This is my first nephew, I'm a first time aunt, and it was my first time meeting him. I tried, as best I could, to get some good photos of him but... My brother and sister-in-law are not too keen on photographs (Not sure why :( ) So, here's a couple of what I did get, and most are taken inside...
My boy, Bubba, when he got back from the vet. He was attacked, thankfully he's still here though!
Cleaning his toes. He looks so silly doing this, I had to capture it.
It definitely is underexposed and I'd say you need some separation from the background, like JE Kay said. Stand up away from the background some, then maybe also you'll be more in focus and the background would be more blurred. Also try bumping up your ISO, it might help with the blurryness...
Those turned out very nice, I'm sure the couple will be very pleased. My favorites are #s 2 and 3, the lighting is spectacular, and I like the simplicity. Nice work.
It's good you added the rocking chair, though. I am still learning about photographing babies and older children myself, my first newborn shoot back in January, did not go so well. So I am always amazed at people's photos of babies and children, and yours I think are just really great here.
I'm trying to improve. I liked the brick for her better than the bright pink wall to the left of her. :) haha -- the brick just seemed more appropriate. But thanks for commenting!!!!
I agree with what the others say.
The brightened up version is nice, but I would still tackle the circles under her eyes. Also, perhaps a crop closer to her, so less of the light spots, would be benefical. That way the focus would be less on the lights and more on the model. But good attempt.
For my commercial studio lighting class, we went to Bel Mar shopping area in Lakewood, Colorado. We were shooting architecture but two people from my class and I took portraits of each other. Critiques on this one would be much appreciated.
I shot this in jpg, very minimal Photoshop work. What...
I like how this came out. One thing I would suggest is to crop some of the top off so there isn't so much negative space above his head, but otherwise, it's nice and I love the vibrant colors.