Samantha fun today

Mitchell

Quick grabs of Samantha today in the waning garage light.

divamum

Loves me some shallow depth of field and sparkly eyes!

She is SO adorable in front of the camera - how do you get her to pose for you without grumbling? She looks like she just owns it in front of the lens (budding actress on your hands?!!!?? )

jeffreaux2

Hey Mitchell....happy fourth of july to you and yours!

Both photos are adorable.

There is a spot on her right cheek in the first....right cheek and forehead in the second that appear to be blown out. I bet you shot RAW and can fix that.

What a grinner....:D

Wil Davis

Cute & v. photogenic!

Happy birthday America!

- Wil

Mitchell

divamum wrote:

Loves me some shallow depth of field and sparkly eyes!

She is SO adorable in front of the camera - how do you get her to pose for you without grumbling? She looks like she just owns it in front of the lens (budding actress on your hands?!!!?? )

Thanks DM.

I use a trick with Samantha that I learned years ago when dealing with kids in my office. I give them the illusion of control.

Me: "Samantha, I'm going to take your picture today. Please tell me when."

Samantha: "Not now, I'm busy."

5 minutes later...

Samantha: "Daddy, I'm ready for you to take my picture now."

Me:

Mitchell

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Hey Mitchell....happy fourth of july to you and yours!

Both photos are adorable.

There is a spot on her right cheek in the first....right cheek and forehead in the second that appear to be blown out. I bet you shot RAW and can fix that.

What a grinner....:D

Hey Jeff. Have a great holiday.

What makes you say that those areas are blown? Lack of detail?

I struggle with this on these shots since I tend to process them on the bright side. I use the highlights clipping warning in ACR and dial the exposure in until there are no blown highlights. This image should not have anything blown according to my ACR info.

Any thoughts?

jeffreaux2

Mitchell wrote:

Hey Jeff. Have a great holiday.

What makes you say that those areas are blown? Lack of detail?

I struggle with this on these shots since I tend to process them on the bright side. I use the highlights clipping warning in ACR and dial the exposure in until there are no blown highlights. This image should not have anything blown according to my ACR info.

Any thoughts?

It's more evident on the first...but yes some lack of detail. Maybe the red channel?

Ididnt do any measuring....just peeking by eye.

divamum

Mitchell wrote:

Thanks DM.

I use a trick with Samantha that I learned years ago when dealing with kids in my office. I give them the illusion of control.

Me: "Samantha, I'm going to take your picture today. Please tell me when."

Samantha: "Not now, I'm busy."

5 minutes later...

Samantha: "Daddy, I'm ready for you to take my picture now."

Me:

Mitchell, what a brilliant piece of psychology! I'm not only going to use that (and variations thereof) on my own progeny, but I have plenty of college-aged students for whom variants can probably apply too. Inspired!

jeffreaux2

Mitchell wrote:

Thanks DM.

I use a trick with Samantha that I learned years ago when dealing with kids in my office. I give them the illusion of control.

Me: "Samantha, I'm going to take your picture today. Please tell me when."

Samantha: "Not now, I'm busy."

5 minutes later...

Samantha: "Daddy, I'm ready for you to take my picture now."

Me:

Me: "Mitchell Im ready for you to take my picture now...."



Hey...wait a minute....ya got me too!:D


Wish it were that simple at my place.

Mitchell

divamum wrote:

Mitchell, what a brilliant piece of psychology! I'm not only going to use that (and variations thereof) on my own progeny, but I have plenty of college-aged students for whom variants can probably apply too. Inspired!

My office encounter with young kids who are reluctant to be examined usually starts with me saying "I'm going to look in your ears. You tell me which ear I can look in first."

Works like a charm. It's all about the illusion of control.

Now if I could just get Jeff to let me take his picture.

Scott_Quier

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Wish it were that simple at my place.

It's never worked that way around my place. My son has always been savy to the ways of phychology - I guess that's why he studied that at The College of William and Mary.

Mitchell

Scott_Quier wrote:

It's never worked that way around my place. My son has always been savy to the ways of phychology - I guess that's why he studied that at The College of William and Mary.

Maybe you should read some of his psych books before grandchildren arrive.:D

D'Buggs

Nice shots!

You're BANG ON about control.... Who doesn't like having some???

Scott_Quier

Mitchell wrote:

Maybe you should read some of his psych books before grandchildren arrive.:D

Maybe that would help I would have to have more than 2 brain cells working and right now that's an issue as one's on strike!