that... It seems obvious, of course, now that you've pointed it out to me.
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You're welcome. I use the program quite a bit. One more tip for you. If you look at the photo that started this thread, at the top edge of her lip is a light line. Portrait Professional likes to do this around the head and above the upper lip. Use the clone tool sampled right next to the light area, set it to darken and get rid of that light line. Sometimes you will then find a bit of a dark line in between where the light was and the correct tone. Repeat with the clone tool but set to lighten to smooth this out.

Hope that helps.

I know what you mean about obvious. And then you're like DUH!
 
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Moab Man said:
You're welcome. I use the program quite a bit. One more tip for you. If you look at the photo that started this thread, at the top edge of her lip is a light line. Portrait Professional likes to do this around the head and above the upper lip. Use the clone tool sampled right next to the light area, set it to darken and get rid of that light line. Sometimes you will then find a bit of a dark line in between where the light was and the correct tone. Repeat with the clone tool but set to lighten to smooth this out.
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I see the line you're talking about... Wow, thanks. Again.

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Moab Man said:
I know what you mean about obvious. And then you're like DUH!
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I slapped my forehead. No joke... I literally slapped my own forehead.

Also, I just did a quick shoot with my GF and found your first tip (shut everything off and turn on options one at a time) was perfect... A little skin smoothing and voila! I was happy.
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