A Girl's Best Friend

urbanaries · February 3, 2007

My first pet portrait....comments welcome! From a family shoot today....managed to catch this candid of their lovely daughter after the shoot had "ended". This was with the Tamron 17-50 2.8, natural light, ISO 1600.

JimM · February 7, 2007

Very cute! Nice job! B&W really works here.

com3 · February 9, 2007

JimM wrote:

Very cute! Nice job! B&W really works here.

is it BW? looks more like a very light sepia on my end.

Scott_Quier · February 9, 2007

Nope, it's B&W here. And, I think the B&W works better than the color would have. Very nice shot!

com3 · February 9, 2007

Scott_Quier wrote:

Nope, it's B&W here. And, I think the B&W works better than the color would have. Very nice shot!

you almost had me believing i was crazy for a sec...

here's the shot desaturated...it was a sepia tint...

urbanaries · February 9, 2007

com3 wrote:

you almost had me believing i was crazy for a sec...

here's the shot desaturated...it was a sepia tint...

you're right, its BW with a hint of color. But not so drastic the image reads as a "sepia tone" image. its a photogmomma trick! With children, straight BW seems too harsh/cold in many cases.

Seneca · February 9, 2007

Hummmm and I thought a girl's best friend were Diamonds

. Just kidding. Good pic...so sweet.

com3 · February 9, 2007

urbanaries wrote:

you're right, its BW with a hint of color. But not so drastic the image reads as a "sepia tone" image. its a photogmomma trick! With children, straight BW seems too harsh/cold in many cases.

on my monitor (which is calibrated), it's a night/day difference between the BW and yours.

looks good though! it adds spice!

Scott_Quier · February 10, 2007

com3 wrote:

on my monitor (which is calibrated), it's a night/day difference between the BW and yours.

looks good though! it adds spice!

My first post was on my monitor at work which is NOT calibrated (guess I should have said that the first time), but, like you say, there's a night/day difference between them on a properly calibrated monitor. And the little bit of toning does soften/warm the image quite a bit. Nice!

System · February 10, 2007

neat photo-

if the actual photos from the shoot are as good as this----

urbanaries · February 10, 2007

gefillmore wrote:

neat photo-

if the actual photos from the shoot are as good as this----

................then.......?? lol

actually, this is the type of shoot I detest. group shots. about 11234 different combinations of eight people. mom two girls, add dad, subtract girls, add both dogs, add son, add son's daughter, mom dad son, mom dad granddaughter, and on and on and on...so while the mom was talking my ear off at the end i snapped some candids. for me.

i just never understand the zillion exclusive/inclusive group arrangements. are you going to print 20 different 8 x 10s with shots of the same people, grouped different ways?? ah well, different strokes.

Ted Szukalski · February 10, 2007

Lynn, I'd like to give you a huge bear hug for this sincerity.

urbanaries wrote:

................then.......?? lol

actually, this is the type of shoot I detest. group shots. about 11234 different combinations of eight people. mom two girls, add dad, subtract girls, add both dogs, add son, add son's daughter, mom dad son, mom dad granddaughter, and on and on and on...so while the mom was talking my ear off at the end i snapped some candids. for me.

i just never understand the zillion exclusive/inclusive group arrangements. are you going to print 20 different 8 x 10s with shots of the same people, grouped different ways?? ah well, different strokes.

A Girl's Best Friend

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