My little Bolivian

lizzard_nyc

Hello all,
I took some photos of my little girl today, I've been wanting to photograph her with some of her little Bolivian clothes (she's actually Bolivian/Cuban). Her grandmother got them for her on her last trip to Bolivia.

The first ones are special to me because the hat she's wearing belonged to my grandmother. They were her indigenous hats and she wore them at one point.

I liked that my daughter wore them with her Children's Place pink t-shirt--seemed like an appropriate combo.

C&C please

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rainbow

Liz, these are beautiful shots (of a beauty). The first is truly a wonderful shot. Close second for #2. Third one, facial tone on my monitor is a little too yellow/orange. Also face is a little washed out, perhaps with soft eyes.

I assume you are proud of these. And I hope you will give your mother a copy of her and the hat.

Test-Pilot

The desat colors are not my thing, but they look great in an antique-like kinda way. Is that what you were going for with the first two?

Of course, having a stunning model helps a lot too, huh?

Nikonic1

A beautiful little girl. Nice shots and congrats.

Gary752

Cute little girl! I think you're going to have your hands full when she gets older. Anyway, #2 is my favorite, followed by #1. Good job!

GaryB

lizzard_nyc

rainbow wrote:

Liz, these are beautiful shots (of a beauty). The first is truly a wonderful shot. Close second for #2. Third one, facial tone on my monitor is a little too yellow/orange. Also face is a little washed out, perhaps with soft eyes.

I assume you are proud of these. And I hope you will give your mother a copy of her and the hat.

Thank you Rainbow,
#1 is my favorite too followed closely by #2--I did some PP work on #3 and I totally messed it up--I will go back and rework it.

I think I will frame that first shot for my mom, she'll get a big kick out of it.

lizzard_nyc

Test-Pilot wrote:

The desat colors are not my thing, but they look great in an antique-like kinda way. Is that what you were going for with the first two?

Of course, having a stunning model helps a lot too, huh?

Hi there,
Yes yes I was going for a vintagey look (did I just make that word up?)

and thank you much about your compliment:)

kidzmom

I REALLY like #3. I don't care much for the photo corners in the 2nd shot, but the shot itself is great. They are all super, but 3 is just awesome!!!!!

lizzard_nyc

Nikonic1 wrote:

A beautiful little girl. Nice shots and congrats.

Thank you Nikonic1, for looking and commenting.

lizzard_nyc

BroPhoto wrote:

Cute little girl! I think you're going to have your hands full when she gets older. Anyway, #2 is my favorite, followed by #1. Good job!

GaryB

Hands already full--can only imagine.

I'm glad you liked #2, wasn't sure how the processing on that would be received.
She was looking at a mirror straightening her hat when I got the shot.

Thanks for commenting.

adbsgicom

Love them. 3 is a bit soft, but I can convince myself that it works here; sort of an old picture sort of image (with just a bit of "Children's Place" poking through...).

#1 is absolutely fabulous (and vintagey....).

lizzard_nyc

adbsgicom wrote:

Love them. 3 is a bit soft, but I can convince myself that it works here; sort of an old picture sort of image (with just a bit of "Children's Place" poking through...).

#1 is absolutely fabulous (and vintagey....).

Thank you Andrew.
I realized that I can't really get her to pose and I don't want to so much--I just let her play around and try and catch good shots of her as she does her thing.

The last one was the closest to posed, and it just doesn't work--but glad you can convince yourself it does . It's a shame too because it's the only one of her in head to toe Bolivian clothes. To think my grandmother used to dress like that--love it.

I read your comment about "waiting for the teen" years in the other thread and laughed--Everyone with a teen has me scared to death and stockpiling Xanex .

Nikonic1

lizzard_nyc wrote:

Hands already full--can only imagine.

I'm glad you liked #2, wasn't sure how the processing on that would be received.
She was looking at a mirror straightening her hat when I got the shot.

Thanks for commenting.

I liked #2 the best also. I do like the processing and also really like the "candidness" (if that's a word ) of the shot. Very nice.

divamum

Oh, Liz, she is SO beautiful!! (No surprise there - she's got mommy's looks alright

I really like these a lot.... I just wish you had a little more processing power so you could make a few more small adjustments to them but then again... maybe that might be too much of a good thing. They're gorgeous just like they are.

lizzard_nyc

kidzmom wrote:

I REALLY like #3. I don't care much for the photo corners in the 2nd shot, but the shot itself is great. They are all super, but 3 is just awesome!!!!!

Kidzmom,
So sorry I missed your post earlier, just now saw it.
Funny how different people like different things--glad #3 works for you.

I don't have PP tools- so I went with Picnik to edit and one of the treatments you can give a photo is "60's" I remember even in the 70's all my childhood photos had the rounded corners , if they weren't polaroid--I liked the way it worked only because her photo reminds me of mine and has that old timey quality. I just wish they were real rounded corners. That treatment also gives it that orange look all photos from back then seemed to have and I liked it when I saw the outcome--now I wonder how it will print.

Thank you for commenting.

lizzard_nyc

divamum wrote:

Oh, Liz, she is SO beautiful!! (No surprise there - she's got mommy's looks alright

I really like these a lot.... I just wish you had a little more processing power so you could make a few more small adjustments to them but then again... maybe that might be too much of a good thing. They're gorgeous just like they are.

Divamum,
Awwww thanks--This is me strutting back and forth now .

I'm using the first shot of Sofia for the holiday card this year--just ordered it not 5 minutes ago--I was that happy with it--using one of my B&W grainy ones of Jacob at the Diner--maybe you remember that one.

Thanks for the pat on the back Divamum---feels good.