50 Gorgeous Portrait Photos

[photocontests]

Portraitphotography photography contest winners

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"Cowboy Aceh"
by @budifatria

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"Portraiture- My Jam"
by @caitycat

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"Portraits - entries for #portraitphotography contest"
by @catalincernat

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"Portrait - Lise (3 photos)"
by @lozt

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"Beautiful Cebuanas - My Entries for Julian's Portrait Photography Contest"
by @wdoutjah

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"Best Brother-In-Law a Guy Could Ask For"
by @bradfordtennyson

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"Woman Portrait - Drama Of The Soul"
by @fauzi11

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"Portrait Photography: Smiling Munchkin"
by @wincee

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"📷 Photo entry for @Juliank's #portraitphotography contest"
by @zeppelin

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"Faye portrait"
by @newodin

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"Portrait Photography Contest | Bagan Girl"
by @tuntunphotodiary

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"Portrait Photography Contest | Burnside Skate Park | Portland, Or | Thousand Word Visuals"
by @anthonyj

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"Look to say goodbye"
by @sauliusk

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"His good side!"
by @vinceboisgard

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"Firewood for Cooking"
by @manshar

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"Devil wears..."
by @axeman

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"Austeja - #portraitphotography"
by @karolisp

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"Casey - Portrait Photography Contest"
by @vtravels

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"Unique Way a Traffic Police"
by @zamzamiali

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"Evening stroll to an event"
by @kazimyrex

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"Portrait photography"
by @asechkina

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"Portrait Photography - Contest by @juliank"
by @peachfizzle

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"Geisha"
by @nikonat

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"Primo post su Steemit.... iniziamo subito con una perla.... viva la fotografia!!!"
by @fenomeno79

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"Smiles from Spiti Valley"
by @devilonwheels

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"classic portraits from my trip to Ethiopia"
by @victorbz

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"Friday: streetphotography and portraitphotography - Pinkish"
by @fotomindo

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"Otherworld Occasions."
by @jameslano

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"Katya by John Void #02 (multiple pics)"
by @johnvoid

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""My happiness" - Portrait Photography"
by @dolov

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"Elisabeth shadowly portraits series"
by @johnvoid

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"My First Portrait Photography Entry - Engagement"
by @sugarrainbow

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"Friday portraitphotography contest"
by @haastrecht

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"Portrait Photography - happiness no matter what"
by @stuvi

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"Color Challenge - Friday Blue - Merrin!"
by @condra

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"Sand works better than sunscreen"
by @jctdesign

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"My Morning Walk - Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria"
by @samanthajbarnes

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"Home"
by @drakmin

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"Isaan Boy - Portrait Photography"
by @randypike

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"Little Cousin"
by @photographyilla

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"Oleksi"
by @captainklaus

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"Ophelia's Destiny"
by @publicumaurora

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"BW winter outdoor portrait"
by @perfectsense

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"Myron. Magistra. ⛯🐯 | At the Amsterdam zoo, Artis Magistra with my friend |"
by @thi-js

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"writer's photograph #044. self-portrait"
by @kimthewriter

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"portraitphotography entry 1"
by @martinsandersuk

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"Portraitphotography Photo Contest initiated by @juliank and @photocontests - At the street market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia"
by @nolasco

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"Marta ii"
by @colmedwardsphoto

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"Kicking The Sand In The Sun In Dublin!"
by @vajola

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"Shitty Artificial Light Setup"
by @aurumv

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Congratulations all winners with your shared prize pool of 5.0 Steem and 1000 XP!

Let me know below which photo(s) you liked the most.

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Monday: foodphotography and animalphotography
Tuesday: landscapephotography and cityscapephotography
Wednesday: architecturalphotography and vehiclephotography
Thursday: macrophotography and colourfulphotography
Friday: streetphotography and portraitphotography
Saturday: sportsphotography and smartphonephotography
Sunday: goldenhourphotography and longexposurephotography

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These contests are curated and sponsored by @juliank

Comments

[thi-js]

Congrats on all the winners of this contests! This one is my favorite, since it are the best portrait shots put together. Thanks to @juliank for that hard work.

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@axeman how did you manage to make this sick bokeh? Is it a wide aperture lens from the 40's ? is it post-processing? I am super curious about that, since I have searched to get similar results like that shot.

