Andy
Dec-11-2004, 04:04 AM
dgrin challenge 28 is here. it will run from monday, december 13th at 12:00:01 a.m. nyc time, through monday, december 27th at noon nyc time. the guest judge for the challenge will be the winner of challenge 27, as determined by the voters.
remember, in order for everyone to benefit, you should be commenting and critiquing for others as much as you expect to get for yourself. you've got to give to get!
challenge 28 is about "portraits."
what makes a good portrait? lots of different things - lighting is critical, but so are the subject's pose and expression. when i see a portrait, i want to become instantly engaged with the subject, and if that happens, i'll be staring at the portrait for a long time.
portraits can be done in a studio (professional or created at home) or they can be done in situ, which of course is what many will be most able to do. professional and expensive lighting is not required to make a stunning portrait - often window light from a north facing window with a bit of fill provided by a homemade reflector can be enough! i have seen lovely work done by candlelight, moonlight, 30w bulbs, a couple of cheap flashes, and yes, $5,000 studio lights, too. the point is, you can do it a variety of ways! i really have enjoyed situational portraits, where the subject is with his / her work gear or environment, or a favorite thing or animal (a rider and horse for example).
so get out there, and shoot portraits!
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563177-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563173-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563182-L.jpg
and i have some more examples in this gallery (http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/315820/1)
one of my good friends is a fellow from russia named yuri pautov (we're going to recruit him to dgrin this week, guys...) and you can see some of his wonderful portrait work here (http://pautov.viplast.ru/index.php?id=5). the camera yuri shoots with? a sony f707 - so i reiterate, it's *not* about the camera folks, it's the photographer and the technique employed.
here are some other resources for all of us to learn from
article here on photo.net (http://www.photo.net/portraits/intro)
portraits at photographytips.com (http://photographytips.com/page.cfm/368)
some good examples over in the canon challenge on dpreview here (http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/cslr07_portraits)
and here in the sony challenge on dpreview (http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/challenge_16_portraits)
this thread, is the one into which you post your challenge entry, and remember, one entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during the challenge period. you must post the date the photograph was taken or it will be deemed ineligible.
all of the rules of the dgrin photo challenges apply, please read them! (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=1338).
***challenge 28 will close to entries on monday, december 27th, 2004 at 12 noon nyc time***
enjoy (challenge) photography,
remember, in order for everyone to benefit, you should be commenting and critiquing for others as much as you expect to get for yourself. you've got to give to get!
challenge 28 is about "portraits."
what makes a good portrait? lots of different things - lighting is critical, but so are the subject's pose and expression. when i see a portrait, i want to become instantly engaged with the subject, and if that happens, i'll be staring at the portrait for a long time.
portraits can be done in a studio (professional or created at home) or they can be done in situ, which of course is what many will be most able to do. professional and expensive lighting is not required to make a stunning portrait - often window light from a north facing window with a bit of fill provided by a homemade reflector can be enough! i have seen lovely work done by candlelight, moonlight, 30w bulbs, a couple of cheap flashes, and yes, $5,000 studio lights, too. the point is, you can do it a variety of ways! i really have enjoyed situational portraits, where the subject is with his / her work gear or environment, or a favorite thing or animal (a rider and horse for example).
so get out there, and shoot portraits!
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563177-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563173-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/12563182-L.jpg
and i have some more examples in this gallery (http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/315820/1)
one of my good friends is a fellow from russia named yuri pautov (we're going to recruit him to dgrin this week, guys...) and you can see some of his wonderful portrait work here (http://pautov.viplast.ru/index.php?id=5). the camera yuri shoots with? a sony f707 - so i reiterate, it's *not* about the camera folks, it's the photographer and the technique employed.
here are some other resources for all of us to learn from
article here on photo.net (http://www.photo.net/portraits/intro)
portraits at photographytips.com (http://photographytips.com/page.cfm/368)
some good examples over in the canon challenge on dpreview here (http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/cslr07_portraits)
and here in the sony challenge on dpreview (http://www.pbase.com/stfchallenge/challenge_16_portraits)
this thread, is the one into which you post your challenge entry, and remember, one entry per person, and the photo must be fresh, taken during the challenge period. you must post the date the photograph was taken or it will be deemed ineligible.
all of the rules of the dgrin photo challenges apply, please read them! (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=1338).
***challenge 28 will close to entries on monday, december 27th, 2004 at 12 noon nyc time***
enjoy (challenge) photography,