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[nepenthes_ak]

Just messing around, lemme know what you guys think. Constructive criticism is welcome

 

[jimscott]

Hey if your hair were a little lighter you'd look like my 18 year old son!

 

[nightsky]

No insult meant, but the first thing that came to mind was "Emo!".

 

[Clint]

Hey if your hair were a little lighter you'd look like my 18 year old son!

....That's a picture of a girl.....

 

[scottychaos]

One thing to watch out for when doing close-ups of people..
dont use a wide-angle lens!
(or if its a camera with a zoom lens, dont use the wide-angle end of the zoom..)

its better to go telephoto, and step further away.

the persons face fills the same amount of the frame either way,
telephoto and far away,
or wide-angle and close up,

but the wide-angle really distorts things..makes a quite unflattering portrait.

A mild telephoto (like a 80 or 100mm in the old film world) is often considered a "portrait lens"..

Scot

 

[nepenthes_ak]

Yea thats my GF jmscot

No offense taken, shes not emo...
I would post another one, but has a rather inappropriate gesture, basically saying what she would say if you called her that haha

 

[nepenthes_ak]

scotty, thanks I could tell there was something off, but I still like them, Ill be sure to use my telephoto lens.

I might be getting a Macro lens, would that be better? I want to use it for close up insect photography, but Ive seen people say that its good for portrait photography to.

 

[jimscott]

My son looks like a girl!

 

[nepenthes_ak]

Your just saying that cause hes got the hair in his face.

 

[jimscott]

Same kid, top right:

He was actually pretty.