Ellen, Bob, Alex, and Grandma

Jeremy Winterberg

Alex (the one with the thick man beard) is my best friend and this is his family. They asked me to do their "Christmas" pictures this year... ...yeah, she forgot to do it on time, so these will be used for next year most likely.

Did their session on Sunday after church in the lobby. Brought my AB800's, softboxes, lightstands, and everything really... They were ancy the whole time because they wanted to hurry up so we could go to Olive Garden. I literally had about 5 minutes to setup, 5 minutes to shoot, and 5 minutes to tear down everything... I was out of breath.

Because they were in a hurry, we really only did two different shot, and here are the best of those two.

CC on the lighting and processing is welcome and appreciated. Keep in mind I don't have a meter yet, and I didn't have time to setup my laptop to shoot tethered so I guessed everything from chimping.





Coming soon! Gary and Mary's Engagement Pictures from a session on Saturday! Look for it in the Weddings forum.

Scott_Quier

Lighting and posing look alright. What really, really bugs me is that you shot into a corner of the room. In the first image, the sharp demarkation caused by the corner (and that fact that this appears near the center of the image) gives the illusion that one is looking at two different images. In the second, that same corner splits the image in an un-kind manner. Aside from that these are OK. But, I think I would offer to re-shoot them or figure some way to remove that corner in post.

Jeremy Winterberg

Scott_Quier wrote:

Lighting and posing look alright. What really, really bugs me is that you shot into a corner of the room. In the first image, the sharp demarkation caused by the corner (and that fact that this appears near the center of the image) gives the illusion that one is looking at two different images. In the second, that same corner splits the image in an un-kind manner. Aside from that these are OK. But, I think I would offer to re-shoot them or figure some way to remove that corner in post.

Thanks for noticing the corner... completely forgot to take it out. They wanted shots by the fake fireplace... and I did these for free, well at least I think I did... if they're going to pay me they haven't yet...

But, I took out the corner... better?

Brett1000

Jeremy Winterberg wrote:

But, I took out the corner... better?

must be, I don't notice any corner

Jeremy Winterberg

Brett1000 wrote:

must be, I don't notice any corner

Thanks... I've been editing photos since 10pm so I'm a pretty tired right now. Shows what happens when you don't stick to your workflow...

sleepy time she comes

Scott_Quier

Jeremy Winterberg wrote:

But, I took out the corner... better?

Yes, much. Care to share how you removed the corners so easily and quickly?

adbsgicom

Scott_Quier wrote:

Yes, much. Care to share how you removed the corners so easily and quickly?

And for those of us who came late to the party, what did the original look like? I agree the net result looks like a nice flat wall.

lilmomma

adbsgicom wrote:

And for those of us who came late to the party, what did the original look like? I agree the net result looks like a nice flat wall.

+1 i was a little confused reading Scotts post about this. In anycase, i like the second one. There is too much space between them in the first.

The_Fat_Zebra

My favorite is also the second as indeed there is a bit much space between them in the first picture, and your friend is a bit too uncomfortable in the first. (the three other people are much more relaxed in comparison)
Also, the shadows behind the people on the left side of the pictures are harder than on the right side, maybe you want to even that out a bit?

Jeremy Winterberg

hehe, sorry for the confusion... here are the originals... I don't feel like re-editing them to the state they were when I originally posted.

As to the editing: I cloned out the part that is touching something (his arm, the bowl, the fireplace), then I used the patch tool to blend and smooth out the rest. Simple! Took about a minute to take it out of both images.