Portrait Photo tips-what are yours?

[nicolas orillard]

something else recently used...

get the best of the natural light, grey and rainy days being better for bw pictures.

and if rain comes? well , use it !!!!


So wet par crazy pablo, sur Flickr

[erika24]

nicolas, I love the way you've caught the light in people's eyes, it does make them look so alive, and with the help of the black-and-white background, they look really nice.

I prefer black-and-white portrait photography and none of that photoshop bull. Most of my photography friends operate with really nice equipment and I myself have a semi-professional quite old camera, which is technically my parents', but it makes really a difference. I also prefer if people don't pose or at least if they seem like they're not posing, makes it more real.

[nicolas orillard]

thanks erika,

the last picture was in my garden, the black background being some plants in the shadow

[ALwin]

That's a great portrait Nicolas, which lens was it? An f1.2 or macro or tilt-shift to get that thin DOF? Your portrait photography has always been one of my favorites, especially the B&Ws. But all time favorite is still: Reveil difficile Rockstar. That's a priceless expression you have.

[nicolas orillard]

That's a great portrait Nicolas, which lens was it? An f1.2 or macro or tilt-shift to get that thin DOF? Your portrait photography has always been one of my favorites, especially the B&Ws. But all time favorite is still: Reveil difficile Rockstar. That's a priceless expression you have.

lol thanks

the last one was taken using the 85mm f1,2 L at 1,2