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Feels weird to be in the same row of winners amongst that crazy shot with you. Great job!

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[mikeycolon]

You can get similar results from free-lensing as all.

[thi-js]

Could you elaborate on that? What is it that you mean =)
I would love to know more ways to create a sick bokeh background. 😍

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[mikeycolon]

Sure - you can Google free lens photography or start here....

https://abeautifulmess.com/2012/04/free-lensing-photography-tutorial.html

[thi-js]

I just had. Never heard of the term and I have quite some experience with expirimenting with photography! Tnx for providing me with even more to play with!

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[mikeycolon]

There's always something to learn. But I wouldn't do this because you can get dirt on your sensor.

[thi-js]

Yeah that's true, there probably will be clever tilt-shift adapters to use on my mirrorless camera. Would not want to toy around with getting a dirty sensor indeed!

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[zipplyo]

Looks like it was shot ‘wide open’ with a relatively ‘fast’ lens, meaning — likely with an aperture 2.8 or wider. The lens itself doesn’t have to be wide. In fact, a long, fast lens will produce the most delicious bokeh when wide open. For example — an 85mmf1.2L or 135mmf2.0L. Good bokeh is also achievable with shorter focal lengths — you just have to use the widest possible aperture.

[zipplyo]

Looking again on my laptop rather than iPhone, I do see a bit of a halo around her form, which may very well indicate some sort of post-production, bokeh boost of some kind. So curious!

[axeman]

Well, you could just go to my profile, find this photo and read description.. rather than sit here and keep being curious :D
This is vintage video lens D.O.Industries Navitron 50mm f/0.95 on fully open aperture. Yes, the glass itself creates pretty a lot of halos and aberrations, but this bokeh damn worths it :)

[thi-js]

True, that probably would have been the fastest way. Talking about the fastest things. That sure is a fast lens mate! I love old lenses myself! (see my cover photo to see about 30 of the 200 I own) but i have not yet came across a lens that valuable!

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[axeman]

The fast and the furious that one is.... :D

[marfa]

black and white - good photos

[aurumv]

Old man are always photogenic. And now by by @martinsandersuk is especially.

[martinsandersuk]

Thank you kindly @aurumv, I'm pleased you like this one.

[for91days]

The portraits which stands out the most is from

@captainklaus

I love it. Congratulations to all the winners.

[nolasco]

Thanks for selecting my photo, @juliank, it's so wonderful! Congrats to all the winners, it's a fabulous collection, as always. My favorite today is "Portrait Photography Contest | Bagan Girl", by @tuntunphotodiary, love the serous gaze of this little girl and the colors are amazing!

[cryptokemon]

congratulations

[nolasco]

Thanks kindly :))

[vinceboisgard]

@axeman the bokeh is just fantastic!

[praiserider]

@victorbz followed by@johnvoid

[liquidverve]

I adore the b&w shot by @caitycat! So gorgeous!
I posted for the first time today and hope I tagged it correctly to enter the contest in the future! Haven't quite figured this whole thing out yet...
Either way, thank you so much for hosting this contest! (:

[caitycat]

😊 thank you!!!

[peachfizzle]

Thanks a lot @juliank for picking my entry :)
All of the selected pictures are stunning! I really like the play with shadow and light by @johnvoid's "Elisabeth shadowly portraits series"!

[wincee]

Oh wow! I won! I can't believe it. Thank you so much @juliank for choosing my photo! This is the first time someone recognize my photography. I feel even more motivated now to put out more entries. 😊

[samanthajbarnes]

Your smiling munchkin is one of my favorites. What a sweet face! Congratulations!!!!

[wincee]

Thank you so much! I'm happy that someone can appreciate my photo. That smiling muchkin is my nephew by the way. 😊 Congratulations for winning too!

[samanthajbarnes]

Thank you!!!

[sgupta]

Great set of photos. Covering every domain ..nice mate

[fauzi11]

Thank you @photocontests

[zeppelin]

Thank you again!

[theywillkillyou]

Amazing photography! The first one is my favorite by far tho! Great work :)

[rizalfachry]

Most beautiful potret photography..
Congurations for the Winners..

