First attempt at a portrait.

Well I had a little go at taking portraits this afternoon and quickly realised I need a decent lens. I was using my 50mm f/1.8 but felt restricted and the only other EF lens I have is my old 30-85 which isn't as sharp as I need it to be!

This is one of the shots I have from the session and I will be taking more, probably self portraits, later on because it worked quite well for such a low budget set up!

Equipment used:

• Canon EOS 1D Mark 2
• Canon EF 35-80mm Lens
• Metz Flashgun
• Some plain black material as a backdrop

Having one flashgun and no wireless trigger meant i could only really light up one side effectivly so I chose to bounce the flash off the wall rather than point it directly at her face!

Enough waffling heres a couple of sample images:

I think I need to work on making people smile when I take photos! I seem to take ages setting up and by then everyones lost interest!!

More to follow...