Childhood Summer

[CherylL]

My friend's grand posed for the themed session. I coordinated with his mother on wardrobe and props. The sailboat I've used before with my miniature series of my grands. A few photos from the set. I did get plenty of him looking and smiling at the camera too for his mom. We've been trying to get together at the creek for 2 months. They have busy schedules. One day was rained out and another the creek was up 4 feet raging.

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[smoke665]

Saw these earlier on FB, great set. #1 is just perfect!!!

 

[Woolsocks]

weird fishing pole.

 

[cgw]

Agree that #1 is killer. Perhaps burning in his shirt for extra separation from the background? Definitely crop the passing gator's back at the bottom just below the reflected legs and feet. Like it!

Applaud your efforts. Have a look sometime at the work of Julia Margaret Cameron if you haven't already.
Studying her work for some portrait sittings planned for fall/winter.

Bite 140: Julia Margaret Cameron - The Echo, 1868

The Echo , 1868, albumen print, 27 x 22.6 cm “Photographs state the innocence, the vulnerability of lives heading towards their own d...

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[Jeff15]

Some very nice shots ...

 

[CherylL]

Saw these earlier on FB, great set. #1 is just perfect!!!

Thanks Bill! I took your advice from my niece's photos at the creek for a longer focal length. A few days before this session, I did a few test shots with the 85 and the 135 checking my distance between the rocks. I sat on different rocks for the photos and some were standing in the water. The water was up higher from when I took my niece to the creek. It is fairly easy to walk in the water, but a few spots were deep holes. I safely walked him to the different spots. He takes direction well and I had to shout a few times. His mom was between us so she helped relay the message.

 

[CherylL]

weird fishing pole.

vintage bamboo fishing pole

 

[CherylL]

Agree that #1 is killer. Perhaps burning in his shirt for extra separation from the background? Definitely crop the passing gator's back at the bottom just below the reflected legs and feet. Like it!

Applaud your efforts. Have a look sometime at the work of Julia Margaret Cameron if you haven't already.
Studying her work for some portrait sittings planned for fall/winter.

Bite 140: Julia Margaret Cameron - The Echo, 1868

The Echo , 1868, albumen print, 27 x 22.6 cm “Photographs state the innocence, the vulnerability of lives heading towards their own d...

realitybitesartblog.blogspot.com

Thanks cgw for the feedback. I did quite a bit of dodge/burn on the photos. Darken the shirt overall? Thanks for the link. Enjoy learning about photographers & art. The passing gator was super friendly

 

[CherylL]

Some very nice shots ...

Thank you Jeff! His Mom and grandma were very happy with the results.

 

[Digger...]

vintage bamboo fishing pole

But did he catch anything. There's trout in there yeah?

 

[gk fotografie]

This is excellent photography, beautiful coordinated color tones, printing this in black and white seems rather useless.

 

[smoke665]

Have to agree with @gk fotografie there was a lot of thought, planning and coordination put into this, well before the shutter snap. Changing something for the sake of change, without the same level of thought, negates the OP's, efforts.

 

[CherylL]

photo ok to edit... I thought it would look better in black and white. One day this will be an old memory. And I read what you said about dodge and burning. So I did that and changed it to grayscale. View attachment 279038

His sandles look too flashy. First thing I looked at. So I burned ehh his knee, hair, under arm, water under boat, some bokeh behind boat, but I did not burn his legs or face.

What I like about the color version is the golden light behind him and the golden light that was center behind the boat. With the black and white edit there is too much distracting white. One way to look at a photo in your editor is to zoom out making the photo small and looking at the light or white in a photo. Our eye naturally goes to the lightest part of an image.

 

[CherylL]

This is excellent photography, beautiful coordinated color tones, printing this in black and white seems rather useless.

Thanks gk! The area is shady and below grade. I was happy we caught the light on a good day. There was a breeze so had to fight the dappled light filtering thru. I had him pose in one area and the breeze would kick up and the dappled light would fall on him.

Have to agree with @gk fotografie there was a lot of thought, planning and coordination put into this, well before the shutter snap. Changing something for the sake of change, without the same level of thought, negates the OP's, efforts.

I had this idea a year ago and immediately thought of my friend's grand. We do sessions a few times of year. Most sessions are mom's choice and he likes it when I say to him to pose model's choice. He is creative.

 

[Woolsocks]

What I like about the color version is the golden light behind him and the golden light that was center behind the boat. With the black and white edit there is too much distracting white. One way to look at a photo in your editor is to zoom out making the photo small and looking at the light or white in a photo. Our eye naturally goes to the lightest part of an image.

I understand. I did as you suggested. I understand why your proud of your work. You should be. Good images.