anna, redux

Andy · December 26, 2004

you may have met anna before... anyhow, here's a couple i took today, about 8 degrees upstate new york, a little snow falling ... she wants to be an actress, i think she's off to a good start, eh?

canon 1Ds Mark II, 50mm f/1.4 aboard. shot in raw, convertedin acr and then in ps cs, applied a very subtle curves adjustment and then slight usm (150, .4, 1).

enjoy (rosy cheeks in the bitter cold) photography,

Tim Kirkwood · December 26, 2004

Andy,

These are GREAT! Now would you stop rubbing in that 1D MII? Your killin me!

Great shots and a beautiful Daughter.

Tim

ginger_55 · December 26, 2004

Yeah, they are pretty good. I responded with more enthusiasm on the first thread you posted on with these.

Looks like a pro took them. Are you getting into portraits and fashion photog,
Andy.

g

luckyrwe · December 26, 2004

Andy, can you post a crop of the image before any adjustment? I'd like to see what it looks like right out of the camera, plus I'd like to learn what you did in CS with the image.

pathfinder · December 26, 2004

Pretty in Pink. Lovely daughter - lovely photos.

fish · December 26, 2004

She's lovely, andy, and shows genuine happiness in the image.

My only nit is that the pink doesn't contrast enough with the gray sky. I think a darker background would make for a more striking image. Of course, that's just my opinion, and what do I know, cuz...well, I'm just a hack.

ian408 · December 27, 2004

Great shots! I'm drawn to both by the blue eyes. The grey sky does
distract a bit though.

ian

Yuri Pautov · December 27, 2004

Model, photographer and camera are Pro!
Andy! You have great model :-)
As for the photos, they are very good, I like natural look, natural poses. At the same time, it seems to me that you've went too far in PS with the eyes on the first photo. They look 'out of the whole natural look' of the photo... The naturalness has gone. Then, one of the main rules, as you know - try to photograph black on white and white on black. Think that choosing darker background could help here...
Andy! Your portraits become better and better! Hope my critique will help you...
Yuri

Nir · December 27, 2004

Beautiful daughter! Beautiful shots!

Andy · December 27, 2004

ginger_55 wrote:

Yeah, they are pretty good. I responded with more enthusiasm on the first thread you posted on with these.

Looks like a pro took them. Are you getting into portraits and fashion photog,
Andy.

g

thank you, ginger

you commented in two threads i really appreciate that ...

i'm lucky - i have a really good model

ehughes · December 27, 2004

Great shots Andy, I really like her expression in the 2nd one

photocat · December 27, 2004

andy wrote:

thank you, ginger you commented in two threads i really appreciate that ...

i'm lucky - i have a really good model

I like the second one Andy. It has more life in it. The first one is a bit static. The second one vibrates... What goregous eyes she has. She is a beauty.

Michiel de Brieder · December 27, 2004

A heartbreaker in the making Andy

The shots are awesome and your daughter is lovely! I've seen the crop on your other thread and I can say only one thing, WOW!!! I've held a 1D MK II a couple of days ago and that made me drooling to hold, but now that I see the results of the 1Ds........
I think your wife will also be very pleased with some nice prints

Thanks for sharing Andy!

John Mueller · December 27, 2004

Andy,these are wonderful stunning images

But I aint gettin no stinkin 1DS MK2 just yet
Im sorta comfortable with my left arm and leg:D

Andy · December 27, 2004

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Andy! You have great model :-)
As for the photos, they are very good, I like natural look, natural poses. At the same time, it seems to me that you've went too far in PS with the eyes on the first photo. They look 'out of the whole natural look' of the photo... The naturalness has gone. Then, one of the main rules, as you know - try to photograph black on white and white on black. Think that choosing darker background could help here...
Andy! Your portraits become better and better! Hope my critique will help you...
Yuri

thank you, yuri - and you are right. i lightened the eyes a bit too much in the first one.

as to the background - well we only had about 30 seconds to shoot, it was very very cold and we were on a "pit stop" during a road trip

as ever, i really appreciate your input

spasibo!

Thiago Sigrist · December 28, 2004

Hi again Andy!
Man, solid shots here, as usual!

You certainly can get great people shots no matter the conditions (even in a short stop by the road), and that's evident here.

By this, I mean you are really REALLY GOOD at the most important thing in people photography: working *with* the subject, which is IMHO the hardest to master. Of course Anna's relaxed because you're her big daddy (and you need absolutely no effort to make her look lovely!), but I'm more than sure you could get excellent results with about any subject!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

PS: The detail on those shots is superb (I've just seen the 100% crop). It looks more or less like what I would get on a tight shot from a 5/6MP camera. Cool stuff!

Andy · December 29, 2004

ehughes wrote:

Great shots Andy, I really like her expression in the 2nd one

thanks so much, ed. she can mug it up when she wants to

windoze · December 30, 2004

Well - Ive met Anna in other posts....but these capture and show her off most beautifully. The her blue eyes sparkle against those pinks.... as always Andy - simply stunning. troy

andy wrote:

you may have met anna before... anyhow, here's a couple i took today, about 8 degrees upstate new york, a little snow falling ... she wants to be an actress, i think she's off to a good start, eh?

canon 1Ds Mark II, 50mm f/1.4 aboard. shot in raw, convertedin acr and then in ps cs, applied a very subtle curves adjustment and then slight usm (150, .4, 1).

enjoy (rosy cheeks in the bitter cold) photography,

Andy · January 1, 2005

obrigado, thiago

i always appreciate your comments, you always tell me how a photo makes you feel, and react.

happy new year!

Thiago Sigrist wrote:

Man, solid shots here, as usual!

You certainly can get great people shots no matter the conditions (even in a short stop by the road), and that's evident here.

By this, I mean you are really REALLY GOOD at the most important thing in people photography: working *with* the subject, which is IMHO the hardest to master. Of course Anna's relaxed because you're her big daddy (and you need absolutely no effort to make her look lovely!), but I'm more than sure you could get excellent results with about any subject!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

PS: The detail on those shots is superb (I've just seen the 100% crop). It looks more or less like what I would get on a tight shot from a 5/6MP camera. Cool stuff!

danman · January 1, 2005

Nice
Andy, lovely pictures of your daughter (and I disagree about the sky, btw).

I noticed some white spots at the bottom left of both pics. Are these dust on the sensor (or of course snow!)?

Best wishes,

Danny

Andy · January 1, 2005

danny, that's snow....

danman wrote:

Andy, lovely pictures of your daughter (and I disagree about the sky, btw).

I noticed some white spots at the bottom left of both pics. Are these dust on the sensor (or of course snow!)?

Best wishes,

Danny

good eye you have there

those are snowflakes in the plane of focus. thanks for the comment, i really appreciate it!

Andy · January 1, 2005

fish

fish wrote:

She's lovely, andy, and shows genuine happiness in the image.

My only nit is that the pink doesn't contrast enough with the gray sky. I think a darker background would make for a more striking image. Of course, that's just my opinion, and what do I know, cuz...well, I'm just a hack.

you're certainly no hack! thanks for the comment, and letting me know how you feel about the photo. it's appreciated very much.

anna, redux

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