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Had a friend reach out for an upper torso headshot. I immediately jumped at the opportunity to give the RF 85mm f/1.2 another chance to shine. I’m totally sold on it.

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The way the 50 & 85 1.2 have such a nice fall off as parts of the subject exit the depth of field is unique. You can tell parts of the focus are falling off, but those parts still look relatively crisp. I’m not describing this well, but I think you know what I mean.

Like his right arm. You can tell it’s exiting the focal plane, but the fall off is so smooth the transition looks amazing. Some lenses have such a sharp fall off.

You did a great job with this one. I’m assuming left eye AF? And nice job with the angle on his glasses! Sometimes the magnification makes the face look weird behind the lens and you nailed it. Nice work!
 
I do, but it's easy to over do it. I think I nailed this one though. His left ear is where it starts to fall away, and I think I was around f2. 0.
 
JoeTheSnowPlowGuy said:
You did a great job with this one. I’m assuming left eye AF? And nice job with the angle on his glasses! Sometimes the magnification makes the face look weird behind the lens and you nailed it. Nice work!
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Thank you. Yup, have back button Eye AF set to the asterisk button. Hold it down and let it rip. It's almost too easy.
 
The fact you can cycle through left eye, right eye, auto, is wild. Allegedly Canon has some new AF patents that we might see on the R5.2, and I can only imagine what they will be IRL. There’s a bunch of YT videos of speculation about it.

But, technology aside, you nailed the lines and composition. Those glasses could have ruined this image and you nailed it. There’s no AI tech that could make those decisions.
 
I told him the other day he's my most high maintenance client, but in reality he's just aesthetically minded. He selected three others that he liked better. Here they are...

Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them.

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That's the one I like the least! Of the three he selected, I like the last one the best.

I don't often share everything shot, but he's a good friend, so I did....and it went down exactly like I suspected and he selected images I didn't. But if he's happier, was it a loss?
 
lol to me, I’d ask what’s the purpose of the headshots? Business, LinkedIn, just cuz? I like that the 1st one adds some dimension with him on the edge of the corner. I also like the light in the background, but some people find that stuff distracting… I find it more pleasing and natural.
 
He told me he was invited to a podcast and needed an updated photo...I'm assuming for a bio. I did another one for him a few years ago that turned out good too.

EDIT: Eeeeek, 2017! More than a few years ago...

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My suggestion, do with it as you please, but your aspect ratio is 3:2. What about cutting it to 5:4 and dropping off the bottom part of his jacket below his arms… just a thought.

They’re all solid though so we’re like seriously splitting hairs.
 
The 85 1.2 is has to be my favorite lens. I rented it last year for my daughter's senior pictures. It's almost like it just takes the pictures for you. I was amazed at the quality. Wish I had the money to buy one to have full time.
 
JCBigler said:
The 85 1.2 is has to be my favorite lens. I rented it last year for my daughter's senior pictures. It's almost like it just takes the pictures for you. I was amazed at the quality. Wish I had the money to buy one to have full time.
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I rented one earlier this year, and within 15 min, I was like, "holy smokes, I HAVE TO HAVE THIS!" and my lady just rolled her eyes. Lol
 
These are all great portraits IMO. In my experience, photographers tend to look at technical things (like sharpness and lighting), whereas customers tend to look at expressions. That's why the customer will often pick different shots than the photographer.
 

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