A good friend of mine agreed to pose for me. I'm slowly buiding up my portfolio of head shots and Will needed a few to update his own portfolio. I'm still learning how to do these efffectivley, we only managed a ten minute session in his front garden last night, what do you guys think?







I had a little trouble with back focusing while using a small aperture and long focal length: ISO 160, f4@70mm. Reflector held underneath chin to bounce a little light and make eyes sparkle.
Thank you for looking

good use of the reflector...his eyes look awesome. Good job! I like them.

Thanks Amber

Michelle,
I think some more dramatic lighting would be good for this. I feel like his face is too hot. I'm probably the only one that thinks this though. Like I think it would be nice to have one half of his face a little darker than the other. The color is really popping great, they just seem oddly flat to me. Just my two cents, don't make it right.

Thanks for the critique Mark, I'll remember to add some ratio in future, I'm learning quickly what makes a good headshot
I'll take your comments into account on my next shoot, thank you

You're nailing it by using that long focal length!

(A minor point on posing, in headshots the casting directors are looking for true perspective. For portraits we shoot from above a lot, but for headshots you want to be just a smidge above and almost straight on but not quite. Somewhere between 1 & 2. Add the same disclaimer as Mark... Just my two cents.)

Thankyou Paige, I didn't know that... not saying I haven't done my research but that wonderful piece of info just simply never came up!

I understand completely what you mean and I'll definitely shoot from that angle

... I'm going to need a stepladder