I had the opportunity to teach a "Dramatic Portrait" class at Adorama this past weekend. A few days prior I managed to pick up the new Zeiss Batis 85mm 1.8 lens and was eager to give it a try. Here is one of the first images captured using it on the Sony A7II.
Incredible how well you captured the character. I feel like I've known him for years just by looking at this. You sir are a master.
That's very high praise, thank you! I was fortunate to have him attend my seminar. He was exactly the face I was looking for to demonstrate this lighting.
Beautiful work with that sony. That 85 is so excellent !! Awesome shot!
Man, I love this shot. Great subject and the lighting brings everything together.
This! Very cool portrait. How did you do the lighting? Simple setup with large softbox camera right? The intensity of the eyes is remarkable.
Thank you! This shot was taken during one of my presentations at Adorama, and they recently uploaded the entire thing online! You can see it here> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiQpmrXYOwQ
Excellent... I made it to "I have been known to be an anti-apple guy", then I just had to stop watching the vid. (just kidding, I'll watch it in its entirety but then I will not like you. I also kid about that last sentence. Almost.) j/k
LOL! You'd be surprised how many people see me open a Windows laptop at a presentation and immediately roll their eyes ;)
=)
Don't worry, I won't roll my eyes. I'm in both camps.
This guy had the expression nailed in the first few shots. Very impressive. Big softbox camera right was a correct assumption, but the way you used the flag was new to me. Again, a very nice portrait you made from just a few shots despite the worthless USB cable :)
Why the heck would somebody downvote a link to really good information?
This guy looks like a total badass, great portrait.
This photo just blasted me off!! Totaly incredible!
perfct lighting.
I'm just starting to experiment with lighting using my Nikon. Also shoot with a Sony A7II but don't, as yet, have a flash. I aspire to shooting this type of portrait. So excellent!
amazing!
You are one true portraitist Miguel, brilliant work.
Beautiful
great work
incredibly beautiful headshot,you are a GEM
This is great
:) beautiful portrait. simple, no fuzz. just perfect.
great portrait!
Very well done, it's amazing what a window can do.
Like the skin color and overall sharpness but find the rectangular light box reflection in the eyes a distraction.