Been awhile... challenging but fun mom and her 2 boys

Travis

Here are a few from last Sunday. The mom insisted on a 3:00 shoot in the botanical gardens. After a week of rain, we ended up with a bright, sunny, photographer-stomach-churning-day. Mom also wanted some artsy shots as well in the vein of the multiplicity theme. Not the greatest ever but we made due with what we had. C&C welcomed...

1. Family


2. Oldest Son


3. Youngest Son


4. Mom


5. Mom - Multiplicity 1


6. Mom - Multiplicity 2


7. Mom - Multiplicity 3


Thanks!

rwells

Good stuff Travis

Love the PP

jeffreaux2

The lighting is very nice in the first 4. I wish my daughter was as ambitious as your assistant. She is, unfortunately, unwilling to "go out on a limb" for me!

Thanks for sharing, and I really like those toothy grins on the boys.

Tim Kamppinen

Nice shots, and good lighting on all. Did you by any chance process these with Portrait Professional? Regardless, I think the eyes are WAY overdone... like "Children of the Damned" overdone... I'd go back and tone them down.

Travis

Thanks y'all for the feedback. Tim, I didn't use portrait professional. I didn't notice it when looking at them though that the eyes were overly bright. I've gone back and toned them done a bit. Appreciate the input.

Flyinggina

Very nice set.

The multiplicity shots are a hoot.

And they fit the current dGrin challenge theme!!

Virginia

divamum

Travis wrote:

Thanks y'all for the feedback. Tim, I didn't use portrait professional. I didn't notice it when looking at them though that the eyes were overly bright. I've gone back and toned them done a bit. Appreciate the input.

Very cute set - and kudos to you for getting that giant diffuser over them!!

I question the PP too, simply because on my (calibrated, although due for a recalibration) monitor, the shots under the tree are a tad red/orange-y - you might want to check that and see.

The ones of the kids are nice shots, but I'm really digging 7 - the clarity on colour on that one is popping too.

Travis

Thank you Virginia and Divamum,

I checked the color on my calibrated monitor and the skin tones registered correctly (at least as far as the numbers read). I did have some problems with just the mom picking up a lot of green. I used a Photovision 24" target for setting a custom white balance for each location. I'm actually getting more disciplined and calibrating between segments.

The Mack

What & when the client wants is all that matters.
good stuff.

Travis

Thanks Mack. You are absolutely right (to a degree )