I've been thinking lately, asking myself what makes a great portrait. Is it the lighting, props, subject, pose, expression or even gear? If you were to pick two fundamental things in a portrait what would it be and why?
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
This is a water reservoir for the city of Curitiba, Brazil
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Great portraits! That’s a tough one. If I had to choose, I would say lighting and expression. I don’t think those 2 things alone would technically make a great image, but those are the most impactful things in my opinion.
I think I agree with you expression can be really powerful
I'd also say lighting and expression, but would take "expression" farther to also include connection and emotion.
I think emotion is very important, it is important people feel something when they look at your image, thanks for your insight
Portraits, more than anything, need narration to evoke interest. The rest can only compliment or emphasise it. Lovely work, well done :)