juicegoose
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Well it finally happened. A good friend asked that I take their maternity pictures for them. Being a male I tend to struggle with the "oh I'm not a woman so I can't think of those lovey dovey poses" type of mindset. I stepped out of my comfort zone though and these were what I thought were the best.
Honestly, overall I just wasn't happy with the whole shoot.
1. I had told them before hand to not wear any sort of patterning on their clothes. I knew he carried a lot of weight in his waist and wanted to minimize it as much as possible. Of course he showed up in the striped polo you see in the pictures and the outcome was as expected. Any advice to get around this?
2. In my nervousness I failed to change my metering mode to spot and set my exposure off of her white shirt. The matrix metering did a good job on the original shot but it overexposed her shirt. That was a learning experience for sure.
3. The day of the shoot had been overcast and just not the best light. I had put off the shoot as late as I felt I could but it still gave for a blah background in my eyes. Second lesson learned.
Hopefully some of you seasoned vets can shed some light on what you think.
Thanks for any advice.
Gulp!! tear em up guys.
Honestly, overall I just wasn't happy with the whole shoot.
1. I had told them before hand to not wear any sort of patterning on their clothes. I knew he carried a lot of weight in his waist and wanted to minimize it as much as possible. Of course he showed up in the striped polo you see in the pictures and the outcome was as expected. Any advice to get around this?
2. In my nervousness I failed to change my metering mode to spot and set my exposure off of her white shirt. The matrix metering did a good job on the original shot but it overexposed her shirt. That was a learning experience for sure.
3. The day of the shoot had been overcast and just not the best light. I had put off the shoot as late as I felt I could but it still gave for a blah background in my eyes. Second lesson learned.
Hopefully some of you seasoned vets can shed some light on what you think.
Thanks for any advice.
Gulp!! tear em up guys.