A night out with family

lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
edited February 15, 2011 in Street and Documentary
All shot with my 5D which is the only way I could have managed these and gotten so many keepers. My keeper ratio has gone through the roof!

1. I am sitting on my hands so I won't title this one.
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2.
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3.my hands down favorite of the night even if it is soft.
No flash used that's the reflection of the light in the other room bouncing off the mirror.
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Liz A.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2011
    Very nice series, Liz. I can feel the warmth and energy. I do love the last one - though I think that I prefer the color version. The warm tones add to the emotional impact of the picture.

    Virginia
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  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2011
    Great in the moment shots. I really like #1 & #2, especially 2's composition and movement. Nice tone too.
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
    -Fleetwood Mac
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2011
    Flyinggina wrote: »
    Very nice series, Liz. I can feel the warmth and energy. I do love the last one - though I think that I prefer the color version. The warm tones add to the emotional impact of the picture.

    Virginia

    Thank you Virginia.
    Here is the color version. I like it better myself,but was very curious about how it would look in b&w.

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    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2011
    jdryan3 wrote: »
    Great in the moment shots. I really like #1 & #2, especially 2's composition and movement. Nice tone too.

    Thank you much.
    I love this kind of shooting which documents my personal life.
    My friends and family are big fans too. I have learned so much from this forum to make my personal shots better, what a difference!

    I like that all these shots have a story to them and family and friends will remember them when looking back on these as opposed to the standard "smile" shots.

    Thanks for commenting.
    Liz A.
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2011
    Great shots. 3 is fabulous, but I prefer the BW version. 2 is outstanding, I really like the expression on his face proud of his new tattoo... clap.gif
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  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2011
    #2 is a great moment.
  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2011
    What if you got the color balance right?

    These B&W shots have fine contrast. Can you get the same kind of results for your street work?
    If not now, when?
  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2011
    The color version of #3 is awesome. You have an ability to capture very personal moments that pull on the ol' heartstrings. That's a very happy, intimate capture. And for some reason, I think the soft focus adds to it a bit. It's almost like you captured a private moment when a very sharp focus may have given the feeling that it was staged. If what I am saying makes any sense whatsoever. ;-) In the end, this is a very good set. I always like it when you share your family moments. You really seem to have a fun loving fam.
  • bbjonesbbjones Registered Users Posts: 234 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Nice job, Liz. These rock.
    This is my favorite kind of photography. It's some combination of "people" and "street", in that the context is completely relevant, but the people know you are there, and you know them.

    This is what I like to do with kids, but you're really showing how it should be done. I'm definitely picking up some tips from your work!

    I love the focus on the tattoo, with the shallow DOF. The expressions of the others are fantastic and tell the story, but the focus keeps the, well, focus on the story that is causing those expressions. Really great stuff!
    The goal of my photography is is the effective, original communication of a feeling expressing truth, beauty, or love.

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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Really like #2 -- the attitudes and emotions are coming through so clearly there. #1 is also a crackup -- looks like an interchange between the skeptic and the teller of tales.

    How about popping a little more contrast on these two?
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Juano wrote: »
    Great shots. 3 is fabulous, but I prefer the BW version. 2 is outstanding, I really like the expression on his face proud of his new tattoo... clap.gif

    Thank you Juano.
    I sent the photo #3 to the couple my in-laws, and I think it's getting framed, they loved it, which always makes me happy.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    damonff wrote: »
    #2 is a great moment.


    thank you Damon.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    rutt wrote: »
    What if you got the color balance right?

    These B&W shots have fine contrast. Can you get the same kind of results for your street work?

    HI Rutt,
    I do realize I have an easier time getting my conversions right w/ indoor shots, the bright light plays havoc w/ my conversions. Specially on the faces, if I get the faces where I want them, then the rest is shot.
    Still at it though. I do like my conversions better with LR3 and these are strictly lr3, no picnik.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Nyarthlopic wrote: »
    The color version of #3 is awesome. You have an ability to capture very personal moments that pull on the ol' heartstrings. That's a very happy, intimate capture. And for some reason, I think the soft focus adds to it a bit. It's almost like you captured a private moment when a very sharp focus may have given the feeling that it was staged. If what I am saying makes any sense whatsoever. ;-) In the end, this is a very good set. I always like it when you share your family moments. You really seem to have a fun loving fam.


    Thank you, means a lot. It's my favorite type of photography, my family/friends shots but using what I learned here in PJ.

    I'm lucky with my family, for all our arguments (those can be fun too), it's a close intimate family that likes a good time :)
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    bbjones wrote: »
    Nice job, Liz. These rock.
    This is my favorite kind of photography. It's some combination of "people" and "street", in that the context is completely relevant, but the people know you are there, and you know them.

