Practice with People

[melcooney]

Here are a few shots I have gotten over the last few days.
I have been working on getting candid pictures of people,
and I have found it to be more difficult than the rest of you
make it seem! *LoL* All comments and critiques are appreciated:

1. I purposely shot this picture off-center:

2. Matt:

 

[danalec99]

I like Matt's shot. Would reduce the highlights though.

 

[melcooney]

I like Matt's shot. Would reduce the highlights though.

Not sure what you meant by highlights, but I went in and adjusted the color, hue, and saturation with Paint Shop Pro...the original was untouched. Here is what I came up with:

 

[WNK]

#2 is fine off-center, but it kind of bugs me that his ear is cut off.
Did you use a Lensbaby for #3?
Cool shots; were these all people you knew?

 

[melcooney]

#1 Is my son Sam, and yes, I am a bit miffed that I cut off his ear. He was moving around and hamming it up for my friend as she was taking his picture also.

#2 Is Matt my neighbor.

 

[danalec99]

I like the retouched version!

Not sure what you meant by highlights,

I meant the lightest areas. In Photoshop CS, there is this tool 'Shadows/Highlights' with which we control this. I'm not sure if Paint Shop Pro comes with it.