A small and belated September update for 2024, where I am still, after many years' membership, on 365 Project, also now posting elsewhere but wanting...
Lovely shot. I started this challenge today too. Also I started an attempt at learning how to take monochrome portraits.......any tips on portraits you can give me would be gratefully received! You are super at them.
Well, thank you but probably I've learnt by trial and error! Backgrounds are always a problem out and about, especially lights in pubs and strong sunlight outside. Important to put the subject at ease; the first shot I take is often the best before any smile becomes fixed; set up the camera before asking; mono portraits need more variety in tones than colour. Ask me anything and I'll reply - if I can!
Delighted to see yellow flowers in Summer. There are so many, almost exclusively in early Spring, that I find myself looking forward to another colour. Purple irises spring to mind.
Well, thank you but probably I've learnt by trial and error! Backgrounds are always a problem out and about, especially lights in pubs and strong sunlight outside. Important to put the subject at ease; the first shot I take is often the best before any smile becomes fixed; set up the camera before asking; mono portraits need more variety in tones than colour. Ask me anything and I'll reply - if I can!