Robert Mitchell
Senior Member
Brittany is very diverse as a model and I really enjoyed working with her on this shoot. It was cold out and she was a real trooper without her coat.
The two tight shots were done with the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR and I just want to comment about that. While this lens does have its limitations and isn't known for having snappy auto focus, it happens to work beautifully for long lens portraiture.
If you're composing shots and are accurate with your AF point selection, placement and hand held technique, then this lens shines. It's definitely sharper as you stop down but I actually find a very pleasing quality when shooting between about 200-300mm and nearly wide open or even wide open. No, it's not razor sharp but it resolves very nicely and I've been impressed with some of the images. It's a lens I used to own and found that as I started working at a faster pace, it wasn't keeping up with me, but I'm very lucky to work with an assistant that has a nice selection of consumer lenses and from time to time I like to shoot with them just for the fun of it.
Camera & Lens:
Nikon D700 & [1] Nikon 35mm f/2, [2 &3] Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR
Settings:
[1] ISO 200, f/8, 1/160s
[2] ISO 200, 300mm, f/5.6, 1/50s
[3] ISO 200, 240mm, f/5.6, 1/80s
Lighting:
All images shot with one light.
53" Octa w/inner and outer diffusion [positioned to camera right]
[1] Edgy Lifestyle
[2] Beauty
[3] Fashion
The two tight shots were done with the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR and I just want to comment about that. While this lens does have its limitations and isn't known for having snappy auto focus, it happens to work beautifully for long lens portraiture.
If you're composing shots and are accurate with your AF point selection, placement and hand held technique, then this lens shines. It's definitely sharper as you stop down but I actually find a very pleasing quality when shooting between about 200-300mm and nearly wide open or even wide open. No, it's not razor sharp but it resolves very nicely and I've been impressed with some of the images. It's a lens I used to own and found that as I started working at a faster pace, it wasn't keeping up with me, but I'm very lucky to work with an assistant that has a nice selection of consumer lenses and from time to time I like to shoot with them just for the fun of it.
Camera & Lens:
Nikon D700 & [1] Nikon 35mm f/2, [2 &3] Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR
Settings:
[1] ISO 200, f/8, 1/160s
[2] ISO 200, 300mm, f/5.6, 1/50s
[3] ISO 200, 240mm, f/5.6, 1/80s
Lighting:
All images shot with one light.
53" Octa w/inner and outer diffusion [positioned to camera right]
[1] Edgy Lifestyle
[2] Beauty
[3] Fashion