Professional self portraits
Greetings to all my friends in the beautiful Photography Lovers community, I hope you are having a great day!
Something that happens to all professional photographers a lot is that in photo shoots, unless we work with models (which is not the most common thing), clients often say that they don't know how to pose, so it's our job to guide them during the photo shoot.
I must say that I have already learned many poses to guide women since they are the ones I most often take pictures of, but I know that I still needed a lot more practice to guide men in poses and precisely for that reason I did this self-portrait session for myself, to learn to pose and also to leave a visual guide to be able to show the poses to men in future photo shoots.
So in this series of professional self-portraits you will see that in all the photos I have a different pose, because that was what I was exploring!
Un saludo a todos mis amigos en la bonita comunidad de Photography Lovers, espero tengan un excelente dia!
Algo que a todos los fotografos profesionales les suele pasar mucho es que en las sesiones de fotos, a menos que trabajemos con modelos (cosa que no es lo mas comun) los clientes suelen decir que no saben como posar asi que es nuestro trabajo guiarlos durante la sesion de fotos.
Debo decir que ya he aprendido muchas poses para guiar a mujeres pues son a las que con mayor frecuencia suelo tomarle fotos pero sé que aun me faltaba mucha mas practica para guiar a hombres en las poses y precisamente por esa razon es que me hice a mi mismo esta sesion de fotos de auto retratos, para aprender a posar y tambien asi dejo una guia visual para poder mostrarle las poses a los hombres en las futuras sesiones de fotos.
Asi que en esta serie de auto retratos profesionales van a ver que en todas las fotos tengo una pose diferente, pues eso era lo que estaba explorando!
To take the photos, I put my Canon RP camera on a tripod and connected it to my phone via bluetooth:
Para tomar las fotos puse mi camara Canon RP en un tripode y la conecté a mi telefono mediante bluetooth:
I also set a 10-second timer to have enough time to hide the phone and strike the poses.
Tambien puse un temporizador de 10 segundos para tener tiempo suficiente de esconder el telefono y hacer las poses.
In the lighting, as the main light I used a speedlite flash with a 60 cm octabox at 45 degrees from me and as a secondary light I used an LED light panel behind me to separate myself from the background.
En la iluminacion como luz principal utilicé un flash speed lite con un octabox de 60 cm a 45 grados de mi y como luz secundaria utilicé un panel de luz led detras de mi para separarme del fondo.
I had a lot of fun taking these photos because I was able to explore various aspects of my person and every time I take a self-portrait session it helps me to accept myself better.
Me divertí mucho haciendo estas fotos pues pude explorar varios aspectos de mi persona y cada vez que me hago una sesion de fotos de autoretratos me ayuda aceptarme mejor a mi mismo.
I hope you liked these photos as much as I did!
Espero que estas fotos le hayan gustado tanto como a mi!
Awesome!! I love your lighting. It looks so professional and like a painting haha. It emphasizes the facial features and clothing without it being too dramatic.
I'm also setting up my own home studio (finally!!!) and I have sooo much to learn still. You also have a led light behind you? I didn't notice that, it's very subtle and makes a lot of sense why you look "3d" if you know what I mean. Good job!
Also the phone/remote LOL I can relate about rushing to hide it before the camera captures 😂. In my previous camera Nikon, there is an option for self portraits that captures many photos in every ___ seconds after you have pressed the timer so you don't have to press each time. For example, you can set for it to capture 1 photo every 10 seconds and it will continue to do so 10 times so after 1 shot you can immediately proceed to your next pose without needing to press the timer again. It's very convenient but unfortunately I don't have that option in my Fuji. Does Canon have that?
Thanks for that good comment, i really recommend to get a octabox of 60cm or more!
i really was trying to avoid dramatic light , so thanks!!
Yes, the panel led was really low light like at 25% of power, the intention was to be subtle only doing it's necessary light to separate me from the background, that always works well!!
i dont know about other's cameras but i havent found that option in my camera, i have really needed it some times , i have to take 1 photo per time , that option could be really useful!
Wow, You used 100% of your brain and took these stunning pictures of yourself. and to be honest we wouldn't have known that you had taken these pictures yourself if you had not told us. AMAZING!
Sending Love and Ecency Vote!
Thaanks!! i figured everything out and made it possible with the help of a timer and tripod jhahaha
Excellent portraits, all in their proper lighting and framing. Best regards !
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Thanks you really much wilfredo!
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Siempre me había dado curiosidad, ¿como fotógrafo no se les olvida tomarse fotos a si mismo? Hoy tu post me contesta que en efecto si se hacen autorretratos. Hay algún consejo que tengas a la hora de posar? Nunca sé que hacer y termino sonriendo y haciendo así con la mano ✌
Full practica mi bro, al principio puedes buscar poses por pinterest y guiarte y en poco tiempo ya te abras aprendido las poses de memoria!