B&W Portrait

Sneaking in another family related image. This one here is a silhouette of my niece and nephew relating to each other during a cozy family get together one recent afternoon up north. I wanted this image look a little abstract by shooting in close so that the outlines of the faces might be emphasized. They were unaware of the camera focused on them, which made it fun for me to hunt and wait for the right moments.

Tech info: Handheld Nikon D200, 60mm f2.8, set to f4 at 1/125th sec., ISO 800, B/W mode, aperture priority. Usually during a paid shoot, I use manual exposure mode and keep exposure/settings relatively constant by staying on the same side of the subject and shooting freely until the light changes. In this way I don’t need to take constant new readings. However, during loose occasions, where I don’t want to move around so much (to stay on the same side of the subject), I will use aperture priority and let the camera dictate the shutter speed as I point in different directions. Although I had a hunch the camera would expose predominantly for the window light in the background and not the skin tones, I thought maybe it was time for a silhouette experiment anyway. Ü

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