Tina - All Grown Up!

jeffreaux2

I shot a few photos of my oldest daughter, Tina, today so we could mail fresh prints out with her college graduation invitations. She will get her Biology Pre-Med degree next month. Then it's back to school....:rofl

It sure was nice to have her home for the weekend AND to get a chance to do a few photos with her.

I had no one to hold the umbrella stand so most of what we shot was natural light.

-1


-2


-3 John Galt shared this pose earlier this week.


4- I was able to use flash on this shot.


-5- Flash used on this shot also...


-6

Cuong

Time flies and she's definitely all grown up. Beautiful and inspirational portrait work as usual.

Cuong

Gary752

As usual, they are all Great Jeff, but my favorite is definately #6! I simply love how sharp those eyes are! I'd be in 7th heaven if mine turned out half that good!

GaryB

VayCayMom

Wow, as always. You deserve to be very proud as I am sure you are. #4 and #6 are stunning, brilliant and divine!

Sam

Absolutely stunning and smart too. clap

Sam

Icebear

Well, she can't go into cardiology, 'cause she's a heart-stopper.

kdog

Gorgeous pics of a gorgeous girl.

Not bad for natural light either.

Congrats to her and you for her academic accomplishments as well.

Cheers,
-joel

Gotham

Great shots. You must be very proud of your model-beautiful, genius daughter. Just don't tell me she also spends her summer breaks traveling to impoverished nations to rescue orphans. Because then I'll go from admiring her accomplishments to hating her for being too perfect.

Bilsen

These are terrific images Jeff. All the techicals are 10+.

Now on to the important part. My lord but she puts the sunshine to shame. If I was her dad, I'd be sleeping with a shotgun at the ready, esp. Since it's legal down in the bayou.

Qarik

#5 clap clap clap!

Hackbone

Agree on #5, wow.

zoomer

Beautiful young lady. All are nice but 5 has just the right mix, love that one.
Her classy confidence really comes through in all these.

jeffreaux2

BroPhoto wrote: »

As usual, they are all Great Jeff, but my favorite is definately #6! I simply love how sharp those eyes are! I'd be in 7th heaven if mine turned out half that good!

GaryB

I was a little surprised by that shot. My 17-55 F2.8IS lens is usually my sharpest tool for these types of shots, but I didn't even mount it. This was with the 70-200 F2.8L IS at F4, 1/200 sec, and 150mm. Both eyes held in focus, but it falls off dramatically at her cheek.

I shot most of the frame fillers on this shoot with a 50mm F1.4 lens. I didn't like them as much.

Thanks for commenting.

jeffreaux2

Cuong wrote: »

Time flies and she's definitely all grown up. Beautiful and inspirational portrait work as usual.

Cuong

Time definately flies!

It seems like only yesterday we were doing her HIGH SCHOOL senior portraits!



Thank you for the kind rermarks.

jeffreaux2

VayCayMom wrote: »

Wow, as always. You deserve to be very proud as I am sure you are. #4 and #6 are stunning, brilliant and divine!

We are a tad proud Trudy, but mostly we are thankful that (knock on wood!) we have been so blessed.

Never had anyone describe any of my photos as "stunning. brilliant, and divine" before!

But, Ill take it!

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

jeffreaux2

Sam wrote: »

Absolutely stunning and smart too. clap

Sam

Thanks Sam.

She isn't really any much smarter than the next kid, BUT she is a very hard worker.

As a parent, I can'y ask for anything more than that.:D

jeffreaux2

Icebear wrote: »

Well, she can't go into cardiology, 'cause she's a heart-stopper.

Her hope is to get a Physicians Assistant degree and work in dermatology, but time wil tell. My daughter in law is a PA also. She wanted to do dermatology as well, but has instead settled in with a bone and joint clinic. She is having a blast doing hip, knee and shoulder surgeries and has forgotten all about skin.

jeffreaux2

kdog wrote: »

Gorgeous pics of a gorgeous girl.

Not bad for natural light either.

Congrats to her and you for her academic accomplishments as well.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks Joel.

Natural light is simple. The important part of natural light is to first recognize where it is coming from. Quick and uncomplicated!

jeffreaux2

Gotham wrote: »

Great shots. You must be very proud of your model-beautiful, genius daughter. Just don't tell me she also spends her summer breaks traveling to impoverished nations to rescue orphans. Because then I'll go from admiring her accomplishments to hating her for being too perfect.

Nooo, no third world countries, and she has spent most of EVERY summer studying for the MCAT test. This will be her first summer to not have to do that.

jeffreaux2

JohnGalt_ny wrote: »

If I was her dad, I'd be sleeping with a shotgun at the ready, esp. Since it's legal down in the bayou.

