My children

fl_chic96 · Mar 11, 2007

Here are a couple pictures I took today of my kids. I'm still practicing so please let me know what you think and if there is anything else I can do to make them better. I know their heads are a little cut off but they move around soooo much. I appreciate it. Thank you for looking.

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drgibson · Mar 11, 2007

Give yourself more to work with. When you kake a photo don't get so close that you have no room to crop. Also play with the lighting and pay attention to the background. Good effort.

drgibson · Mar 11, 2007

I fiddled with them.

Sw1tchFX · Mar 11, 2007

I do not like the 2nd one at all. I don't like her facial expression. I think these need some processing if you haven't done so already.

I just went into photoshop cleaned up a little drool, tweaked the saturation to make the kids look more 'alive' and put a gausian blur on top to soften it up. I think I went a little overboard with the blur though and If I had the full resolution versions i'd take out the glare in the eyes.

fl_chic96 · Mar 11, 2007

Sw1tchFX said:
I do not like the 2nd one at all. I don't like her facial expression. I think these need some processing if you haven't done so already.

I'm still really new to this and any help will do some good. Her expression was not my favorite but it was the best I got of her today. I really don't know that much about photoshop. I never know what needs to be done and what doesn't. Thank you for your advice I do like the blur.

JimmyJaceyMom · Mar 11, 2007

I love them. What kind of lighting did you use?

fl_chic96 · Mar 11, 2007

Thank you! I used a 24" softbox and umbrella diffusor (if thats how you say it :wink:

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JimmyJaceyMom · Mar 11, 2007

Thank you! I think that is just what I might need. That is the lighting I have been trying ot get and simply can't! Uh, now um.... where did you get yours? LOL

fl_chic96 · Mar 11, 2007

I got mine at a Ritz camera....If you don't have one near, I believe you can check out and purchase from their website. (Don't quote me on that though) I would post what smy settings were but I'm not quite sure how to find that.

JimmyJaceyMom · Mar 11, 2007

OOh thanks! BTW your kids are adorable. I am going to check out ebay too and see if they have those! I might get a good deal maybe.

fl_chic96 · Mar 11, 2007

Thank you and I know ebay has them too!! good luck!

EJBPhoto · Mar 12, 2007

Think you'll like this.

Very similar to your original, just bumped the skin up a little bit and gave it a bit more of a pop. The eyes look great like this, but IMO not too over done

So you can replicate it... I dubbed the layer, screened. Flatten. Dub the layer AGAIN and increase saturation and contrast. Then I erased the skin away so the eyes and shirt popped. Then flatten and sharpen

Oh I also added a little yellow to the skin tone!

EJBPhoto · Mar 12, 2007

Ps. If I could do it again,I'd probably take a little saturation out of the shirt again. It makes it kind of grainy

Ps. LOVE this photo!!!

EJBPhoto · Mar 12, 2007

And the lovely girl. This photo was a lot harder to work with exposure wise. It looked like you had already done more to this photo so it was harder to edit this. Notice the new crop

I'm unhappy with the result but it was just quick play. You get the point. I did the same thing basically that I did with the boy. Drool needs to go away too...

fl_chic96 · Mar 12, 2007

Thank you so much. I love the way you made the eyes pop like that. Thats the look I was trying to get because his eyes are so beautiful. Thats what I was trying to show off in this photo. thanks again for your help.