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During this photoshoot on the streets of Sydney, I share 5 composition tips to improve your portraits. I take you through my thought process when taking portraits in busy locations and share what to look out for to capture beautiful portrait of your subject.
The Samyang AF 135mm f1.8 FE is an excellent telephoto prime lens for Sony cameras. I am using the Sony A7IV and A7III to test this Samyang 135mm at a portrait photoshoot. Watch my review video to see examples of autofocus performance and accuracy, image quality, bokeh, chromatic aberration and lens flare. I also include video quality examples on the A7sIII and A7IV.
To create the Sony 14mm f1.8 GM lens review video, I roadtripped with Dan to the Blue Mountains during peak autumn colours. I wanted to make the most of these gorgeous orange and red leaves so Dan took portraits of me with the Sony 35mm f1.4 GM and Sony A7III.
The Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 G2 is a standard zoom lens for Sony E-Mount. During this portrait photography session, I am using the Tamron 28-75mm G2 on the Sony A7III. Watch my review video below to see the autofocus performance in stills mode, focus accuracy, image quality, sharpness and more.
The Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 Di III VXD is a full frame Sony E-mount zoom lens. In my real world review video, I share real-time examples of eye AF performance in stills mode on the Sony A7III. At a portrait photography session, I test the image quality and sharpness. Watch my behind the scenes video to see unedited, SOOC, 100% crops from the Tamron 35-150mm.
If you can only afford one prime lens, make sure this is the one you get! The 50mm focal length is a versatile prime for portrait photography, making it a great solo lens in your camera bag. I share 5 easy composition tips for portrait photography when using a 50mm lens.
Every portrait photographer should have a range of poses for their subject at a photoshoot. I work with many talented models who often already know how to pose and move around in front of the camera. I also work with people who have never been in front of a camera before and have no idea what to do!
These are 8 budget prime lenses for Sony FE mount under $650 that I recommend. See real world examples of each of these lenses at a portrait photoshoot. I am using the Sony A7C and Sony A7III to test these budget-friendly lenses.
The Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD is an ultra telephoto zoom lens for Sony FE mount, similar and a little bit cheaper than the Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS. While we will be doing bird photography and testing out bird videography - I thought it would be fun to use this Tamron 150-500 for portrait photography.
The Helios 44-2 is a 58mm f2 lens and during this photoshoot I am using it on the Sony A7III and Fujifilm X-T4. I had a couple of questions during my last portrait photoshoot with a vintage lens. The Helios is a lens made for film cameras, so it requires manual focus when used on a digital camera.
The Samyang AF 85mm f1.4 FE is an auto-focus telephoto prime lens that I am using on the full frame Sony A7iii. This 85mm is a budget-friendly counter option to the Sony GM 85mm f1.4.
The GM 85mm f1.4 is an FE mount prime lens for Sony cameras. I am using this lens for portrait photography on the Sony A7iii.
The 85mm, 100mm and 135mm are all popular prime lens choices when it comes to portrait photography. We are going to be putting each lens to the test during a portrait session to see the differences.
The GM 35mm f1.4 is Sony’s newest and pretty much perfect 35mm prime lens for FE mount cameras. In this first impressions video I will be using the GM 35mm f1.4 lens on the Sony A7III and Sony A7C camera bodies.
The GM 50mm f1.2 is Sony's latest premium prime lens delivering extremely sharp images. I use the GM 50mm f1.2 for portrait photography on the Sony A7III and Sony A7C. Download high res sample images.
In this photography tutorial, I share my favourite portrait composition tips to capture better looking portraits. I chose an urban location for this photoshoot, since having a distracting background with lines, different colours and textures is helpful to see the before & afters of my composition tips.
The Tamron 20mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8 and 35mm f2.8 are a trio of lightweight and compact lenses for Sony FE mount. On the Sony A7III, I do a portrait photoshoot to test the performance of these lenses. Watch the review video of our photoshoot below to see the sharpness of these lenses and how well they focus.
In this photoshoot I took some portraits on the Sony A7III with the Zeiss 35mm f1.4 during blue hour at the beach and on the streets.
In today’s photoshoot and behind the scenes video, we are going to be testing + reviewing every single filter from the Lensbaby Omni System including the Crystal and new Colour Expansion Pack. Watch the video below to hear my thoughts on these filters and see all the results!
model claudia
makeup lidija j
video dan @ i make films
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset (before and afters are in the video)
All photos edited with my Amalfi Lightroom Preset
As a Canon shooter my entire photography career, this was my first portrait photoshoot experience with the Sony A7III. I recently borrowed the Sony A7II from a friend and took it to a beach portrait photoshoot session and a golden hour portrait session to test it out. I enjoyed using the Sony A7II so much realising there were a lot of benefits to shooting on mirrorless compared to a DSLR.
I have been using Canon since the Canon 5D mkII. I then upgraded to the Canon 5D mk3 as soon as it was announced for the dual card slots and finally upgraded again to the Canon 5D mk4.
After using the Sony A7II, following week I decided to buy a Sony A7III. Compared to the Sony A7II, the A7III had some key features I was interested in. The A7III has a touch screen, it also has eye AF. Compared to the A7II which only had face detection. The A7III also has higher dynamic range and better low light sensitivity which is important to me as a wedding photography.
Another big factor of getting the A7III is the video capabilities. I wanted a camera that I could do my portrait photography and wedding work on. At the same time, I wanted to travel with this camera and have the option to film video and take photos.
With mirrorless you have a lot of added benefits to help you out as a photographer. Compared to my Canon DSLR, the A7III uses phase detection to focus, making it easier to focus in back-light. You also have eye AF to nail focus on the eyes while shooting with fast apertures of f1.2. This isn't impossible to do on DSLRs, but it definitely makes your life a lot easier. The Sony A7III is also much smaller and lighter to the Canon 5D mk4 which is great for travelling and long days of photography.
But back to this video! This was my first photoshoot I was able to take my new Sony A7III for a test run. We did a natural light portrait session in these gorgeous gardens. Since I was a Canon user, I only had Canon lenses. I decided to use the Metabones 4 adaptor (which came with the camera) so I could shoot with the camera as soon as possible
The eye AF and autofocus performance is okay with adapted lenses. You can still capture sharp photos with a setup like this. But to experience the full benefits of the eye AF and performance of a camera like the Sony A7III, I would recommend to use native lenses as soon as you can. My first Sony lens I purchased was the Zeiss 35mm f1.4.
Since this day I have now completely switched systems from Canon to Sony and have been extremely happy.
Watch the behind the scenes video below to hear some of my thoughts of switching from Canon to Sony and please subscribe to my channel! I upload new photography videos every single week.
model kaitlynn @ fivetwenty
Gear used:
camera body sony A7III
adaptor Metabones iv
all photos edited with my Disposable Film Lightroom Preset!
all photos edited with my Disposable Film Lightroom Preset!
If you enjoyed these photos and videos, you might like to see one of my newest photoshoots on the Sony A7III with the GM 35mm f1.4.
