Mom

Efergoh · Oct 16, 2006

My mother has never had a decent photo taken in her life. Her walls and dressers are adorned with campy snapshots taken with $20 cameras.

I decided it was time to change that.

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Crit, Comment, and edits welcome. I shot some B&W film as well, but I just developed that film and don't have it on a CD yet. I'm all done scanning prints with my printer...they look like crap when I do that.

Efergoh · Oct 16, 2006

next items for purchase are UV and Polarizing filters. Bought the UV this morning.

oldnavy170 · Oct 16, 2006

#3,4,5,6 are the best. Photo #1 is good too but I would like that one better in B&W. Anyways, thats just my personal opinion. Great job, your mother should be proud!

Efergoh · Oct 16, 2006

Thanks. I had high hopes for number 2, but it came out really contrasty.

Funny you would say that regarding the first one. before I even posted these, I converted it to sepia with Roxio.

LaFoto · Oct 17, 2006

My immediate thought was: a pity you chose such a sunny day for her first real portraits ... bright sun creates deep shadows, and as of a certain age (like mine), we no longer want to see as many shadows and highlights in our faces ... I should say ... erm ... and then I came to the photo taken in the shadow and thought: yes, that is the right place to take outdoor photos when the sun shines brightly: in shadow places. Did you further soften the focus of that one? For that one seems just a tad out of focus, but I am beginning to like photos of myself that are no longer QUITE QUITE in focus

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Efergoh · Oct 17, 2006

LaFoto said:
My immediate thought was: a pity you chose such a sunny day for her first real portraits...

I know, but timing was an issue. I do not live near my mother, and I had to squish her into my schedule, and she into mine. 3 hours after I took these, I was shooting my cousin's daughter, and I was wishing I had done her first then my mother because the sun was lower and the light was softer and more golden.