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DougandHollie

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Hello all. Pretty new to photography but I took this the other day and wanted to see what you folks thought. Maybe I'm partial because its a picture of my daughter, but I think it looks pretty good. BTW it was taken at ISO400, f/8 and 1/1600. Thanks in advance.

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I don't use Photobucket so I'm not sure how you get the right code to embed in a post, but that ^^ unfortunately is not it.
 
I click on the part that starts with "http" and it takes me to it. Possible I did something wrong though. Maybe others will chime in.
 
Yeah that worked. Started as a link and then changed to the pic when I posted it. Thanks for the help!
 
This is a good example of when to use fill flash.
 
Or reflector angled to bring light back into the eye sockets. Cute little munchkin
 
This is a good example of when to use fill flash.

Or reflector angled to bring light back into the eye sockets. Cute little munchkin

Yes, her eyes are very dark in this shot; this is often disparagingly referred to as "raccoon eyes". Fill flash can work wonderfully, as can High Speed Synch type of fill flash, OR another good m,ethiod is reflector fill, from a white photographic reflector, a silver photographic reflector, the side of a shed or building, beach sand, a big bedsheet,a light-colored blanket, a big honking beach towel, a white pizza box, a white foam core board, a photo umbrella, etc..

Getting what I call "eye sparkle" can really, really elevate a shoit like this. YESm, she is an adorable child, but the photographic technique on this is a bit less than ideal for a payed type of shoot.

For fill-flash, normally at this close a distance, I would set nthe ISO very LOW, like 100 or lower if possible, and then set the flash to Minus 2.5 EV or so, and then shoot at a smallish f/stop like f/8 to f/11, at 1/250 second.

If BOTH your camera and your flash can do FP Sych (Nikon's term for it) or HSS (High Speed Sync, the Canon term for this), you can use faster shutter speeds AND also wider aperture values, like f/4.8 or so, to blur out the backdrop a bit more.
 
And the Shadow under chin on the neck.Cute baby girl.
 
Thank you for all the nice comments and suggestions. As a complete amateur, it's kind of hard to judge yourself and know what to look for. I do see now what you guys are talking about. I just want to be able to take some nice pictures of my family and this is a great way to learn. Thanks again!
 

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