Kenzie - Sr. 2010

du8die · October 20, 2009

Meet Kenzie. (Mackenzie)

I've known her and her family for 6 years now. Sr. Pics from yesterday (10/18). One of the few remaining nice days in WI.

C&C welcome. I'm working on getting fill flash right. A long way to go there!

Thanks

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6) - Novelty, yes. But, I saw it done and wanted to try it.

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craig_d · October 20, 2009

These are very good. Very natural, very relaxed. She seems really likeable. (Pretty, too.)

The light in 2, 4, and 5 is perfect. 1 somehow doesn't quite look right to me, but I'm not sure why. 3 might have benefited from turning down the fill flash just a touch. Shadows that ought to be there hardly exist at all.

6 is a cute gimmick, but the shot doesn't appeal to me.

7 seems a little dark, as if you were keeping the exposure down rather than risk overexposing her white top. Nice shot, though.

rhondavid · October 20, 2009

Very nice series. Very cute girl and nice capture of her beauty and personality. I like #4 in particular as it shows off those gorgeous blue eyes and pretty smile. I like #5 too but seems the focus is just a tad soft, at least on my monitor.

adbsgicom · October 20, 2009

Really nice!!

May I ask a question about #2? You have two flashes going based on the catch lights (or using a flash as the trigger). The one light is off to camera left which seems to catch a little more shadow from her hair. Do you do camera-left here to keep short lighting (since she is slightly looking in that direction)?

They're all really wonderful shots. I'm just asking trying to learn how light position choices get made and the trade-offs that they entail.

My take FWIW:
#1 Really nice. Only nit is the leaf that clips her.
#2 Love the image
#3 Really good. You may want to lighten the dark line under her eyes a bit.
#4 Beautiful
#5 Ditto. I like to softness here.
#6 .
#7 Seems a little dark relative to the others. Nice pose and all, though.

du8die · October 20, 2009

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Andrew - honestly, I have no idea what that second catchlight is from. I'll zoom in on it and look when I get a chance. I had one flash slightly camera left with a Gary Fong diffuser. ETTL in that particular shot. I think I was at -2/3 FEC.

I'm very much learning as well. It was a bit windy, so I didn't want to take the umbrellas out. Also, I had to replace the batteries in my cactus v2's...

d8

Photosbychuck · October 21, 2009

My favs #2, #4 & #7

Take Care,
Charles

mpriest13 · October 21, 2009

Photosbychuck wrote:

My favs #2, #4 & #7

Take Care,
Charles

Awesome set...you got the most important part and that is very NATURAL shots. She was obviously very comfortable with you and that is not always easy.

My only nit pick is the bokeh in #1 is a little distracting.

toddb · October 21, 2009

great set
Like 2 and 5 the best...I even like the cell phone shot for a senior pic -- especiallly if she is the typical teenager and always on the phone. I like the occasional shot that depicts what the kid was into at that age. Will probably be a fun one for her to show her kids in 25 years so they can laugh at the phone she thought was 'cool'. Definitely novelty - but can have a place.

D'Buggs · October 22, 2009

4&6

I'm good with the cell phone thing.....

dogwood · October 22, 2009

Love the cell phone camera idea!

Hackbone · October 22, 2009

You have some great photos and expressions here. You can make them better by finding the direction of the light. Some of these have flat lighting. Just a turn of the head might have helped to catch some shadow on the face and would give it more depth.

Kenzie - Sr. 2010

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