HeadShot Practice
I've been reading Peter Hurley's book "The Headshot" and he got it down to a science. So I try to applied what I learned so far to my own headshot photography. Let me know what you think.
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Dean Wilson
The Sun and the Moon
I wanted to see how my 50 year old Canon FD 800mm f/5.6 s.s.c. would handle photographing both the Sun and the Moon.
1 - Revealing sunspots. (Square cropped)
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Last: Jul 30, 2026
Alan Brown
Bluristic mirror mode
I must admit I have been lax in both my shooting and posting recently, perhaps due to the fact my wife has now retired, and we are spending a LOT more time together doing various activities.
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Last: Jul 30, 2026
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Last: Jul 27, 2026
4 Comments
I like all the shot poses. My one complaint is the light bouncing off of the skin. To much glare washing out the skin tones. #3 is the best.
I clicked send to fast. In #3 you have to change the angle of the shot to avoid the eye glasses refraction. Hard to do but if you don't if affects the client.
thank you for your input. I see the refraction that you talking about. I'll be more mindful of that in the future.
Couple things I'd consider for the these, especially with the woman. She's definitely overexposed. Also, you're broad lighting her, which makes her face look wider. Try putting the light to camera left her which will put a shadow on the side of her face that is facing camera (her left cheek). She's pulling her chin back, which makes her look jowls look even more jowly. Peter Hurley has a great video on creating a strong jaw line by extending your forehead out and down. I think this would help her a lot. Last, your background is not lit evenly. See how it's going to grey at the bottom? You can fix this in post or put the light further from the backdrop and bump up the power a bit. Hope this helps!