Uh Thanks?

-Mother nature is, perhaps, as carful as she should be about giving daughters away.

-I have a shotgun, but I have never slept with it.

-As far as I know, there isn't any thing that is illegal anywhere else in the world that is legal in the bayou. Not sure what you are alluding to there.

jeffreaux2

Qarik wrote: »

#5 clap clap clap!

Hackbone wrote: »

Agree on #5, wow.

zoomer wrote: »

Beautiful young lady. All are nice but 5 has just the right mix, love that one.
Her classy confidence really comes through in all these.

Thanks guys. I agree, that #5 has a nice blend of flash/ambient. I think if I had underexposed the BG any more it would have been too much. We were blessed with a rare blue sky that day. It was about 1.5 hours from sunset. After I set the flash up and got her on the bench I only had to wait for the sun to slip behind a cloud.

Canon 50D, ISO100, F4.5, 1/200, 70-200 F2.8IS @ 135mm, A single 580EXII through a 45 inch white umbrella fired via STE2.

She had a hair band around her wrist that we both missed in many of the shots in this set. It didn't show in this one!

She has always been confident. We've told our kids all along (like any other parents) that they CAN achieve anything they set out to achieve. Of the three, she has never EVER faltered in her belief that THAT is true. She is a "Go- Getter".

ADMIT Photography

Great shots! Congrats to you and your daughter on her great accomplishment!

adbsgicom

Congratulations to Tina on her impending graduation and continuation of her studies! Much to be proud of!
I like 3/5/6 most of the set, but they are all really wonderful.

avangardphoto

Great shots! Thanks for sharing.

kevingeary

Were the natural light ones all taken in open shade or was it overcast? What were the conditions like. Excellent job.

jeffreaux2

kevingeary wrote: »

Were the natural light ones all taken in open shade or was it overcast? What were the conditions like. Excellent job.

It was a rare "blue sky" day for us with big puffy white clouds dotting the sky.

1,2, and 3 were taken in open shade.

4 was taken in dense shade, but with reflected sunkight on her back. Flash used.

5 and 6 were in the open. We waited for a cloud to blot out the sun....and shot. Flash on 5. No flash on 6.

Z6I

1,5 and 6 are big winners as are she and her parents.

reyvee61

I agree with much of what has been said here, lovely portraits of a beautiful young lady but I do have a few nits on #4 where the whites are blown on her hands, arms and hair in some areas where there is a complete loss of detail. Exposure on her face is spot on where it matters most so I suppose this could be attributed to a stylistic approach. Also I like the discreet use of artificial light on the ones where you did opt to use flash, very well done.
Definitely #5 and 6 are my faves of the set.
Bravo!

troopers

Jeff, you clearly have skills. On #2 and #5, I would have thrown the foreground/background out of focus more, especially #5 where the bench seems sharper than your daughter. I love my bokeh.

jeffreaux2

troopers wrote: »

Jeff, you clearly have skills. On #2 and #5, I would have thrown the foreground/background out of focus more, especially #5 where the bench seems sharper than your daughter. I love my bokeh.

I love bokeh too.

Unfortunately I am married to a crop sensor camera still.

#2 was shot at F3.2 and 150mm

#5 at F4.5 and 135mm

Not wide open on either shot, but on a full framer things would have appeared quite different.

BTW, she is very sharp in #5. The image size disguises that I think, but you can still clearly see some stray hair strands.

Here is a larger version....

jeffreaux2

reyvee61 wrote: »

I agree with much of what has been said here, lovely portraits of a beautiful young lady but I do have a few nits on #4 where the whites are blown on her hands, arms and hair in some areas where there is a complete loss of detail. Exposure on her face is spot on where it matters most so I suppose this could be attributed to a stylistic approach. Also I like the discreet use of artificial light on the ones where you did opt to use flash, very well done.
Definitely #5 and 6 are my faves of the set.
Bravo!

Thanks for commenting!

I printed enough of 4 asnd 5 in wallet sizes and #2 in 4x6 to send one of each with her graduation invitations. #2 was my favorite of the set.

#4 was a very tough shot. My thoughts at the time were to let the entire BG blow out and pump in just enough flash to bring out her facial features.....but that didnt look as good in reality as I had envisioned......so....more flash power....and more....until this. I am not super happy about the resulting flatness in the lighting, but I loiked the iron work and pose. The blown highlights in this instance dont really bother me.

I will try the same location out on another day....with more favorable lighting. This is a morning or overcast day location for sure.