Last Dance.....

jeffreaux2

edit: I have added a few more snapshots on page three!!!

My girls had their homecoming dance Saturday night. This is the last one for my oldest....she will graduate in May.

C&C is always welcomed.

1. My oldest



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4. Ok, I have finally posted a selective color shot....sue me!!!



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8. my youngest child



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Sorry for making the post so long, I hope you enjoy!!!

System

gorgeous family!-

great pics!-

Swartzy

Wonderful series
Beautiful girls.......my goodness.....keep those boys away You did very well on the pp too. Nice looks and variations.

adpace

Beautiful girls!! Wonderful photos of them, they'll be cherished forever, I'm sure!

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Swartzy wrote:

Beautiful girls.......my goodness.....keep those boys away You did very well on the pp too. Nice looks and variations.

Impossible, just gotta have faith you raised them to make good decisions and then........roll with the punches.

DavidS

Beautiful photos and a beautiful family.

Elaine

My goodness your girls are gorgeous, and your wife is beautiful too! I especially like 1, 10, 13...stunning! How lucky they are to have such an involved dad that takes such great photos!

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Elaine wrote:

My goodness your girls are gorgeous, and your wife is beautiful too! I especially like 1, 10, 13...stunning! How lucky they are to have such an involved dad that takes such great photos!

yeah yeah......they call me papa-rotsy!!

I am not crazy about 1. I wish I had handled the reflector differently and lit above her cheeks more than below. I think it looks unatural, but is still a keeper.

Cuties02q

Wow beautiful photos and beautiful girls!!! My favorites are #1, #10 and #13 great job on these

binghott

you should start your own family modeling agency

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Cuties02q wrote:

Wow beautiful photos and beautiful girls!!! My favorites are #1, #10 and #13 great job on these

Thanks steph

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binghott wrote:

you should start your own family modeling agency

Nah....we have our hands full with the taxi service and all you can eat 24 hr kitchen. Not to mention the 24-7 laundry mat, and daily soap opera episodes!!!

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DavidS wrote:

Beautiful photos and a beautiful family.

Thanks for looking.

nicoleshilliday

Stunning Shots. The selective color on 4 works well. Love the pp on all of them.

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nicoleshilliday wrote:

Stunning Shots. The selective color on 4 works well. Love the pp on all of them.

I am a huge proponent of NEVER doing selective color, I think it always looks pretty cheesy. It does in this case at least pull my 3 subjects out of the clutter in a photo that would otherwise have been busy AND rather cheesy anyway.

I am sure I will hear it from my fellow photographers here who know where I stand on selective color. I think they have not commented yet because they are digging through all my old posts where I said how much I dislike it!!!

Nacho

Oh I agree about the modeling agency! Beauty abounds in your family, but even more than that, there is such a sweetness captured, a gentleness and a warmth that comes through the lens. Hearwarming to see these shots. Thank you!

gassho,

N

JenGrace

You are blessed with some lovely ladies...but you already know this!

thejumpmaster68

Awesome shots. 10 and 13 are my favorites!!!

zoomer

Beautiful girls, well captured.
Nothing like spending some time taking photos of the kids!

evoryware

#4 just works. Nice!

1220

wow, just wow! Great shots and beautiful girls. I want to go smack that kid and tell him to button his shirt sleeves before standing near a lovely lady like that!! Boys are sooo clueless. I know, I used to be one, and occasionally still am.

well done sir.

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1220 wrote:

wow, just wow! Great shots and beautiful girls. I want to go smack that kid and tell him to button his shirt sleeves before standing near a lovely lady like that!! Boys are sooo clueless. I know, I used to be one, and occasionally still am.

well done sir.

Well, I don't really like the hands in the pockets either, but he is a pretty good guy and fairly quiet and shy. I made the decision to just let him be himself, and hopefully be comfortable. He still looks a bit uptight to me....but that is the best we could do in 10 minutes!!

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Nacho wrote:

Oh I agree about the modeling agency! Beauty abounds in your family, but even more than that, there is such a sweetness captured, a gentleness and a warmth that comes through the lens. Hearwarming to see these shots. Thank you!

gassho,

N

well if they are nearly bald at 40 then I will take credit for their looks. Until then......they get it from their momma!!!

jeffreaux2

Many of you have commented on 10 and 13. I use the LAB color space method to do most of my BW conversions. It produces really gentle and delicate tones. After the conversion I generally go back to RGB and use a warming filter to get away from pure greys. The images have to be sharpened before conversion because noise is generally magnified in the conversion, and any sharpening after would make this worse. I typically do a high pass sharpen followed by some smart sharpening IF I sharpen the image at all.

If you haven't tried it yet high pass sharpening really rocks!!

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evoryware wrote:

#4 just works. Nice!

I have tried to do this every time we have an event like this. I have a nice collection of other parents sizing up their subjects in viewfinders and lcd's. It is just another way to tell a story of the excitement and specialness of the occasion. I am glad you think it works.....selective color is a gamble that seldomly pays off!!!

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JenW wrote:

You are blessed with some lovely ladies...but you already know this!

Thank you

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thejumpmaster68 wrote:

Awesome shots. 10 and 13 are my favorites!!!

Thank you for the comments.

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zoomer wrote:

Beautiful girls, well captured.
Nothing like spending some time taking photos of the kids!

TRue.....they are young but once, and onlt for a moment. Seems we were just recently bottle feeding and potty training.