I'm beginner in headshot, and environmental portrait. Living in Gdańsk, Poland. I'll be grateful for constructive critics and advices
I'm beginner in headshot, and environmental portrait. Living in Gdańsk, Poland. I'll be grateful for constructive critics and advices
You've got a great sense of colour and composition but in the last two shots you are shooting too close and getting perspective distortion of the nose - see how the tips bulge and widen so they're more like snouts? And the cheeks are really bulging in the third shot.
People think that an 85mm on fullframe is a close headshot lens. It isn't. If you want to frame this tightly then you need a 135mm. Or around 90mm on apsc. If you're using mirrorless then you can use a vintage manual focus lens like a Tamron SP or Vivitar Series One or Jupiter 12, so it needn't be an expensive change. Or an m43 camera with something like a Minolta 58mm standard lens can work well.
Thank you! Few months ago i have buyed a 85mm 1.8. I think i will start to using it ;) I didn't really see that distortion - but you're right! Ps. Sorry for my english ;)
If all you have to do is change a lens to get your shots perfect, you're doing really well!
>> Few months ago i have buyed a 85mm 1.8. I think i will start to using it ;)
So you're shooting an aps-c? An 85 should be perfect. Btw, if you shoot at very narrow depth of field then
1. Don't focus and recompose - put a focus point on the eye
2. Consider using liveview if you're shooting with a DSLR - not every DSLR's main phase detect is accurate enough for narrow dof, but when you use liveview you focus on the sensor, so accuracy is perfect. (If you're using a mirrorless, then your main focus system will be fine, because it's on the sensor too.)
..I think those are the only things you need to worry about.