Excellent Catchlights

Catchlights are the reflective spots of light that you see in peoples eyes. Photographers love to capture them because they give the portrait life and give the eyes a 3d look. The catchlights in the this portrait are created by a 70cm beauty dish, a type of light modifier used on studio strobes that is much loved by fashion photographers.

[Jane Pittenger]

Fabulous and thanks for the explanation

[Shirley Chetwynd]

A lovely portrait of this lady and her beautiful brown eyes.

[Diane]

Wonderful portrait!

[Liz (fotomama)]

fab...and so true!!!

[santina]

wonderful catchlights, and beauty lady

[Kimmi]

Very nice

[Kerri]

Great portrait

[Shanne]

lovely portrait - I think I liked the Flickr crop better though

[Netkonnexion]

@shanne - yes, I think you might be right. That was for a specific piece of work though, so I had a different purpose there.

[Decima F]

Thanks, very informative.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely portrait and interesting information.

[Taephy]

Yes, I read about catchlights but not as detailed as yr explanation, thanks! Great portrait......:)

[Janet Shaffer]

Lovely portrait.

[Yvonne]

Lovely portrait. One day I'll really understand how to photograph people--thanks for this explanation. Beautiful shot.

[Sheila]

Nice portrait!

[Sue Wilde]

Terific shot Damon. Love the explanation too

[Mags]

Excellent lesson on eyes and portraits! Thank you!

[eva]

Thanks for the great explanation. Really nice portrait.

[Sabrina]

I just watched a few tutorial about flash and how it affects the shot. Your explanation is short and easy to understand. Very interesting. Thanks :)

[Ann Jones]

A lovely portrait, I see what you mean about the eyes. I agree with Sabrina's comment, thanks for the explanation. That's 365 for you!

[Nicola]

Thank you for letting me know about catchlights, great shot, and great explaination.

[Dione Giorgio]

This is a fantastic portrait. Great work and very interesting info.

[Aleksandra]

Thank you for the information, its wonderful to learn from fellow 365ers! Great portrait!

[Livia]

A wonderful portrait shot! 8)

[Jennifer Ruge]

A very nice portrait! Thanks for the explanation.

[Debbi M]

Beautiful portrait shot. Thanks -- I never knew that.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Nice one! I get a sense of a person who's trying to be serious - and just about pulling it off. :-)

[carol white]

Lovely portrait and thanks for the explanation!!

[Howard Steele]

nice one

[Beth]

Wonderful Portait. The lighting and focus are perfect.

[CHARLES MALLIA]

nice portrait

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful portrait of a beautiful Lady beautiful captured

[Carole Imes]

Interesting information and a lovely portrait shot so well done!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Lovely portrait...love the explanation.

[Sunil Chummar]

Great expression here,clean shot.

[Chris]

Great capture - she seems to be very energetic!

[Harry J Benson]

good portrait and I like how the beauty dish lights are reflected in the eyes

[Jen Hudson]

Well thats interesting to know. I think it gives her face a more expressive look.

[Diana Moss]

A wonderful portrait , the eyes make it come to life

[Andy]

Thanks for the intro on beauty dishes, now I've got to get me one. (trying to keep up with the Jones!) Beautiful protrait!