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richardquinn80 · Jul 15, 2014

Total amatuer so c&c welcome haha, tnx

Igtocru · Jul 15, 2014

Pretty shot, but in my opinion, the shadow in baby's face is not correct. You had to put children in the whole sun light place.

Designer · Jul 15, 2014

Hey, Richard, I'm an amateur as well.

The subjects are rather small in the frame.
They could have been turned toward the sun a little more.
You could have used flash to fill the shadows.
The girl should be head up at least, if not always looking at the camera.
The background is distracting due to the mix of very dark tree and sunlit shrubbery.
I'm not a fan of vignetting for ordinary photographs.

richardquinn80 · Jul 15, 2014

Igtocru said:
Pretty shot, but in my opinion, the shadow in baby's face is not correct. You had to put children in the whole sun light place.

. I did think of that but I thought if I done the they would just squint their eyes as the sun would have been in their eyes?

richardquinn80 · Jul 15, 2014

Designer said:
Hey, Richard, I'm an amateur as well. The subjects are rather small in the frame. They could have been turned toward the sun a little more. You could have used flash to fill the shadows. The girl should be head up at least, if not always looking at the camera. The background is distracting due to the mix of very dark tree and sunlit shrubbery. I'm not a fan of vignetting for ordinary photographs.

. Hi, yes I agree now looking at it, the background us abit disturbing, and tes a flash would have been good. Thanks for the advice

Designer · Jul 15, 2014

richardquinn80 said:
Igtocru said:

Pretty shot, but in my opinion, the shadow in baby's face is not correct. You had to put children in the whole sun light place.

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. I did think of that but I thought if I done the they would just squint their eyes as the sun would have been in their eyes?

Perhaps if they were facing the sun straight on. Just a little off would not make them squint, IMO.

There are other ways to lessen squinting. If you have a dark area behind you, their eyes would be largely on the darker area, and it would lessen the impact of a bright sky. Also, try posing your subjects in open shade, providing that they are not looking directly at a sight sky. You should still use flash, but you can turn down the power.