Portrait of Mom & Son

MikMik Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
edited January 10, 2007 in People
I recently did a portrait of a friend and her son.
Even though the one below looks kinda serious I should mention how much fun we had doing the shot, as witenessed here: http://www.moxnoxart.com/gallery/1985573/1/101259487 (When you are 7, as I was reminded during the shot, EVERYTHING is funny...)
Your critiques welcomed.

http://www.moxnoxart.com/gallery/1985573/1/108173523

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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Mik wrote:
    I recently did a portrait of a friend and her son.
    Even though the one below looks kinda serious I should mention how much fun we had doing the shot, as witenessed here: http://www.moxnoxart.com/gallery/1985573/1/101259487 (When you are 7, as I was reminded during the shot, EVERYTHING is funny...)
    Your critiques welcomed.

    http://www.moxnoxart.com/gallery/1985573/1/108173523

    You should read the tute on posting a pic, and when I clicked the link to your site, it was a jumbled mess. The lettering was all over the place. I'm guessng it wsan't designed that way. I viewed it with IE.
    Always lurking, sometimes participating. :D
  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    You have some very nice captures in this gallery. I really like #1, #3, and #4 - some real tenderness and/or persnoality there. Some suggestions:
    • There is a significant amount of dead space in some of the shots you have posted, particularly in the area above the heads
    • You WB is all over the place. Suggest you get a tool to help you set your with balance. I use the WhiBal (link) and have the model (or one of them) hold it for the first and last shot of the shoot. Then in post, I use one of these images to adjust the color temperature in all the shots of the shoot.
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  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Very very good. Some should be cropped a little...but none the less...beautiful work. thumb.gif
  • kreskres Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    I'm not a fan of in the lines portrait work - so I love your style and framing, however I do have to agree that there is a little too much dead space. I would not crop it ALL out however. Maybe trim it a bit and then work on a gradiant shadow?

    Very creative use of the studio lighting, all in all I found them very pleasing. thumb.gif
    --Kres
  • MikMik Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited January 10, 2007
    Re-try
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    On the site notes, I have seen a problem with IE if someone uses larger text type (like for ease of reading), I think it is beacause I used some proportional fonts.

    And I can't seem to link direct since embedding the no right click thingy.

    Some of the original shots I posted I had not really intended to print so I hadn't thought about cropping them.
    I re-added some that I cropped down.
    The white balance on my D200 has been giving me fits, so I appreciate the suggestion of the tool.

    The photos were shot with natural lighting coming in a side window, and
    we had huge bands of clouds coming through, so the lighting in the room kept changing.

    Thanks all.
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