    This is what I like to do with kids, but you're really showing how it should be done. I'm definitely picking up some tips from your work!

    I love the focus on the tattoo, with the shallow DOF. The expressions of the others are fantastic and tell the story, but the focus keeps the, well, focus on the story that is causing those expressions. Really great stuff!


    hi bbjones-- thank you.
    It's funny, they have learned to either ignore the camera (they hardly ever pose for me unless asked to) or they have gotten so used to my camera always in my hand they think it's part of me :)

    The tatoo:) lol--that's my husband, he got it a couple of years ago but was telling the story about how the zodiacs have changed and "it's his luck" this would happen after getting his and the kids zodiacs on his arm rolleyes1.gif. It was a pretty funy conversation, and that's my sister who didn't know he had gotten them and was seeing it for the first time.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    rainbow wrote: »
    Really like #2 -- the attitudes and emotions are coming through so clearly there. #1 is also a crackup -- looks like an interchange between the skeptic and the teller of tales.

    How about popping a little more contrast on these two?


    Rainbow--you are asking me for more contrast?:) Is today opposite day? rolleyes1.gif.

    #1--you are the only one to mention it:) my husband and his brother--a typical conversation between the two. The older brother telling his little brother what to do (mine is the little brother)--it will be like this forever I think. I saw that shot and nearly lost it--so typical.
    Liz A.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    Thank you much.
    I love this kind of shooting which documents my personal life.
    My friends and family are big fans too. I have learned so much from this forum to make my personal shots better, what a difference!

    I like that all these shots have a story to them and family and friends will remember them when looking back on these as opposed to the standard "smile" shots.

    Thanks for commenting.

    Three good ones, Liz. I, too, love #3, but I think that you and my friend Virginia are nuts - black and white - and do some burning in of the area around them - take it down some. I'd fiddle with it but for some reason when I steal it I get an image PS can't read. mwink.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Three good ones, Liz. I, too, love #3, but I think that you and my friend Virginia are nuts - black and white - and do some burning in of the area around them - take it down some. I'd fiddle with it but for some reason when I steal it I get an image PS can't read. mwink.gif


    Thank you B.D.
    I will work on it and repost at a later time.
    Liz A.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Three good ones, Liz. I, too, love #3, but I think that you and my friend Virginia are nuts - black and white - and do some burning in of the area around them - take it down some. I'd fiddle with it but for some reason when I steal it I get an image PS can't read. mwink.gif

    My goodness, usually only my family tells me I am nuts! I'm flattered. rolleyes1.gif

    Anyhow, I guess you are entitled to tell me you think that I am nuts if I respond differently than you do to a photograph and I don't take umbrage since I take your barb in the spirit in which I think it was written.:D

    I respect your opinion about the b&w versus color - in fact I can see all of the arguments for it. I think that with the changes you propose it will probably be a cleaner, more finished photograph, though I think it will always retain a snapshot feel.

    I also respect Rutt's suggestions re dealing with the white balance issues. I would be interested in seeing what what the result would be.

    These opinions and suggestions do not, however, change my response to the color version. For me the very warm - yes oversaturated - colors and even the bright light around the couple add and don't detract from the vibrant and happy interaction between the them. This is a snapshot that will have the power to move the couple, their family and I suspect others years and years from now. Can't say I have too many of those in my portfolio.

    Call me crazy if you must, but that is my honest, emotional response to the photograph and I am entitled to it.mwink.gif

    Virginia
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    "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus

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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    Flyinggina wrote: »
    My goodness, usually only my family tells me I am nuts! I'm flattered. rolleyes1.gif

    Anyhow, I guess you are entitled to tell me you think that I am nuts if I respond differently than you do to a photograph and I don't take umbrage since I take your barb in the spirit in which I think it was written.:D

    I respect your opinion about the b&w versus color - in fact I can see all of the arguments for it. I think that with the changes you propose it will probably be a cleaner, more finished photograph, though I think it will always retain a snapshot feel.

    I also respect Rutt's suggestions re dealing with the white balance issues. I would be interested in seeing what what the result would be.

    These opinions and suggestions do not, however, change my response to the color version. For me the very warm - yes oversaturated - colors and even the bright light around the couple add and don't detract from the vibrant and happy interaction between the them. This is a snapshot that will have the power to move the couple, their family and I suspect others years and years from now. Can't say I have too many of those in my portfolio.

    Call me crazy if you must, but that is my honest, emotional response to the photograph and I am entitled to it.mwink.gif

    Virginia

    Of course you are entitled to it. And I hope you really took the 'barb' in the spirit in which it was indeed intended. To each her own, and back to the horse races. rolleyes1.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
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