Description: Norman Reedus in 2018 in Los Angeles. This may not even quality as a portrait as we did not sit down in a studio nor was I the only one taking pictures of him. However, in the spirit of facial expressions, I decided to give it a shot. To me acting is primarily done in the eyes, the expressions and not just how they say their lines.
Gear used: Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5
Settings: ISO 20,000, 300mm, f/6.3, 1/500 sec (I was not as experienced with photography at the time, unlike a lot of my peers, I was not afraid to jack up the ISO as I felt there was good enough tech to minimize the noise in post. This is the slowest shutterspeed I could go with and surprised I didn't get motion blur because Norman was moving a lot, I think in this moment he froze for a split second and I timed it well but at 1/500 of a second I was really pushing it at 300mm as the base line for a camera without in body stabilization should be 2 X's the focal length minimum. I got lucky)
Post processed in Lightrroom, but it was years in the waiting. Sure the tech was there back in 2018 but I really did not get to see this photo like this until the recent updates. I used masking to work on Norman and the new noise reduction feature of Lightroom. This new feature literally crushes any NR I have used previously.