Re: Help w/ portrait of person w/ large head

[Paul Sorenson]

What Shel said -- plus -- if the photo use will allow it and you want to 
minimize the overall size of his head you could use "short" lighting.  Turn 
him 30 - 45 degrees to the left or right and light the far side of his face 
with your main light and use a reflector or other light source to slightly 
fill the shadows on the close side of his face.  Using the *istD gives you 
the advantage of trying several lighting ratios between main light and fill 
until you get the one you're most please with.  When you're deciding on how 
much profile to show, just don't let the tip of his nose extend beyone his 
far side cheek.  You can also experiment with the main light placement so it 
primarily lights the far side of his face, but also puts a little of the 
main light onto the near side eye.

   -Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: Help w/ portrait of person w/ large head


Perhaps I'm missing something.  If you're doing a tight head shot, and the
fellow's not deformed in some way, IOW, if his head has all the features 
in
proportion, why would there be a need to use anything but whatever lens
you'd normally use?  Make sure his eyes are in focus and stick with the
standard 85mm - 120mm or so optic.  If you've got an M 75~150 zoom, that
may be a fine choice.  Shoot from different perspectives, zoom with your
feet as well as the lens, be sure the exposure is correct, and you'll end
up with something worthwhile, both for his work and perhaps for display in
his home.

Shel