{"id":34354,"date":"2024-04-18T23:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=34354"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:01:32","slug":"the-first-click-of-the-shutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=34354","title":{"rendered":"The First Click of the Shutter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soleece<\/p><\/div>\n

The first thing I do when I do a natural light portrait shoot is to do a custom white balance using an 18% gray card. Setting a custom white balance gives you more accurate and beautiful skin tones (details at the links below). After that, I do some simple portraits to get rid of the “first shoot jitters”.\u00a0 The person I am working with might be a little nervous. As for me, I am a perfectionist and I am nervous before every photo shoot and I am especially nervous the first time I work with someone. So I start off with something simple. This was my first portrait shoot with Soleece and I was super nervous.<\/p>\n

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Soleece was on a bench on my front porch and I asked her to lean on her hand. The photo above is the first click of the shutter. We were super pleased with this image. When I downloaded the memory card I looked at this image and enlarged it to 100% actual pixels to make sure her eyes were in focus. 99% of the time if the eyes aren’t sharp the image is a throw away.<\/p>\n

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Soleece – closeup.<\/p><\/div>\n

Her eyes were sharp!\u00a0 This is a closeup of her face from the same image posted above. We were off to a great start from the first click of the shutter!<\/p>\n

Soleece Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before The First Photo Shoot<\/a><\/p>\n

Soleece – A 24 Minute Photo Shoot<\/a><\/p>\n

Eye Close-ups<\/a><\/p>\n

White Balance Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

How To Set A Custom White Balance On Your Digital Camera<\/a><\/p>\n

The “Custom White Balance” Series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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