My Daughter Olivia

anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
edited April 4, 2013 in People
Spent the weekend in the Bay Area visiting my wife's family and our daughter. She is turning 21 in May. Can't believe time has flown by so fast. Have more photos to go through but wanted to share this shot I took of her as she sat outside. I know the highlights in the hair are bit much and her glasses are partially obscuring her eyes but I love the way she looks in this shot.

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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Beautiful. iloveyou.gif

    And can i say that she is the most exact cross of the two of you? she looks so much like both of you!!
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    She's beautiful. The glasses make this interesting. That's how you see her.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    divamum wrote: »
    Beautiful. iloveyou.gif

    And can i say that she is the most exact cross of the two of you? she looks so much like both of you!!

    Thanks Diva. And I'm glad you say she looks like the both of us. We seem to think so. The typical comment we get is "Oh, she looks just like Jen." The thing is, if you look at photos of me when I was a child and her at the same age, we're spitting images of each other. As she's grown, her womanly features have started to show through so she doesn't look so much like me any longer. Thank God. However, we agree that she's a perfect cross of the two of us.
    Mitchell wrote: »
    She's beautiful. The glasses make this interesting. That's how you see her.

    Thanks Mitchell. She's worn glasses since a teen but this current pair fits her just perfectly.
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  • willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    ¿Una Cubana mas, no?

    Nice picture of your daughter,,,,it's very natural.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    willard3 wrote: »
    ¿Una Cubana mas, no?

    Nice picture of your daughter,,,,it's very natural.

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  • michaelglennmichaelglenn Registered Users Posts: 442 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Really becoming a fan of your outdoors work. Beautiful shot Alex! :)
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  • Bryce WilsonBryce Wilson Registered Users Posts: 1,586 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Couldn't resist a "lens flare" shot could you? :D

    And like the others, I think this girl embodies the very best parts of both of her parents. It is quite obvious she has the good parts of both!
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    michaelglenn wrote: »
    Really becoming a fan of your outdoors work. Beautiful shot Alex! :)

    Thanks Michael. It's funny but I think all the work I've been doing inside with my strobes has really helped my outdoor, natural light portraits as well. Not sure how that makes sense but it's improved my ability to understand and "see" light.
    Bryce Wilson wrote: »
    Couldn't resist a "lens flare" shot could you? :D

    And like the others, I think this girl embodies the very best parts of both of her parents. It is quite obvious she has the good parts of both!

    Thanks. Trying to harness the power of the sun Bryce and I love a good flare shot and I've always struggled with them. Practice, practice.
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  • LightsearcherLightsearcher Registered Users Posts: 202 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Great picture, I like it.

    Congratulations , your daughter is beautiful.!!

    Regards.

    Marcelo
  • cbbrcbbr Registered Users Posts: 755 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Fantastic shot Alex! The flare works perfectly with the look.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Lightsearcher wrote: »
    Great picture, I like it.

    Congratulations , your daughter is beautiful.!!

    Regards.

    Marcelo

    Thank you.
    cbbr wrote: »
    Fantastic shot Alex! The flare works perfectly with the look.

    Thanks.

    Here is another shot... her mother's turn.

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  • michaelglennmichaelglenn Registered Users Posts: 442 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2013
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    Thanks Michael. It's funny but I think all the work I've been doing inside with my strobes has really helped my outdoor, natural light portraits as well. Not sure how that makes sense but it's improved my ability to understand and "see" light.

    It totally makes sense. You know how light falls on the subject because you've been doing it for so long. The sun is a light source, so you are able to work with those conditions.

    I actually think it works both ways. I usually shoot in natural light, but the few times I do use strobes, I have an idea of how I want the light to fall on the subject from how often I shoot outdoors. :D
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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2013
    A beautiful portrait of a beautiful young lady
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