Grab Portraits Challenge: Fast Grab- Portaits: No lights, no reflectors.

[Asher Kelman]

Suave, handsome, sophisticated....

Okay, we'll perhaps forego the "sophisticated" bit

Bob,

Remarkable pair. You raise him up and then let him down! But that's really who we are, LOL! Reminds me of "The Lord Gives and the Lord taketh away!"

If the second picture wasn't preceded by the first, I'd have been very uncomfortable about the post!

Asher

 

[Adrian Wareham]

A couple of a friend in a parking lot around midnight. Just random shenanigans.

-Adrian

 

[Asher Kelman]

A couple of a friend in a parking lot around midnight. Just random shenanigans.

Adrian.

I like casual images like this. Any chance you could also post smaller versions so that they can be seen together side by side. They are not detail rich and might be better appreciated without scrolling to see the whole pictures in one glance.

Asher

 

[Adrian Wareham]

I suppose. It might break the original links. My browser has things magnified a bit since it's 1920x1080 and I use Chrome. I can't always tell how it will look in another browser. Let's see. Here is at 800x600.

edit: resizing just made the quality lower and they were exactly the same size in the browser despite being less than 1/4 the number of actual pixels. Sorry.

-Adrian

p.s. After resizing, they didn't change in the preview. I can't tell if it's my browser and after making them about 600 pix wide, they are no smaller. On photobucket, they are smaller, but not here. My head hurts now. lol

 

[Asher Kelman]

Thanks for the effort, Adrian! I can see them better now! I resize in Photoshop or iPhoto and the pictures always show as sized!

Asher

 

[Adrian Wareham]

Made this one a reasonable size before uploading. (I just worry I'll lose originals when I use smaller copies all the time- use 'em or lose 'em) Anyway ... street performance, but also a portrait of a friend. Close enough.

-Adrian

 

[Bob Latham]

Something worrying you girl?

A quick snap whilst setting up for a football (soccer) match.

1/320 @f/2.8 Iso 200 using a 300/2.8 IS on a 1Dx
Bob

 

[Asher Kelman]

Made this one a reasonable size before uploading. (I just worry I'll lose originals when I use smaller copies all the time- use 'em or lose 'em) Anyway ... street performance, but also a portrait of a friend. Close enough.

Adrian,

She's in the groove and the mood come over beautifully.

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Something worrying you girl?

A quick snap whilst setting up for a football (soccer) match.

1/320 @f/2.8 Iso 200 using a 300/2.8 IS on a 1Dx​

Bob,

You just made me so sorry I sold my own 300 2.8L! I love the way she appears out of that soft background. Hope you pointed more her way as her expressions changed!

Asher

 

[Bob Latham]

Bob,

You just made me so sorry I sold my own 300 2.8L! I love the way she appears out of that soft background. Hope you pointed more her way as her expressions changed!

Asher

I don't have more on this occasion, Asher, although I do photograph her quite regularly. She plays for the women's team in my local football club but the image above was in her "spectatiing capacity" for the men's team.
Bob
Et voila...although still looking worried!

 

[Adrian Wareham]

I snapped this the night of Jan 1st at night with no flash, reflectors, or control over passing car lights. It took 1 second and about 5 photos. (gotta love high speed with fast lenses) We just bumped into eachother outside a pub. hehe Edit: Edit: f1.4 1/30th 3200 50mm manual white balance.

-Adrian

 

[Adrian Wareham]

This was earlier that night in a musty bar. Edit: f1.4 1/30th 3200 50mm manual white balance because of some neon lights.

-Adrian

 

[Bob Latham]

1/30th second is very challenging with live subjects, Adrian....the results look worthwhile though.

Bob

 

[Asher Kelman]

1/30th second is very challenging with live subjects, Adrian....the results look worthwhile though.

Bob

We see this in wedding pictures where the joy overcomes any minor setbacks in lighting and DOF. With the new 35mm canon f1.4 this would be easily done at 1/20 sec as it boasts 5 stops of IS.

Asher

 

[Jerome Marot]

With the new 35mm canon f1.4 this would be easily done at 1/20 sec as it boasts 5 stops of IS.

