Holiday Pics

Fstoplife

A friend of mine asked me to take pics of her daughter for her Holiday cards, I think she just wanted to use my great prop picture frame, as she happens to be a great photographer herself. Anyways these are two of the best shots that I've come across, these are literally SOOC, and I am really proud of that fact as I absolutely love photoshop and love to at least saturate the colors, the day just happened to be absolutely gorgeous so I think the color are well saturated themselves. What do you think of the pics? poses? What could I do differently next time to improve the pics?

TIA
It's funny, on my pc the colors were so saturated and gorgeous, here they look like they need a boost, maybe it's my monitor.

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2. I used a reflector on this one, but I think I need a bigger one, the shadows on the trees are a little harsh, and it appears like the left side of her face is a little shadowy. This was towards the end of the shoot and it was 11:00.

Pedro

#1 is great - pose, colors, background all beautiful.

#2 for me is not so good - she looks like holding the frame; light too harsh; house in the background doesn't help.

Thanks for sharing.

kidzmom

Absolutely without question 1. The face is a bit dark but I like it very very much. Looks like you were dealing with some tough lighting...great job for getting such a super capture. It is a PRECIOUS picture. Thanks for sharing

ivar

I have to go with the rest, #1