Alyssa outside. New lens 16-35mm comments welcome.

CMfromIL · Jan 26, 2013

My daughter wanted to have some pictures taken today. It was cold, and I had a bit of trouble with the lighting (still working on off camera flash).
Anyways I ended up with 3 that I liked. I liked the lens, and it is pretty sharp that's for sure.
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Designer · Jan 26, 2013

#3 my fave.

Big difference in color between #1 and #2.

Do you own a diffuser for the flash?

CMfromIL · Jan 26, 2013

Yes but I had left it in my bag. I would use it if I could go back in time.

o hey tyler · Jan 26, 2013

Are you editing on a calibrated monitor? The WB looks off in all of these to me... The first one in particular has a harsh cyan bias.

Also, a 16-35 wouldn't be my "go-to" lens for headshots, but I'm glad you like it!

CA_ · Jan 26, 2013

She looks just like Elisha Cuthbert!

Sw1tchFX · Jan 26, 2013

Way too tight on the face and the color is a little too saturated.

cgipson1 · Jan 27, 2013

She is gorgeous... but the framing is a little tight, and the PP needs a bit more work. Get those skin tones more consistent....

Qveon · Jan 27, 2013

cgipson1 said:
She is gorgeous... but the framing is a little tight, and the PP needs a bit more work. Get those skin tones more consistent....

(I'm stealing your bolding technique cgipson. Must be a new feature in BBs cause we never use to be able to highlight and bold. Hope you dont mind.)

I learned that using the custom white balance saved a ton of time in PP and greatly increases consistency.

CMfromIL · Jan 27, 2013

Thanks Tyler, I re-calibrated my laptop this am, and it was out of whack. As for the 16-35, I agree I normally would be using my 50mm, but I thought I'd try it out.

As for the close cropping, I was shooting in my backyard. With all the leaves gone, the background were mainly houses and they didn't look very good. I had a number of body shots, but the backgrounds were terrible.

Here are the revised shots.

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CourtneyAK · Jan 27, 2013

I like the orginal color of #3, makes her complexion look clearer... (Granted I know Zero about Photography) Just from a woman's standpoint!

CA_ · Jan 27, 2013

This is probably what I'd do to fix it. But to each their own !

joshua_ · Jan 27, 2013

Hello, I thought I'd see what I could do with that 3rd photo. Here's my edit. (I have 3 daughters and I think it's fun that she wants you to take her photo)