Cutie at the Park

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Here are a few photos from a session a few weeks ago with a two your old. I love working with kids this age and this one was a lot of fun. Please give me your honest C&C. I really need input to improve. Thanks for looking. (By the way, I miss all of you. I need to get back on here again. I am doing a little professional work now, and the business side takes a lot of my time.) Oops. I need to learn how to count.

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Flutist · August 28, 2008

Very nice, what an adorable girl. Hard to not get a good shot of her I think

urbanaries · August 28, 2008

#1 is absolutely a wall-hanger. Stunningly gorgeous shot!!! Love the colors, composition, her ADORABLE expression, nice DOF. Maybe some cloning work to clean up her nose and the stray hairs over her eyes would knock this outta the park.

I also love 4 and 10. The others are really nice (although not wild about the composition in 3) but they pale in comparison to 1, 4 and 10 (IMHO).

Nice to see you back, David!

idiom · August 28, 2008

They are all nice, but I really like 9.

Travis · August 28, 2008

Love everything from the comp to the post on these

. Only one minor nit on 5 is that I wish there was more of her body in the right side of the frame. But as I said minor....

RaceTrout · August 28, 2008

Very nice
I am curious: What was the set-up for #6?

Scraff · August 28, 2008

Beautiful shots! Her eyes are awesome in the first shot....great work!
Scott

Qarik · August 28, 2008

the 1st shot is .. I can't quite put my finger on it..stunning? but not extremely flattering for child if that make sense? is it PPed much? Skin looks a bit plasticy and the eyes look so vivid that it is almost creepy!

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Flutist wrote:

Very nice, what an adorable girl. Hard to not get a good shot of her I think

Thank you Shannon. A cute subject does make it easier.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

urbanaries wrote:

#1 is absolutely a wall-hanger. Stunningly gorgeous shot!!! Love the colors, composition, her ADORABLE expression, nice DOF. Maybe some cloning work to clean up her nose and the stray hairs over her eyes would knock this outta the park.

I also love 4 and 10. The others are really nice (although not wild about the composition in 3) but they pale in comparison to 1, 4 and 10 (IMHO).

Nice to see you back, David!

Thank you Lynne. I appreciate your nice comments and detailed feedback. I hope I can spend some more time here again.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

idiom wrote:

They are all nice, but I really like 9.

Thanks #9 was the customers favorite as well.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Travis wrote:

Love everything from the comp to the post on these . Only one minor nit on 5 is that I wish there was more of her body in the right side of the frame. But as I said minor....

Thank you Travis for both the compliment and advise.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

RaceTrout wrote:

I am curious: What was the set-up for #6?

It is a Lightroom preset called 300 v1.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Scraff wrote:

Beautiful shots! Her eyes are awesome in the first shot....great work!
Scott

Thank you Scott. She does have beautiful eyes.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Qarik wrote:

the 1st shot is .. I can't quite put my finger on it..stunning? but not extremely flattering for child if that make sense? is it PPed much? Skin looks a bit plasticy and the eyes look so vivid that it is almost creepy!

Thanks. I appreciate your pointing that out. I am not very good at skin smoothing and sharpening yet, so I need feedback like yours to improve.

PineapplePhoto · August 28, 2008

Did you PP the skin? If so, I think it may be a bit too much (baby skin is smooth by nature anyways)... but other than that great shots!

DavidS · August 28, 2008

PineapplePhoto wrote:

Did you PP the skin? If so, I think it may be a bit too much (baby skin is smooth by nature anyways)... but other than that great shots!

Thanks. I need to work on my skin smoothing and sharpening, so your feedback is very helpful. The skin was a bit blotchy, so some smoothing was required. I need to learn what is enough and what is too much.

adpace · August 28, 2008

Wonderful shots!!

ShepsMom · August 28, 2008

What great shots, cute child, #9 to die for!

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DavidS · August 28, 2008

adpace wrote:

Wonderful shots!!

Thank you Angela.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

ShepsMom wrote:

What great shots, cute child, #9 to die for! clap

Thank you Marina. She is an adorable child. The parents loved the photos and #9 was their favorite.

PineapplePhoto · August 28, 2008

DavidS wrote:

Thanks. I need to work on my skin smoothing and sharpening, so your feedback is very helpful. The skin was a bit blotchy, so some smoothing was required. I need to learn what is enough and what is too much.

Check out:

Skin Retouching, Pt. 1

Skin Retouching, Pt. 2

Skin Retouching, Pt. 3

In the Tutorials Section.

Ed911 · August 28, 2008

Hey Dave...right nice...equal to or better than most that I have seen in our area. You have the eye.

I read that some think number 1 is a little over processed...but, what I'm interested in is, what did the client think of number 1.

I happen to like number one...a lot. I like the effects. But, that's just me.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

PineapplePhoto wrote:

Check out:

Skin Retouching, Pt. 1

Skin Retouching, Pt. 2

Skin Retouching, Pt. 3

In the Tutorials Section.

Thanks for the reference to the tutorials.

DavidS · August 28, 2008

Ed911 wrote:

Hey Dave...right nice...equal to or better than most that I have seen in our area. You have the eye.

I read that some think number 1 is a little over processed...but, what I'm interested in is, what did the client think of number 1.

I happen to like number one...a lot. I like the effects. But, that's just me.

The customer liked #1, but their version was not run through an action as these were. I'm glad you liked it Ed. Thanks for your comments.

jeffreaux2 · August 30, 2008

Very nice David. These may represent your best work that I have seen. I agree that the skin treatment may be a bit strong....but they are still excellent photographs. A little usually goes a long way in the smoothing dept.

Where have you been hiding?

DavidS · August 30, 2008

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Very nice David. These may represent your best work that I have seen. I agree that the skin treatment may be a bit strong....but they are still excellent photographs. A little usually goes a long way in the smoothing dept.

Where have you been hiding?

Thanks for the comments. I have been very busy getting my business going. It is a lot of work, even though it is pretty small scale.

Was the skin treatment on any of the ones besides #1 too strong?

jeffreaux2 · August 30, 2008

DavidS wrote:

Thanks for the comments. I have been very busy getting my business going. It is a lot of work, even though it is pretty small scale.

Was the skin treatment on any of the ones besides #1 too strong?

I think so. It is a matter of taste though. I bet your client loves them. It just isn't for me. I noticed it in all of the closer range shots.

Cutie at the Park

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