family photo's at their home

sparky675

a few shots from a shoot awhile back at their house it was a little tight for strobes. tell me what i can improve


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Photosbychuck

Nice Pose

Watch cutting off the arms & I would blur the seam in the wall on the background it is distracting.
I would crop out the white object on the bottom of the second shot.



Take Care,
Charles

rhondavid

Maybe crappy work monitor but the first one looks pretty dark to me. Lots of light fall off from top to bottom. Not sure what the brighter vertical line is on the left side of the background but it would look better cloned out as distracts from the first shot. Second shot is very sweet, love the least one's expression but focus looks soft to me.

Watch your depth of field. Adults in the first one appear to be sharper that the kids in front and back. No data available so cannot tell what your aperture was but will need to be sure it is small enough to keep all parties in sharp focus.

fredjclaus

Great pose. what lights did you use, and where? It seems your light was camera right, I bet if you put a white piece of foam core board camera left you would get rid of that shadow.

Also take notice of your clients. little girl in front on the right side of the picture is showing her underwear a bit. As a father this would not be a sellable image for me, but then again, I'm just over protective.

Hackbone

In #1 I agree about the light fall off from top to bottom. Needs to be more even. It is a nice grouping but watch and try not to get heads on the same plane wether vertical or horizontal. The two heads on the left. Eyes of one person at the mouth level of the next person is very pleasing alignment.

#2 is personal preference but I don't like a white vignette on a dark setting. The pose is very workable.

sparky675

small room
the first shot was in a bedroom i was using a 580 and a 540 strobes shot through umbrellas, I had the strobes l and right with the one to left a t 1/4 power the right at 1/2power. most shots where at 125 f6.3 iso 100. i see the white distraction in the one pic ,iwill brush that out, i did the white viginette for grandma, she likes them, i guess what confused me was they are all very light complextions, with black tops, in light room when the faces look good the rest is dark, or the oppisite, i tried a little messing with curves, actually the bw photos are best. but they bwant to see the pink, here is one from the living room

Hackbone

Great color and expressions. Wondering what it would be like cropped into a long and skinny?

jeffreaux2

sparky675 wrote:

the first shot was in a bedroom i was using a 580 and a 540 strobes shot through umbrellas, I had the strobes l and right with the one to left a t 1/4 power the right at 1/2power. most shots where at 125 f6.3 iso 100. i see the white distraction in the one pic ,iwill brush that out, i did the white viginette for grandma, she likes them, i guess what confused me was they are all very light complextions, with black tops, in light room when the faces look good the rest is dark, or the oppisite, i tried a little messing with curves, actually the bw photos are best. but they bwant to see the pink, here is one from the living room

1- the background doesnt work and the shot is under exposed.

2- The conversion is flat and the white vignette comes off as ver amateurish

3- The white skirt and pink stockings are out of place and were a bad idea.....especially since everything else coordinateds well. Still, its your best shot....even though the exposure could stand a push.