My Dancing Princess

RogersDA · April 10, 2007

Enjoy. Comments always welcome.

EDIT: Image(s) removed. See my gallery for image(s).

Nimai · April 10, 2007

That's a really cute composition. I'd better not show my wife that lest she make me do one!
Thanks for sharing this.

RogersDA · April 10, 2007

Nimai wrote:

That's a really cute composition. I'd better not show my wife that lest she make me do one!
Thanks for sharing this.

You don't have to tell her - i've already sent her an email

Thanks for looking.

Owen · April 10, 2007

Cool idea, but I find the background very distracting, and the lighting is quite flat.

urbanaries · April 11, 2007

Owen wrote:

Cool idea, but I find the background very distracting, and the lighting is quite flat.

the third is really a wonderful capture of her movement and expression. but unfortunately also of the in-focus lamp.

(If she's like any of my dancing princess nieces, she'd be all to happy to oblige a re-shoot

)

the pinkish purple background also isn't doing it for me in the layout? maybe white would look cleaner.

She's quite gorgeous, btw.

gluwater · April 11, 2007

I also agree with Owen and Lynn but they are very cute shots.

RogersDA · April 11, 2007

Owen wrote:

Cool idea, but I find the background very distracting, and the lighting is quite flat.

Thanks for looking and commenting, Owen. I, too, find the background very distracting. THis was a purely impromptu event so there was no planning.

Also, the lighting was not ideal. Diffused light through the window, a halogen in then corner, and the 580EX bounced off the wall. These were shot at ISO200 at 1/250sec. (AV mode) with the flash at ETTL with high-speed sync on. Not sure what I could have done to make this better.

RogersDA · April 11, 2007

urbanaries wrote:

the third is really a wonderful capture of her movement and expression. but unfortunately also of the in-focus lamp.

(If she's like any of my dancing princess nieces, she'd be all to happy to oblige a re-shoot )

the pinkish purple background also isn't doing it for me in the layout? maybe white would look cleaner.

She's quite gorgeous, btw.

Thanks for commenting. Much appreciated. In addition to what I mentioned above I will look at the background, too.

RogersDA · April 11, 2007

gluwater wrote:

I also agree with Owen and Lynn but they are very cute shots.

Thanks for commenting.

Mike02 · April 11, 2007

Cool pictures, but I think the background is too distracting and bland, maybe if you choose a darker pink, and placed the photos closer together with less empty space around them, it would look alot better.

DavidS · April 13, 2007

I love what you've captured in the third one, but I agree, the background is distracting.

photogmomma · April 13, 2007

Try selectively colorizing these photos! That might make the background fade out a bit more and pop your beautiful little princess!!!

Just precious! Wonderful capture!

Next time, try bouncing the flash of one of the walls to the side if possible. That may help with the flat lighting.