Fall Family Portraits

sjconstsjconst Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
edited November 16, 2011 in People
A few shots of my first paid hire by strangers!! (I've only harrassed my friends for their portraits so far) C&C needed and appreciated.
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  • B JoynerB Joyner Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited November 13, 2011
    I for one think these are great. The colors are just amazing. I would probably straighten the last one a bit.
    Nice job.
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  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,188 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2011
    Indeed a nice set, although the light seems somewhat on the high side. Of course direct sunlight is always hard.
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  • sjconstsjconst Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    Thank you so much, I will work on the lighting and straighten that last one!
  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    A solid first effort, they will like these. The little girl is SO cute in that first one.
    For next time, watch out for the heads growing trees :).
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  • sjconstsjconst Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    I thought that's where all trees came from? OOPS!
  • JoiJoiJoiJoi Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    great job, I especially like 1 and 3.
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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    Nice set.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    These are vry nice, but there's a lot you could have done to have made them better. Fill flash would have helped in several cases where the faces seem a tad underexposed compared to the backgrounds. In the cute shot of the girl with the balloons - you really should have been aware, through your viewfinder, that the balloons were in the sun and her face not. A viewer's eye is going to be first drawn to the brightest thing in the scene. In the last shot, a light stand (or voice-actuated holder) with a scrim would have helped cut down the blazing hot light on the hair and allowed a more even illumination of the scene (but the white fence would have made the use of fill flash problematic.)

    Your DOF and bokeh are very pleasing, IMO. thumb.gif

    I don't know how big you intend to print, but could you crop the balloon shot real severely? I think you'd have a real winner if you could crop so just the lower left quadrant of the lowest balloon was in the frame.
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited November 15, 2011
    Very nice. The little girl steals the show. I love 1 & 4...
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  • sjconstsjconst Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited November 16, 2011
    Thank you so much Icebear, I just bought a flash so my next set should improve. This was my third family session and I think I just need practice, because I find it hard to run after young children, think about the light, and the shot all at the same time. Hopefully with more practice the light and composition will get better. Really looking forward to using the flash....Thank you again for those valuable tidbits!
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