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Capturing Powerful Portraits
Jul
This seminar-style movie presentation was developed for several talks I gave for Sony Australia in 2018. It looks at my approach to portraiture (primarily on location). I cover my choice of camera settings, choice of lens, how I compose my images and how I control the lighting used so that I can capture powerful portraits. The presentation concludes with a brief look at how I work with off-camera flash.
Associated articles that support this movie can be found here:
Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits – Sony Alpha A7RIII and A9
- Purchase the 50 F/1.8 APS-C Portrait lens featured in this presentation from Sony Australia: E 50mm F1.8 OSS
- Purchase the 85 F/1.8 Full Frame Portrait lens featured in this presentation from Sony Australia: FE 85mm F1.8
- Purchase the 85 F/1.4 GM Full Frame Portrait lens featured in this presentation from Sony Australia: FE 85mm F1.4 GM
- Purchase the 100 F/2.8 STF GM Full Frame Portrait lens from Sony Australia: FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM
An album of high-resolution portrait images captured using these techniques can be viewed here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskC66gE9
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Mark is a Global Imaging Ambassador for Sony, an experienced educator and an Imaging Ambassador for Adobe. As well as public speaking he offers training in the form of creative workshops and one-on-one training.