Not quite so. There is only one company with a full frame camera with a stabilized 35mm f/1.4 lens and it is not Canon. Unfortunately, they stopped building that camera 6 months ago.

The stabilized 35mm from Canon is f/2.0.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Not quite so. There is only one company with a full frame camera with a stabilized 35mm f/1.4 lens and it is not Canon. Unfortunately, they stopped building that camera 6 months ago.

The stabilized 35mm from Canon is f/2.0.

Quite right, Jerome! The Canon 35mm is just f2.0! Good catch!

Asher

 

[Adrian Wareham]

Sometimes a little blur can give the picture some character, and make the subject seem more active, or sometimes less!:

-Adrian

p.s. When life gives you lemons, paint them purple. Instant sour grapes.

 

[Antonio Correia]

Adrian, have you tried the last one in B&W ?

It looks pretty good You have here a great sense of movement ...

 

[Adrian Wareham]

I have, but only so never posted them. Just for her. Anyway ... max fps at night turned into a .gif last Halloween:

-Adrian

 

[Asher Kelman]

I have, but only so never posted them. Just for her. Anyway ... max fps at night turned into a .gif last Halloween:

-Adrian

This is such fun!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Adrian

Such fun! Great set of shots.

Asher

 

[Adrian Wareham]

We see this in wedding pictures where the joy overcomes any minor setbacks in lighting and DOF. With the new 35mm canon f1.4 this would be easily done at 1/20 sec as it boasts 5 stops of IS.

Asher

It has full IS at f1.4? That's a lot of glass to spin. It would be great for video if you have an A/C adapter. About as much IS as a typical 3MOS shoulder-cam!

The perspective would be very different with that lens. The 50mm with an APS-C sensor is WAY tighter than 35mm with a full-frame. I like the longer effective focal length so I can manipulate the focus to accentuate more specific features. That f1.4 35mm sounds pretty tasty though!

-Adrian

 

[Chris Calohan]

I was on one of those Cruise Ship shore excursions in Jamaica riding in the back of a bouncing horse drawn carriage on less than stellar streets. This is a favorite of the images shot that day. I had approximately five seconds to make the exposure as she stepped out from behind the tree seconds after we passed and there were cars in the process of trying to overcome the carriage before it hit town again.

In the second image, I'd been heavily concentrating on getting horse and rider as they burst from the gate when I saw the process of how the bull was released in synchronization with the cowboy's readiness. On the next release, I shot them instead. They are quite noisy as the ISO was 3200 - fairground lighting and a 24-70 2.8.

 

[Martin Stephens]

This is a fun looking thread. I'll try a few.

Martin Stephens: Couple​

This couple was a quick grab off the sidewalk. Perhaps 10 seconds?

Martin Stephens: Captain​

This is another fast grab after walking up to this rail overlooking the water. Later in the day, I photographed him again. He had a great beard.

 

[Asher Kelman]

It has full IS at f1.4? That's a lot of glass to spin. It would be great for video if you have an A/C adapter. About as much IS as a typical 3MOS shoulder-cam!

My error, Adrian, the new Canon lens is f 2.0 IS and not specified as an L lens!


Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

I was on one of those Cruise Ship shore excursions in Jamaica riding in the back of a bouncing horse drawn carriage on less than stellar streets.

Chris,

Such kids are so beautiful. I wish some of the tourist dollars penetrated inland from the stores of the port companies to the people. Fabulous shot!

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Martin Stephens: Captain​

Martin,

My first reaction was that this was a picture of Amish riding a wagon, only later did I notice the water, and that's only after reading your text! Proves that we drag our own preconceptions to whatever we meet!

Asher

 

[Martin Stephens]

This is another fast grab. A turnaround and snap sort of thing. And another great beard.

Martin Stephens: Mickey Mouse​

 

[Carsten Wolff]

some grabs

 

[Asher Kelman]

Carsten,

The image URL needs to end with .jpg or else .png

So right now your images are not viewable!

Send me the links and I'll repair the post!

Asher