danielstagner

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Canon EOS 50D

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Aperture f/1.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/125

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Sep, 2012

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PRO+

Sweet, intimate. I like it very much.

PRO+

Voted!

Great Portrait, Creative... Nice Soft tones and Lighting and yet sharp in all the right places. Well Done. voted.

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VOTED/FAVED/AWARD, Great mood and fell Wonderful Work, PLZ Stop by and Vote If You Like My Work I Will Be Back Soon!

congrats

Platinum

wow, stunning, well done

Congrats on feature

nice

PRO

A fascinating triangle, drawing the viewer in to an intimate moment and the subject's face and eye in particular. Everything else is peripheral. But there is also something else going on here that makes the photograph interesting, the perspective of the mirror is angled to the left, so whose hand is that on the right and does it really matter? Congratulations on your feature.

Very nice :)

beautiful snap...nice pov

Beautiful. Congrats

Beautiful Classic Looking Portrait! Love The Framing And Her Look! Congradulations On Your Feature!

Lovely! Congrats on feature.

Beautiful, great composition and treatment, congrats on your feature!

Great capture, love the angle. Congratulations on your feature

Beautiful Shot, Congrats!

Stunning shot!

Voted/fav/award, all round amazing shot, congrats

PRO+

nice shot, congrats

stunning. !!!!!!

Beautiful shot, congrats on your feature!

Congrats!

very nice shot,,,congrats

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Very beautiful classic look. Amazing capture. Congrats on the feature.

Congrats on the feature, nice work!

Woah nice :)

Nice shot! Congratulations on your feature!

Platinum

Beautiful capture! Congrats!

Lovely shot! Congrats!

Gorgeous!

Absolutely gorgeous!!

lovely shot....congrats

Beautiful! Congrats on your feature !

TOUCHING!

lovely portrait! congrats :D

Congrats ! Very nice!

absolutely stunning

Platinum

Beautiful work. Congrats on your feature. - Jake

Love this shot! Very creative. Congrats on the feature!

Great image! Congrats!

lovely shot, well done on the featured x

Ultimate

Very nice.

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Nice pic! Congrats!

Perfect shot!

Love it!!

Beautiful capture! :)

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this shot inside of my friend's fairly cramped apartment in downtown Portland, OR. It's not necessarily a small apartment, but there were a lot of people inside of a small space. It made for a lot of awkward acrobatics to get some of the shots there.

Time

I can't remember exactly, but it was sometime around 11am or noon.

Lighting

It was mostly shot using just ambient light. I did use a touch of on-camera flash that I bounced off of the ceiling to bring up the ambient exposure a bit, though.

Equipment

At the time I used a Canon 50D, a 50mm f/1.8, and a Professor Kobre's Lightscoop. It is just a little mirror that slides in front of the built-in flash and bounces it vertically.

Inspiration

The moment, as cheesy as that sounds. I saw the bride adjusting her makeup and veil and saw that the light was perfect so I took a few shots and this was the best one. We took a few different angles before we ended up at this one. I just happened to walk in at the perfect moment, otherwise I probably wouldn't have seen the shot and missed out on one of my favorite shots to this day.

Editing

Absolutely. I wish I could say I didn't. Some day, I hope that'll be the case, but back then I definitely fixed it up in post. I have gone through a few computers and hard drives since then, so I lost the Lightroom catalog with the adjustments made. I can tell you that I brought up the exposure about a stop, adjusted the colors, lightened up the eyes, did a little bit of basic skin cleanup, and then sharpened the image to taste. This was all done before I learned the magic of Photoshop, so everything was done in Lightroom back then.

In my camera bag

Nowadays, as far as cameras and lenses go I have a Canon 6D, a Tokina 12-24mm f/4, a Canon 50mm f/1.8, a Tokina 35mm f/2.8(Which will be replaced before too long. It vignettes like crazy on full frame.), and a Canon 70-200mm f/4. For lighting, I am a huge fan of Paul C. Buff gear. They are usually my go-to lights, so I have an Einstein head, an AB800, and some various modifiers. I also shoot a lot of architectural work so I have two speedlights that I bring along with me. A Lumopro LP160, and a YongNuo YN-560 II, and again a bunch of modifiers for those as well. I bring all of my gear with me to all of my shoots just because you never know what to expect. That's half of the fun of being a photographer is all of the problem solving that comes along with shooting. Always be prepared. Always.

Feedback

I'd have to say just get out there and shoot. As cool as it is to sit in front of a computer reading blogs and retouching pictures all day, the only way you'll get the shots you see in your head is to get out there. Sure, you're going to fail and take some really awful pictures in the meantime. We all do it. But when you finally get that ONE shot you've had in your head or you manage to stumble on an amazing light setup purely by accident, that is what makes all of your failures worth it. You can't succeed without a little bit of failing here and there. That's how you learn and that is what makes this the best job in the world.

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