Female Face shot,,need help

[DarkHorse]

a friend of mine wants a picture of her face,,eyes and smile,
I have never done "people" shots, ive just chased critters,,,

I have a 50D,100mm 2.8

ill be getting a 430EXII flash,

how can i make this happen,
I did take a test shot,,,,she almost killed me,,,
all her facial lines,,ect,,were very distinctive,
she wants a soft-glow,,somthing,,im confused shot,,,

grrrrr,
chasing bears in alaska was sooo much easyer,,

please help me,,
I want to live,,,

[KenJulio]

photoshop? haha

[Tommy Scarmardo]

John,

What your looking for, with women, is "soft light". This will reduce the appearance of those lines/wrinkles/etc. To get soft light you need your source to be as big and close as possible. Do this with a white bedsheet, large window (covered with bedsheet) or bounce your flash off the wall behind you. Also, a reflector under her will help reduce blemishes. (google "glamour light")

As for posing I'd include a few from a higher angle. This does an amazing job, with some, of ironing out wrinkles on the neck and double chins.

[DarkHorse]

THANK YOU!!!!!
ill live another day,,,,or so,,lol,,,,

Originally Posted by Tommy Scarmardo

John,

What your looking for, with women, is "soft light". This will reduce the appearance of those lines/wrinkles/etc. To get soft light you need your source to be as big and close as possible. Do this with a white bedsheet, large window (covered with bedsheet) or bounce your flash off the wall behind you. Also, a reflector under her will help reduce blemishes. (google "glamour light")

As for posing I'd include a few from a higher angle. This does an amazing job, with some, of ironing out wrinkles on the neck and double chins.

[KD5NRH]

Originally Posted by Tommy Scarmardo

What your looking for, with women, is "soft light". This will reduce the appearance of those lines/wrinkles/etc. To get soft light you need your source to be as big and close as possible. Do this with a white bedsheet, large window (covered with bedsheet) or bounce your flash off the wall behind you. Also, a reflector under her will help reduce blemishes. (google "glamour light")

Golden hour sun through a not-so-perfectly-clean window and an assistant with a large reflector is probably the cheapest way to go.

[rwwright]

also if she has a lot of lines, she will appreciate some light touchup in LR or CS. portrait professional looks good too.

actually, if she is over 30, no matter how many lines she will probably appreciate a small amount of touchup. (or 25 or 20 or 15, etc)

[stephenpinn]

Recently my wife asked me to take portraits of her Bunko Ladies. When I was finished the floor around my editing station was 3 inches deep in wrinkles :).