Photos are too soft with my Canon 6D 85mm lens

[Michellehope]

 

 

I'm still very new to my camera in manual mode, so I'm needed some advice as to what I need to do to achieve sharp/crisp portraits. Here is a photo to reference. I was using my Canon 6D with an 85mm lens. I also have the same outcome with my 24-70mm (old version). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

[Michellehope]

Thank you for all the advice and I will definitely be looking into what you suggested. As far as using my phone goes, once I take my photos with my 6D, I then upload them onto my phone for the Lightroom app since I don’t have a computer 

[ebiggs1]

Michellehope we were all beginners at one point. It is limiting to how much you can edit your photos with your iphone.

I would urge you to seek a way to get a laptop or computer and make use of DPP4. We only go through this thing called life once. If there is no chance of a computer I would recommend you stop using raw and use large jpg. Using jpg the 6D will choose the best processing it can. Most of the time it is good enough. Modern cameras are smart.

Raw really assumes you will be processing your images with a computer and DPP4 and/or Photoshop/Lightroom, etc. The iphone PS app has the extreme limitation of the very small screen. It really does not allow full on scrutiny of what needs to be done.

[ebiggs1]

Again there isn't really anything wrong with the snapshots you offered as examples. A better selection of camera settings might have made them perhaps a tiny bit better. Stop using M mode. Use large jpg. Let the 6D do its thing.

Where do you store all your photos? I hope it is not on the 6D but without a computer I also hope it isn't on your iphone either.  I hear too many stories of people losing their iphones or they become damaged and they loose all their photos. Most iphone plans offer cloud storage. Barring that multiple SD cards stored in a safe place and don't use the very large capacity SD cards.