Baby boy portrait shot with DIY setup

[minister]

Hi,

I am doing photography for a while and love to do DIY setup shots , yesterday I tried photoshoot with my baby boy

I used three speedlight and 50mm F2

one on left one right directly on V shape large sheet in front of boy and one hitting background

please comment and suggest be how more I can improve here

 

[The_Traveler]

In the first there is some perspective distortion and the DOF is so shallow that parts of his face are OOF, making this one not nearly as pleasant as the second.

The lighting looks very flat too me.

I think with a helpful, cute model like this, you can do better.

 

[minister]

Thanks traveler for ur feedback, actually I am trying to achieve this look ,can you please help me what I am doing wrong

 

[The_Traveler]

As you can see by the two large catch lights, the photographer is using two large shadow boxes to provide a soft fairly even light.
My guess is that these are powerful enough that he can use small enough aperture to get an adequate depth of field so that any OOF spots aren't annoying.

I think your last shot would be terrific if it didn't go oof into spots that are important.

 

[minister]

thanks for feed back and comment , I am going to try this shots again with f5 may be next time

 

[ryanparker]

Beautiful photography and clicks.