My Quest for Candid portrait continues
lizzard_nyc
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Hi all again.
So I have 3 days until my first official shoot with a 2 year old.
I have been taking candid portraits left and right for a week for practice.
The shoot will be candid portraits of the little boy and maybe his mom at the park.
C&C is appreciated.
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So I have 3 days until my first official shoot with a 2 year old.
I have been taking candid portraits left and right for a week for practice.
The shoot will be candid portraits of the little boy and maybe his mom at the park.
C&C is appreciated.
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Liz A.
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Congrats on the gig, and have fun!
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I love # 3 & 4
Great work on those
#1, I find the blown area distracting to the left of her.
#2, just a bit soft and to close a cop for my taste thought the cookie looks enticing.
Best of luck with the shoot.
I really like #1 & 2, like the pov of both, and *even* the colour of #1
#2 gave me a flashback to heat, beach, sweet sodapop so cold the bubbles hurt, washing down the biscuits, and the mysteriousness that something so complete in satisfaction as a summer Sunday could roll on and away, without so much as a look back, just like that...!!
You've given the boy something of a glamour treatment, which could be a little controversial
I'd encourage you to keep pushing into something your own with these portraits, even in the upcoming shoot. I think if you keep the attitiude that the shoot is a chance to push the envelope of kids candids you will come out with something really nice
best
Neil
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Virginia
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Hi Andrew,
I'm glad you like the last two. Funny you mention the mush--I actually cloned out some grossness on the tongue before posting. I liked the light so much in that shot I really wanted it to work.
As for #1--I usually live on the floor, either on my belly or knees to get shots, but I so liked the way this angle looked and I wanted to get the top of her lashes.
Thanks Andrew for commenting.
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Hi there,
I wanted to clone out more of the tongue, but it looked weird. I was tempted to ask him to drink some water first, but then he would pose for me and I didn't want that. I almost had that one:) The cookies did not last long.
Thanks for the luck--24 horus from now it should be over. I will post the results.
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Hi Neil,
Glad you like the processing in #1-- I know it's kind of out there and kind of stark, but I liked it, and so went with it.
Not sure what you meant by "giving the boy something of a glamour treatment" and it bein controversial. Did you mean shot 2, the cookie shot? The only thing I did on that one was clone out some of the cookie on this tongue, everything else is SOOC. That light was around 6:00 ish and the sun was casting a beautiful light.
As ofr #3,that's my cousin's husband and they loved the shot which made me happy--they said it made him look cool, lol.
Thanks as always for your detailed reply. I hope you explain about the glamour treatment.
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Thanks Virginia --Candid portraits here I come. I'm crossing my fingers.
Thanks for the support and belief.
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Re "glamour treatment" - no mystery: the lack of visible clothing, the intimate closeup of open mouth consuming something, the softness, smoothness, glow and dewiness of the skin as in "after the bath/swim" - these are all stock-in-trade glamour. Except for the actual subject.
Neil
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