Lo- Portraits

Coleman Photography

Well here a few from today. CC welcome. how does my light look.

Lighting:

Main light camera left , Full power

Fill light Camera right, 1/4 power.

75in reflector below

250 w florecint above for hair light.



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Cowboydoug

Howdy... I dig your set... Your little subject is great. I think your light is nice... I would like to see a kiss of light from the back & sides... While I like your b&w very much I think would like to see a couple just a smidge lighter for comparison.

BrettDeutsch

I like these shots a lot (the jump shot is my favorite.). But the tones feel a bit muddy. I think it's OK to keep the B&W on the less-contrasty side for child portraits, but this seems to take it to far, particularly since the background is basically the same tone of gray as your subject. Perhaps if the background were white or black, your subject's middle tones would stand out better.

Coleman Photography

Thanks guys, I to was not happy with the way the black and white conversions came out. Im using cs5. does anyone have any tips for me on the B&W end. I kept getting the muddy look?

jpc

You just need to make the "lights", "lighter". Not sure about cs5, but in LR3 it's the "highlights" fader. It works wonders on b&w. Cute kid!

Hackbone

Agree with Brett on the muddy tones. Try raising your black point in levels and see if that makes enough of a difference. You've got some awesome ideas here and one very cute subject.