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>>2805305
Most cheap macro lights aren't useful for portraits because they don't put out nearly enough light. Ring lights for portraiture are very very bright, and the cheap ones cost around $500.

Yeah those are useless for anything other than macro. The ring flashes used for portraits are a different thing entirely.

>>2805310
Whats about YN-14EX? Looks powerfull enought to shoot at distances.
Can attach a softbox to it and use like regular flash?

>>2804946
Too many apologies and too few insults. No tripfag hate.

>>2804946
>"color" is singular, therefore photos should portray one specific color
kek'd
>>2805013
undercover tripfag detected

>>2805456

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe I'm sugar. Maybe I'm isi. Maybe I'm just a nameless queer. You will never know.

>>2804944
You will need to add some sort of reflector to your kit, but what you have currently will certainly work, camera wise.

For settings, it will depend on the light source, but if you're shooting in daylight like that, ISO 100, somewhere around 100mm, f/8, and whatever shutter speed you need to use to not blow the highlights on your subject.

The sun is camera right, so your reflector would be camera left filling in the shadows on the subject.

You mean, a well lit portrait with the background out of focus??? Just learn how to take portraits. Yes you can do it with your gear.

>>2804944

I told you off in an earlier thread you posted for buying prematurely and without thinking. I hadn't realised that you were this green, my apologies.

Your combination is fine. Check out some portrait techniques around the web to learn about defocusing the background.

Long story short you want to use the long end of your lens (270mm) to achieve this effect. The issue with your lens though (as I pointed out) is that I know this lens at its long end is pretty soft looking. It isn't made for a camera like yours either! you might be able to get a similar shot but it will be much softer than the OP.

A better choice would be trade that lens in ASAP (if still have return period) and plop a couple hundred extra into the great Tamron 70-200 2.8. It will be far more suited to this purpose, shoot at 200 f2.8 and be impressed!

Gear aside there is some technique that goes into a shot like this. First as another poster mentioned there is likely a reflector camera left filling in the detail. The original shot also likely metered for the sky (which is a bit blown) and might have brought the shadows up in post.

If any of these points confuses you then I suggest you hunt around and try and read a bit more. Photography requires the ability to educate yourself about the technical and creative aspects of the craft. Every great photographer is a great learner.

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>>2804833
This one I fucking love. The way the light is interacting with him and the background is just beautiful.

>>2804834
The crop ruins it, the background is 100% necessary.

kill yourself joe

>>2804769
How about getting them printed online?
Read their terms of service and check if you are allowed to print it there. Some people in a printing plant somewhere will know that you are a pervert but they'll never meet you. Man I love turtlenecks.

Turtlenecks are fucking terrible. Just... the worst possible shirt, both to wear and to see being worn. I've never been excited to meet someone wearing a turtleneck. I know that there's a ponytail somewhere in their past or future, and they probably own one pair of leather sandals.

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>>2804797

>>2804541
wy?

Butthurt DSLR user? Face it mirrorless is just better.

Technology progresses and new tech emerges that is better than old tech. Oh noes!

>>2804458
Songs would be an easier choice, personally. Just a frame of reference, let's use the Rolling Stones as an example. Specifically, their song "Paint It Black." The very first lyrics are "I see a red door, and I want it painted black."

So as a photo, you could just take the lyric literally as a photo of someone in the process of painting a red door black.

That's a very simple (and pretty crappy) way of doing it, so I'd stretch out your creativity and see how complex you can make the photo in reference to a specific song.

Bonus points if it's a song, band, or genre your teacher likes.

I hope that helps.

>>2804472
I appreciate your post, thankyou

>>2804458
>I can't think of anything that's not cringe worthy kinda stuff like pic related or some black and white photo of me in pain with some fucking shitty linkin park lyrics photoshopped in.
Use "Melancholy Man" by The Moody Blues.
You can literally do a sad photo of yourself without lyrics.
http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Moody_Blues:Melancholy_Man

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another picture i have taken on my camera.

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i had to get down low to take this picture.

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any cc: VERY appreciated.

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also one of mine.

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nice pics.
I used to own a D3300 (almost the same as yours) and I figure I had a decent start with it
the photos are rather beautiful for a beginner
also, post production is the key, so you should get a hang of that if you already haven't, but not always

>>2803286
Thanks. I will learn how to use photoshop in the near future.

>>2803242
boring, low resolution and out of focus bad composition and generally uninteresting

>>2803242
Bad background. Out of focus. Post in recent photo thread.

>>2803260
LOL res is based on need to crop, but I understand the issue lol thanks for it. Anything you like about it? Things I can repeat?

>why
If I print something, it's likely to stay with me or who I gift it to for a while. It's something that someone can show their friends/relatives after they've gotten a new phone or laptop.

It's also not a disposable piece of paper like the trash that enters your door, a bill, a bank statement, a newspaper, a leaflet promoting a business or a takeaway menu. All that shit is not only a waste of paper but a waste of ink. It's something I won't ever have an attachment to.
A photo though? I'm more likely to give that at least 2-3 seconds of my time.

>>2802720
WOW it is the_current_year (no fucking shit), are we still doing a thing?!
People like to print; it's more permanent and displayable than just keeping it on an SD card or something, so if you have the money and it's a good photo that you really like, why not?

>>2802720
Because when I work late at the office I can print out as much as I like without anyone chewing my ass out.

Terrible, resize your images to something sensible and then fucking kill yourself

I agree that it needs resized but I kinda like it.
I think you got lucky with a very generic long exposure, though, and I think the scene is too busy.
You can explore the theme further and with more care.

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I own one of these. Mine is kind of dusty though. It's been sitting on a shelf for decades. I should clean it and see if it still functions... It takes 120 film so that won't be a problem.

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Zeiss Ikon Box Camera, 1933 Vintage. 30€ on eBay, really good, just that darn fungus...

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I have this thing. The body and lens are in great shape, sadly the gigantic cloth FP shutter is shredded. It's from somewhere around 1900, maybe even earlier.

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>>2802280
these are fucking terrible op. what brought you to the conclusion that these were worth uploading?

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>>2802459
He stated himself they were shit, and wanted tips to improve ya retard

>>2802280
bitch on her phone the whole time. rude as shit.

Gas masks.

>>2802042
where was this shot?

One or more persons
Enough exposure
Being worth a damn to the viewer

That photo is really fuckin cool