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NiKonNoob86

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So my cousin asked me to take some pictures of her family for some Christmas cards she is sending out to her friends and family. This is my first time taking these kinds of shots. I am usually a car guy and I have only shot my gf before never more than one person though. What do you guys think? Anything I can do to improve these shots? thx!



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I think a few could benefit from the background coming out a bit more. They seem incredibly bright comparatively. You may want to bring down the hot spots a touch on their faces as well.
 
Not bad... a suggestions for future improvement:

1. The bright window behind is distracting; the human eye is naturally drawn to bright, so this is really competeing with the subjects. Moving to your right and having the tree as the left-side might have worked better and moved the subjects out of the centre.

2. A nice family shot, 'though the tree is a bit under-exposed image left. Another light was needed here. Watch the positioning of hands; the way Mom and Dad's hands line up with his crotch, the "open" pose and your elevation make it look like his crotch is the subject of the image. Mom couldn't have found junior a cleaner pair of jeans????

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4. Almost; had Rover been looking toward the camera and had you not cut his tail off, this woudl have been a great shot. Glad you got down to the right level here!

5. WHY when there's so much room image right, is his shoulder cropped off and why are they squeezed all the way over to the left?????? Level & square this image and crop it just to the right of the right-hand stocking.

6. Cute; I iwsh you hadn't cropped Mom's elbow though!

Overall, they're not a bad set. Your flash seems about 1/2 stop too hot in almost all of these, and you need some sort of diffuser, a lot of the skin is very 'flashed' looking. Watch your cropping and make sure you don't amputate any limbs/apendages unless absolutely necessary!

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John
 
Thanks for the advice guys! Tirediron I will certainly remember what you said for next time!
 

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