Homecoming 2008

JulieLawsonPhotography

My nieces and nephew had homecoming last night and I photographed them after they were ready and some while getting ready. The shots when they were getting ready were okay. I mean, I wasn't horribly dissapointed. I bounced the flash. I wasn't too terribly pleased though with the shots that came later. They look to me as if I didn't know what to do with the camera. I was and am very disgusted with the lack of clarity and the muddiness of the colors. For the most part I shot into the sun, I think. Anyway, thank goodness these were just for my family and their friends. I have more to edit but will just share what i have so far.

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Scott_Quier

Looking at the first one, yup you had some problems. I wonder if your flash fired?

Anyway, a quick edit produced this (before and after), but what did I do? Not much ...

• Set the WB - I used the teeth of one of the girls to get it close. Then adjusted it a bit to get magenta/yellow ratio closer to the norm
• Brightened it a bit

So, you have what you need to start with, a little PS TLC and you'll have it...

bandgeekndb

Scott_Quier wrote:

Looking at the first one, yup you had some problems. I wonder if your flash fired?

Anyway, a quick edit produced this (before and after), but what did I do? Not much ...

• Set the WB - I used the teeth of one of the girls to get it close. Then adjusted it a bit to get magenta/yellow ratio closer to the norm
• Brightened it a bit

So, you have what you need to start with, a little PS TLC and you'll have it...

I love the differences in opinion that photography provides!

Now, I don't consider myself anywhere near Scott in knowledge, but my personal opinion is the before shot is too dark AND the after shot is washed out. I guess if I were giving some PS TLC, I'd find a happy medium. Anyone else agree, or is there a reason the shot should look the way Scott made it?

~Nick

Scott_Quier

bandgeekndb wrote:

I love the differences in opinion that photography provides!

Now, I don't consider myself anywhere near Scott in knowledge, but my personal opinion is the before shot is too dark AND the after shot is washed out. I guess if I were giving some PS TLC, I'd find a happy medium. Anyone else agree, or is there a reason the shot should look the way Scott made it?

~Nick

I tend to agree with you - hence the disclaimer "just a quick edit"

My intent was to show that "fixing it" was possible.

ShepsMom

Julie, these are really fun!! I liked them all, and with a little touch up they'll be great. Good job

bandgeekndb

Scott_Quier wrote:

I tend to agree with you - hence the disclaimer "just a quick edit"

My intent was to show that "fixing it" was possible.

Thanks Scott, glad to feel like I'm not going crazy!

And to Julie, these are really nice shots...my sister just had her Homecoming here in NJ, but I wasn't around to take the pix. We'll see how the P&S camera does here *groan*.

~Nick