Lee Ann

leaforte · November 18, 2008

The metamorphose of grass becoming hair becoming Lee Ann is cool.

sweet caroline · November 18, 2008

Love all the colors. Very rich. Her skin tone is gorgeous. Nice vignetting. I'm really drawn into her face.

Caroline

Shima · November 18, 2008

I always love the colors of your photo and this is a fabulous photograph of Lee Ann. I'm sure she loves it!

adpace · November 18, 2008

Very nice capture! Gorgeous color to go with that gorgeous smile! Well done!

JulieLawsonPhotography · November 18, 2008

Very nice!! I am still trying to get that pose down. I'll have to wait until spring now as it is too cold for that one.

Great job as always.

DavidS · November 18, 2008

Gorgeous photo!!! Beautiful light, colors, girl and pose.

Flutist · November 18, 2008

Wowzas!!!

Halite · November 19, 2008

Gorgeous! Love how the color of the grass enhances the impact of her eye color.

JHaveman · November 19, 2008

I am really digging this image. Great!

Scott_Quier · November 19, 2008

Writing as I view the photos....

Pulled this one up and the first reaction was OMG! This is stunning! Small (very small) nit - I would crop just a hair more from the left to remove the bend of her elbow.
What?!!?? Only one photo? What a cheapskate! I was so looking forward to a few more!:D

zoomer · November 19, 2008

Very nice shot of a pretty girl.
I find the sharpness of the foreground grass distracting. If this had been shot at a larger f-stop the foreground would be blurred more...or a little photoshop help.
Then she would really pop out of the photo.
Still a very nice shot!!!

jeffreaux2 · November 19, 2008

JulieLawsonPhotography wrote:

Very nice!! I am still trying to get that pose down. I'll have to wait until spring now as it is too cold for that one.

Great job as always.

The pose, I think, is pretty simple. The camera angle is where you can go right...or wrong. This one...to me...is near the borderline of having her look too upside down. Too high of an angle...or too low will fall flat.

I was on my knees...and stooping even lower. I held the camera in my right hand and a flash in my left hand. Using the STE2. I aimed the flash backwards into a sheet of white foamcore that her mother held a few inches above my head...and turned to bound the flash at her.

jeffreaux2 · November 19, 2008

Scott_Quier wrote:

Writing as I view the photos....
Pulled this one up and the first reaction was OMG! This is stunning! Small (very small) nit - I would crop just a hair more from the left to remove the bend of her elbow.

What?!!?? Only one photo? What a cheapskate! I was so looking forward to a few more!:D

Thanks Scott....for the compliment and the nit.

...I wasn't really there to shoot her...only her sister, but since I was shooting maternity portraits of her sis, and they had just returned from a baby shower, I had her mom and sis stay dressed to get a shot of them all together, and then grabbed a couple of Lee Ann as well. She was gung ho to get her sister some maternity pics....and was all about telling her how to pose etc. I turned the tables on her when I told her that now the camera would be pointed at her !

This is the nicest shot of her that I was able to capture. Compared to ther older sister...who really didnt want maternity photos to begin with, Lee Ann seemed very uncomfortable and stiff having herself photographed. Older sis was very relaxed and natural.....and I thought that was funny. Go figure

jeffreaux2 · November 19, 2008

zoomer wrote:

Very nice shot of a pretty girl.
I find the sharpness of the foreground grass distracting. If this had been shot at a larger f-stop the foreground would be blurred more...or a little photoshop help.
Then she would really pop out of the photo.
Still a very nice shot!!!

Thanks. I do not typically crop photos that are posted online except for special circumstances. I do my cropping at order time. In a 5x7 or 8x 10 crop the area you mention would largely be removed.

Thanks for having a look!

heatherfeather · November 19, 2008

Hi Jeff-
I am loving the texture of this photo. It is simply stunning in every way! You can almost feel the texture of that grass- coupled with her beauty you have a winner. To me she doesn't look uncomfortable at all- which is an A+ for her awesome photographer. All due respect to zoomer, but the grass in focus leading to the girl is my fav part of the photo.

Supurb work and this deserves a "yum".

jeffreaux2 · November 19, 2008

heatherfeather wrote:

Hi Jeff-
I am loving the texture of this photo. It is simply stunning in every way! You can almost feel the texture of that grass- coupled with her beauty you have a winner. To me she doesn't look uncomfortable at all- which is an A+ for her awesome photographer. All due respect to zoomer, but the grass in focus leading to the girl is my fav part of the photo.

Supurb work and this deserves a "yum".

Thanks Heather

Ya know....there was a time not too awfully long ago when an exposure like this would have scared me a little. White AND black clothing?

...and blast it with a flash?

I am pleased with it in that the blacks arent plugged....the whites are under control....and the white balance is pleasing. Of course she is beautiful, but that doesn't guarantee a sure thing in a photograph.

Thanks for your kind appraisal.

roentarre · November 20, 2008

wowza!

Fantastic capture

:ivar

Travis · November 20, 2008

Beautiful girl/beautiful capture but at this point I wouldn't expect less.

One small nit, I keep staring at the left arm being cutoff at the elbow joint but they may just be me. And I'm with Scott...where's the rest?????

photogmomma · November 21, 2008

If only I could get color this gorgeous! I agree about the elbow, but still... gorgeous!

jeffreaux2 · November 22, 2008

Travis wrote:

Beautiful girl/beautiful capture but at this point I wouldn't expect less. One small nit, I keep staring at the left arm being cutoff at the elbow joint but they may just be me. And I'm with Scott...where's the rest?????

Thanks Travis.

jeffreaux2 · November 22, 2008

photogmomma wrote:

If only I could get color this gorgeous! I agree about the elbow, but still... gorgeous!

.....oh yeah?.....

......and if pigs had wings I could be as inventive and fresh behind the camera as you!!!

Thanks for the compliment Andi. Coming from such an inspirational eye as yours I really appreciate it.

photogmomma · November 23, 2008

jeffreaux2 wrote:

.....oh yeah?..... ......and if pigs had wings I could be as inventive and fresh behind the camera as you!!!

Thanks for the compliment Andi. Coming from such an inspirational eye as yours I really appreciate it.

I'm cracking up... Whatever!

!

Thanks for the compliment, but you are so amazing with color! I have a lot to learn!

Lee Ann

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