Challenged myself to try portraits after getting bored of the

>>2920243
>air
Meant hair.

Well for starters you can have it be in focus

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>>2920245
Yeah, that.

I don't know why I had trouble with that.
I think I shot this pic 4-5 time trying to get a composition that I liked and only one has the subject in focus.
Of course it's the one I don't like.

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>>2920243
>Do you think there's anything to do I can make this air look less greasy and sticky?

shampoo.

is this troll thread or the board level went to the drainer? i remember seeing better begginer posts.

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>>2920243
Pretty sure this is a troll thread, but it's funny because I literally got on here to post the same thing!

Never done portraits before, always just took pictures that I want to see. Recently decided to try my hand at Portraits since it's something new and I don't want to be one of those "photographers" who stagnate and never improve. Any tips/tricks/advice for someone wanting to get into portraits?

Pic related is one of the shots from my first attempt. The hair blends too much with the background, I suppose I need a lighter backdrop. Tell me what I'm doing wrong and educate me on where I need to go with it.

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>>2920296
You probably could've went with a medium gray backdrop instead, still dark but you'd be able to see his features better against it.

I'd also recommend shooting at a narrower aperture. It can get pretty difficult to focus properly on the eyes (they look out of focus here but it may be his glasses) at such a low aperture, not to mention you're using lights and he's still. shoot at like F2.8 at least so it's sharper and actually properly in focus.

>>2920296
>>2920380

another option is to use a slave/remote flash for the background so that he's back-lit. The light coming from behind him will separate him from the background and you'll actually be able to see his hair, even with the near black background.

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>>2920296
this
>>2920380
I always shoot a black backdrop in the studio because it's all I have and one or two kicker lights is all you need to make it work

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>>2920388
meant to quote >>2920382
obviously

>>2920296

something looks off on that guy. like he is disguised.

>>2920414
Posture. He kinda slouches naturally, not back straight like that. It's an unnatural pose for him and it shows.

>>2920380
>>2920382
>>2920388
Thanks. I hope to have the opportunity to play around with it some more this weekend, I'll try the suggestions.