Joel
most of time, i shoot my headshots on a white or light grey background, and without the backlights.
with Joel, i decided to mix things a bit.
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Dean Wilson
Vintage Lens
Another visit to our garden using a vintage lens (Canon FD 50mm f/1.4) on my Canon R5. NOTE: With this lens the minimum focusing distance is 18" at which point you have 1/4" depth of field.
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Last: May 30, 2026
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John Desjarlais
Any interest in this group?
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Last: May 28, 2026
Dean Wilson
Vintage Lenses
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.
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Last: May 27, 2026
4 Comments
Nice try but underexposed, quite a bit.
It's low key, but ok
To me Low key just means mainly dark tones. This is low key but still it is under exposed.
What's the difference, you ask? Well highlights and specular reflections should not be muddy and shaddows and most blacks should have detail, generally. True-blacks of course, should be black without detail. In this image the detail in the hair and beard and on his chest left of the necklace is gone, a dead giveaway for an under exposed image especially as your image is very muddy, another dead giveaway for under exposure. The hair looks black but the background is also absent detail, even though it is no where near as dark as the hair, and this makes it look like a poorly executed composite, especially becasue of the synthetic halo around the hair.
If you don't agree, beleive or understand my explanation just do it or something similar again shooting exposures as per this image and others one, two and three stops brighter. Low key is about the tones of the subject matter and the lighting design, in that order. It has nothing to do with exposure.
i like your contributions. i would like to know you better so that you can share some professional ideas with me, am a photographer from nigeria.