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Feb 4 2011 08:16pm
Quote (kratos @ 5 Feb 2011 05:13)
How is the 135L for portraits?


its pretty much the best if you are looking for a lens from 100-150mm range. i think best you can get for portraits are canon 70-200 2.8 IS II and 135mm 2
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Feb 4 2011 08:21pm
Quote (Antichrist- @ Feb 4 2011 09:16pm)
its pretty much the best if you are looking for a lens from 100-150mm range. i think best you can get for portraits are canon 70-200 2.8 IS II and 135mm 2


Well the Canon is a little bit too pricey for me at the moment. Unless I get a few high paying parents I'm not going to be getting the Canon 70-200.

As far as pricing goes, does anyone have any clue what I should charge?

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Feb 4 2011 08:26pm
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Well the Canon is a little bit too pricey for me at the moment. Unless I get a few high paying parents I'm not going to be getting the Canon 70-200.

As far as pricing goes, does anyone have any clue what I should charge?


Where do you live? Do you plan on renting / owning a studio or doing this outside?
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Feb 4 2011 08:52pm
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Where do you live? Do you plan on renting / owning a studio or doing this outside?


A town of around 11,000 in Pennsylvania. I'm planning on doing it in a small studio and outside.
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Feb 4 2011 09:07pm
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A town of around 11,000 in Pennsylvania. I'm planning on doing it in a small studio and outside.


What is the largest city closest to your town? Also, can you submit 5 of your best portrait photos for criticism here?
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Feb 4 2011 09:53pm
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What is the largest city closest to your town? Also, can you submit 5 of your best portrait photos for criticism here?


Hmm.. Williamsport is pretty close.. Philly is about 2 hours away and same with Harrisburg.

Nope, not really. I haven't shot any portraits with digital except two the last few days. Since I didn't have any strobes I didn't bother. All of them have been taken with my 35mm or my 6x7 film camera. I have been trying to get more taken. Still 4 months or so to practice.

Here are the ones I have in digital.

I'm terrible at editing, that's one thing I need to work one as well.





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Feb 4 2011 11:47pm
Quote (kratos @ Feb 4 2011 08:53pm)
Hmm.. Williamsport is pretty close.. Philly is about 2 hours away and same with Harrisburg.

Nope, not really. I haven't shot any portraits with digital except two the last few days. Since I didn't have any strobes I didn't bother. All of them have been taken with my 35mm or my 6x7 film camera. I have been trying to get more taken. Still 4 months or so to practice.

Here are the ones I have in digital.

I'm terrible at editing, that's one thing I need to work one as well.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/5414190411_b2a1fd517d_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5332064030_dd27dcd173_z.jpg


Your editing is fine, although the second photo is under-exposed.

hmm.. give me till tomorrow and i'll suggest a price and justify it.
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Feb 4 2011 11:56pm
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Your editing is fine, although the second photo is under-exposed.

hmm.. give me till tomorrow and i'll suggest a price and justify it.


There is fierce competition on the wedding photo industry in philly. That's a toughie.

But for portraits:
http://www.genesmirnov.com/
http://www.anthonywoodphotography.com/editorial00.htm (for editorial-type)
http://melissahassey.com/galleries/studio/ (she's pretty much your target to compete against for children photography)
http://www.churchstreetstudios.com/portfolio-mprt.html (low-budget modeling)
http://loreaux.com/ (decent)

plenty of these don't even say their prices, but I've emailed them just to verify.

I'm sure you know of better options, but those are initial google searches.

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Feb 5 2011 06:13am
Quote (kratos @ Feb 5 2011 03:13am)
Around $1500. It really does not matter, however I've been thinking just to go with the 70-200 2.8 II from Sigma or possibly the OS version..

How is the 135L for portraits?



The 85 1.2 seems pointless for me, it's 2k and extremely close to the only other lens I have.


Get the 135, absolutely :D
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