[pixiehunter]

They are all great photos, but I really like the one by @samanthajbarnes

[samanthajbarnes]

Thank you so much!

[emilevil]

Wow! Would love to be photographed by these photographers as well.

[wdoutjah]

Thank you again @juliank for choosing my entry. #speechless

[devilonwheels]

Thank you and congratulations to all other winners too !!

[arvanitis]

“Geisha” is unbelievable! Such a great photo! Bravo!

[tiangracias]

When is the next contest? 😅

[juliank]

This can be found underneath the article

[skiesandsports]

Awesome guys, incredible photos as per usual! @juliank I have no idea how you manage to curate these every day!

[oyvindsabo]

I think "Devil wears..." by @axeman is interesting. I particularly like how the flower (?) in her hand is almost the same color as the background, making it nearly invisible.

[musri.photo]

Wow...
Amazing.
I'm interested.

[vinceboisgard]

Awesome to be selected in the winning list. Congratulation to all winners 😀

[rimicane]

Congratulations everyone! My favourite this time is the "Portraiture- My Jam" by @caitycat! I adore b&w portraits and this one is done beautifully! Right ratio, right composition!

[caitycat]

😊 thank you so much!!!

[randypike]

Thanks for choosing my photo! Congrats to all winners!

[rikhonrasel]

awesome photography

[jordentually]

This is beautiful! thank you

[moriartyroue]

the sand works better than sun creme one is absolute amazing @jctdesign

[jctdesign]

Thanks so much!

[kimthewriter]

thanks @juliank and congrats to all the winners!

[banum]

wooww good post
Congratulations on your hard work
each photo is beautiful...

thanks to everyone who has passed the test

[diya28]

congrats to all winners,

[caitycat]

What a gorgeous collection!! It's an honour to be included! Thank you so much @juliank !

[word-muse]

Really cool pics..

[zamzamiali]

Congrats. Thanks @photocontests but my photos are not visible. Hehehe.

[bigsambucca]

Congrats to all the winners my favorite is by @lozt

[captainklaus]

thanks @juliank, honoured to be featured in this selection!

[jiafui]

is the contests still open for participation? Congrats to all the winners!! They are great in taking photos!

[careassaktart]

This is very inspirative! When I see all these great portraits, it inspires me participate! Can't wait the next round!

[grildrig]

Thanks to @juliank for the excellent work done!

[kingmans]

Beautiful n amazing. So i think i like that cowboy aceh by @budifatria.
Good job all winner

[lozt]

Congrats to all winners!!

@colmedwardsphoto Nicely done!

[colmedwardsphoto]

Hey @lozt, thanks a million man. Just checked out your feed, beautiful images! Following.

[lozt]

@colmedwardsphoto thanks, but not as good as yours

[colmedwardsphoto]

Ah you're just being modest chief ;) Must say, there's lots a really good photographers joining up lately, it's great to see. Especially as this is a pretty supportive platform, it's good for all of us.

[lozt]

i'm not kidding. Out of every 500 shots, I get 1 good one.. . yes, I spray and pray -- haha

[diljeetdil]

Devil wears is my favourite, she rocks that pic! Great work.

[ameliabartlett]

Congratulations to all the winners! What a spectacular​ collection. @juliank you have incredible taste, thank you for sponsoring these fun contests. :)

[colmedwardsphoto]

Honoured to be included @juliank, thanks for the mention, and for all the hard work curating these images!

[samanthajbarnes]

Thank you so much for selecting my photo of that handsome Bulgarian gentleman...I am honored. Congrats to all!!!

My favorites are "Portrait Photography: Smiling Munchkin"
by @wincee and "Sand works better than sunscreen"
by @jctdesign ...I must be missing my little one who's now a 22 year old man! :)

[jctdesign]

Thank you! My older son just turned 19, so I know what you mean. They really do grow up fast, so you have to cherish every moment.

[samanthajbarnes]

Indeed!

[pixresteemer]

Your quality post caught my attention and I hope you benefit from my resteem. My followers have a refined appreciation for quality art. You might also enjoy my curated collection. To see the quality posts I have curated via resteem, see my blog @pixresteemer. If you want to know more about me and my mission, please check my introduction.

[rossfletcher]

Favorite ~ Oleksi by @captainklaus

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