A gift!

ClarkKent · Dec 16, 2007

Here I was snowed in all day, so my girlfriend and I decided to take some Christmas pictures of us in our new house in front of the fireplace. Here is one that we are giving to her mother for a x mas present.

wildmaven · Dec 16, 2007

Where are you???

ClarkKent · Dec 17, 2007

Behind the camera on this one!!

wildmaven · Dec 17, 2007

Hahhaha...fair enough. I think she has an amazing smile, but the position of her head on her hand kind of pushes her jaw sideways, distorting her face a bit. Did you do anything to her skin, or is she just naturally blessed?

ClarkKent · Dec 17, 2007

All natural, the only thing I did to the image was soften it a bit and add a vignette

ClarkKent · Dec 17, 2007

This was one of the test shots, I had constructed a home made softbox the night before and was testing it on her!

wildmaven · Dec 17, 2007

ClarkKent said:
This was one of the test shots, I had constructed a home made softbox the night before and was testing it on her!

Ooo...can you take a picture of the softbox? I'd love to see it!

I was wondering about the lighting, as the catchlights in her eyes seem to have a fuzzy edge on one side.

Scooter · Dec 18, 2007

Nice job clark. I'm sure her mom will love it.

ClarkKent · Dec 19, 2007

Yea...I will get a pic of my soft box up maybe tomorrow.

elsaspet · Dec 20, 2007

Beautiful Shot Clark. I'd love to see the levels in the center lifted a bit, but it's beautiful like it is too.

SpaceNut · Dec 23, 2007

Excellent job! I hope to be able to take photos like this. It will make an great gift.

Alpha · Dec 23, 2007

I have to say I'm not a fan of this one. The skin-smoothing I feel is too heavy, and the pose is very disjointed. Particularly since her neck is not really visible, it looks almost as if her head is not connected to her body, but rather is being held up by her hand.

BobEdens · Dec 23, 2007

One suggestion. Move her 8-10 feet from the fire/fireplace so the fire would show in the background. (would look better than a brick wall)

new softbox works well! photo might be a little hot on her right cheek but its insignificant.

good shot, good job!!

B