Without reading all the comments here are just a couple of mine.
Watch the harsh sun...you totally blew out the sky in image two.
You should use some flash fill...some of your images look too dark in the face
A couple are OOF...be sure and watch your shutter speed...hard to tell what your settings were on. Can you share your exif data?
On those far off shots try center-weighted instead of evaluative metering - again I don't know your data settings.
I realize this is your first time, but avoid shooting in the harsh sun...shade will work, but be sure and have a reflector
I think you did good for a first time...much better than I ever did.
Here is a gal I took and used flash fill...this image was taken around 6:30 in the evening. After 4:00 is always better.
Here is another one where I no choice but to shoot in the harsh sun (this is the time they (parents) wanted to shoot)...but I used flash...notice the sun is to the side of him. I totally blew out the sidewalk (which was grey), but I painted it blue in photoshop.
Without reading all the comments here are just a couple of mine.
Watch the harsh sun...you totally blew out the sky in image two.
You should use some flash fill...some of your images look too dark in the face
A couple are OOF...be sure and watch your shutter speed...hard to tell what your settings were on. Can you share your exif data?
On those far off shots try center-weighted instead of evaluative metering - again I don't know your data settings.
I realize this is your first time, but avoid shooting in the harsh sun...shade will work, but be sure and have a reflector
I think you did good for a first time...much better than I ever did.
Sen
The sun was def. bright that day. I was planning on it being cloudy that day, but SUPRISE! I did try to avoid the sun, but it was everywhere that day. I just bought reflectors to fix that problem.
For the settings on my camera, I had the ISO at 100, shutter speed above 650 i think .(had to keep changing it though). and the aperature was at 4.1 which is the lowest it will go. EV was a 0 which i forgot all about that til I got home.
The metering was a box completely filled... , not sure what the metering does or what to use, some help would be great with that... Please... haha But really, I need help with metering
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Is there any way you could tell me what program you used to do that picture, or what you did to it?
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Watch the harsh sun...you totally blew out the sky in image two.
You should use some flash fill...some of your images look too dark in the face
A couple are OOF...be sure and watch your shutter speed...hard to tell what your settings were on. Can you share your exif data?
On those far off shots try center-weighted instead of evaluative metering - again I don't know your data settings.
I realize this is your first time, but avoid shooting in the harsh sun...shade will work, but be sure and have a reflector
I think you did good for a first time...much better than I ever did.
Here is a gal I took and used flash fill...this image was taken around 6:30 in the evening. After 4:00 is always better.
Here is another one where I no choice but to shoot in the harsh sun (this is the time they (parents) wanted to shoot)...but I used flash...notice the sun is to the side of him. I totally blew out the sidewalk (which was grey), but I painted it blue in photoshop.
Ahhhhh.....a VERY good example...and she provided you some excellent advice as well.
Nice shot Seneca!!
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The sun was def. bright that day. I was planning on it being cloudy that day, but SUPRISE! I did try to avoid the sun, but it was everywhere that day. I just bought reflectors to fix that problem.
For the settings on my camera, I had the ISO at 100, shutter speed above 650 i think .(had to keep changing it though). and the aperature was at 4.1 which is the lowest it will go. EV was a 0 which i forgot all about that til I got home.
The metering was a box completely filled...
Thanks
:barb
http://www.kc1stphotography.com
2 Canon Rebel XSi
Tamron 70-200mm f2.8
2 Canon 14-55mm
Canon 55-250mm f4.0
Canon 580EX
Canon 580EX II
:ivarWaiting for your New photoshoot pictures...:ivar
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It's raining today, so photoshoot pushed back to tomorrow. Will post them though
:barb
http://www.kc1stphotography.com
2 Canon Rebel XSi
Tamron 70-200mm f2.8
2 Canon 14-55mm
Canon 55-250mm f4.0
Canon 580EX
Canon 580EX II