It was suggested in another thread that a topic be made specifically for natural light portraits. Natural light is my preferred way of lighting a portrait, so I hope it's ok that I start the thread myself.
How about those macro face shots. Lets see what y'all have.
To start off, a common cicada mugging for the camera. These guys are pretty easy to get a portrait shot as their normal state is standing still. No fidgeting with these guys.
f-IMG_2042-42-44-46 by photog711, on Flickr
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I started this thread at POTN in August of 2010. I convinced Jake to make it a sticky and it was well received. 4,504,689 views and 12,962 replies.......There is 13 yrs of pictures and information about lighting, posing and technique that is about to be lost to the ages. So....lets start the...