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<blockquote data-quote="Shutteringfocus" data-source="post: 97488" data-attributes="member: 12076"><p>What focal length are you shooting at?</p><p></p><p>Generally portraits of people look best at longer focal lengths. Do you have a longer zoom lens? Something like 100mm or even 200mm?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://photocamel.com/forum/lighting-technique/88248-natural-outdoor-lighting-surprises.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is an interesting thread on another forum about shooting portraits with natural light.</p><p></p><p>I'd spend your time (and maybe even some money) on learning good posing. These days lots of people take photos, and its always easier to buy more gear with the thought that it will make your photos better, but that isn't true of course.</p><p></p><p>However, not many people do the homework on posing, which actually makes a huge difference in how your photos work.</p><p></p><p>Have you heard of <a href="http://www.creativelive.com/" target="_blank">CreativeLive.com</a>? You can get some fantastic educational video downloads there on photography.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.creativelive.com/courses/posing-and-lighting-bambi-cantrell" target="_blank">This one</a> is on posing and lighting.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.creativelive.com/courses/wedding-and-portrait-photography-bambi-cantrell" target="_blank">This one</a> is just on posing pretty much</p><p></p><p>I think spending $100 on one of these video courses and watching it over and over will be WAY MORE valuable than buying any equipment.</p><p></p><p>You can get a lot done with natural light and a camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shutteringfocus, post: 97488, member: 12076"] What focal length are you shooting at? Generally portraits of people look best at longer focal lengths. Do you have a longer zoom lens? Something like 100mm or even 200mm? [URL="http://photocamel.com/forum/lighting-technique/88248-natural-outdoor-lighting-surprises.html"]Here[/URL] is an interesting thread on another forum about shooting portraits with natural light. I'd spend your time (and maybe even some money) on learning good posing. These days lots of people take photos, and its always easier to buy more gear with the thought that it will make your photos better, but that isn't true of course. However, not many people do the homework on posing, which actually makes a huge difference in how your photos work. Have you heard of [URL="http://www.creativelive.com/"]CreativeLive.com[/URL]? You can get some fantastic educational video downloads there on photography. [URL="http://www.creativelive.com/courses/posing-and-lighting-bambi-cantrell"]This one[/URL] is on posing and lighting. [URL="http://www.creativelive.com/courses/wedding-and-portrait-photography-bambi-cantrell"]This one[/URL] is just on posing pretty much I think spending $100 on one of these video courses and watching it over and over will be WAY MORE valuable than buying any equipment. You can get a lot done with natural light and a camera. [/QUOTE]
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