Comments on: How to Bypass the Portrait Mode on Your Digital Camera and Get Great Portraits https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/ Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Merlin Sabbat https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-678245 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:35:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-678245 In portrait shots, I like to shoot 5 or more at one time, you never know when someone will blink and ruin a shot. I’ve always liked the 50mm f/1.4 in manual mode, I shoot everything in manual mode and never trust the built in light meter. If you forget your light meter, you could always get very close, take a reading with the camera light meter and then resume the distance of your choice.

]]> By: John Andrews https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-659259 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:02:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-659259 No mention of focal length! My first choice is 90mm (35mm eq) lens for portraits. This avoids the big-nose syndrome that occurs with a normal lens. So, choose a lense a little longer than your regular lens or zoom out a little to find the correct camera to subject distance. Also, avoid the long lens or higher zoon shot because the face gets flattened and looks unnatural.

]]> By: Carmim https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-611780 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:47:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-611780 Thanks Darren…..learnt a lot 🙂

]]> By: ronald https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-588829 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:54:28 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-588829 i been using portrait mode for a while now and comes out very bright. so decited to take regular shots and use befunky photoshop thats free. and use the smooth mode in befunky and you got your self a professional shot.

]]> By: Larry https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-488134 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:15:57 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-488134 I am new to series photography aandd have learned much from your post. I find myself read and rereading ver and over.
My favorite type of photography is landscape and I take most of my shot while on vacation or other outdoor setting from spring to fall.
I normally shoot in aperture mode,

What are some tips to improve my photos?
I have a #4 graduated density filter and a polarize filter
Thank and again I feel I am learning a lot from your post

]]> By: Sandesh https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-322110 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:41:32 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-322110 Hi, thank you for the nice article and for the useful techniques..
I would like to additionally know about the color setting in camera for best result of portrait photography so that I can get smooth and soft face tone. Should I stick to setting standard ( SD in my nikon d5100) or any custom setting that i can use ( like changing saturation, contrast, etc) . If then what should be the custom setting..
thank you in advance 🙂

]]> By: william breen https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-259551 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:32:03 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-259551 I HAV A LOW END OF RANGE CANON EOS 1100D A STARTER YOU MAY SAY BUT I FIND D,P,S, BRILLIANT FOR ALL THE TIPS ON EVERYTHING
BIG THANKS D,P,S,

]]> By: Pallav https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-234546 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:50:28 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-234546 Very useful inputs..

Would have loved a link to understanding the metering modes and the focusing modes..

Otherwise some really nice tips to try out.. Thanks 🙂

]]> By: Dewan Demmer https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-221834 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:16:32 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-221834 Nice simple ideas when it comes to portrait photography and that’s always a good thing, clear explanation and not to technical. Its a nice introduction to the idea of moving away from the pre-sets on so many cameras.
Personally i run in manually most of the time, probably due to the control freak rampaging around in me … it gives me a small bit more control over my shots than Aperture priority does, but Aperture is a good place to start and in fact I know a lot of people who prefer aperture Priority.
Here is a Family Portrait I did with my 50mm, a nice fast lens, talking about a fast lense is really just saying it can get a load of light quickly, in this case due to Aperture 1.8
http://dsdphotography.co.za/the-deklerk-family-%e2%80%93-johannesburg-lifestyle-photoshoot/

]]> By: Usha https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-197429 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:47:58 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-bypass-the-portrait-mode-on-your-digital-camera-and-get-great-portrait/#comment-197429 Hey.. nice photo… tried to do a digital portrait with this ref… how can i share with u???

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