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Beautiful lady and natural smile.Good Light, good portrait

Just beautiful! Great image.

 

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Thanks Alix.

 

Thanks Misha. I really appreciate such encouragement from a portrait photographer of your tallent, it means so much more!

 

Fond reagards, Nick.

Nick, this is very natural, beatiful smile. Good portrait. Your portraits are becoming more and more impressive every time.. Keep burning light on to film! kind regards,

Very nice available light shot with a gentle softness that is very pleasing.

Another lovely portrait...

Very "old" look to these last two - I agree. A little lost detail in the teeth and skin areas, but it adds to the overall feel of this being a shot taken many decades ago. Warm and pleasing expression.

Nice clean portrait, Nick, and a natural and relaxed smile suggesting, as in other portraits of yours, that you interact nicely with your models.

Hello Nick, another classic Price portrait here.

 

The things I like about it; the terrific tonal range' the perfect composition, the tilt and turn of the head, and the slightly self conscious look of the sitter.

 

I hope your friends are queuing up with portrait commissions and to have your work hanging on their walls. Your last couple of postings have been superlative.

 

Cheers. Pete

I don't usually put portraits out for general critique as I feel quite self conscious in doing so,

but people seem to like this one, so I will. Kind regards, Nick.

Thank you everyone for your kind comments about this portrait.

 

It is one of the first "good portraits" that I took when I bought my Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime lens. This lens has been my prefered portrait lens in 35mm, and many of the images that I have taken with it are pin sharp! It also has the added benefit of speed, as I only shoot with the available light, and often indoors.

 

Resently I have bought a second hand Leica 90mm f2 prime lens for my R4, and I have been having great fun, but when shooting nervous and reluctant subjects with wide appertures, the auto focus of the Canon tends to produce better results. I suppose that this is due to my flawed manuel focus technique. This too is a fantastic lens, and is more usual for portraits as it is the focal length of natural perspective.

 

Now I am trying to master medium format portrature, but am making slow progress!

 

Fond regards to you all, Nick.

Thanks Pete, your comment is most flattering.

 

Unfortunately, most of my friends shy away from my lens, and I have to cajole them into having their pictures taken, often with the help of fine wine and good food. This is where my need to use fast lenses and ambient light has evolved from. I suppose that it is about being English?

 

Best wishes, Nick.