Family Photo Session....

[gsgary]

crystal, if you see the hair looks like they have dandruff, it means you have over sharpened it. The default sharpening slider on LR3 is pretty good, but you must have done something prior to that on PS. Or, your low res conversion isn't a good setting.

lol
ok here is one hi res

and here is the facebook one....

On this shot i would have place them on the other side of the tree and used the sun as a back light and a reflector to bounce light back or exposed for highlights and poped some flash on hss

Here's a shot i set up on Christmas day, i could see the light coming through the kitchen window behind so used it as a hair light to her front left is a conservatory with snow covering the roof (my big softbox)

 

[ababysean]

yes, but if I put them on the other side of the tree a big ugly garbage truck was in the HUGE parking lot and it was visible...

 

[gsgary]

yes, but if I put them on the other side of the tree a big ugly garbage truck was in the HUGE parking lot and it was visible...

Then go somewhere else, or you could have moved them round to your left so the sun wasn't on their faces

 

[gsgary]

Take a look at this it will help no end
Using TriGrip Reflectors & Diffusers Lastolite School of Photography

 

[Derrel]

Here is a web site that I think might be very helpful to you. The products they sell are expensive, high-quality ones, but there are many lower-cost knock-offs and also do it yourself options. I think this site might inspire you, and also give you some ideas on how people have been dealing with the age-old problem of faces + sun + shade...it can take years to get to gsgary's level of experience and understanding...unless you have expert tutelage...this web site really is a good resource.

California Sunbounce USA: Home

 

[ababysean]

OMG!
back from the park
I can't wait to upload these pictures!
I mean wow! I can not wait to practice more because I know I blinded the #$^@ out of those kids at the park but the difference!!!!

 

[kundalini]

I'm a fan of the Lastolite Trigrip reflector/difusser.

 

[ababysean]

I have that same reflector!
ok, so the stand you are using, is that a regular light stand with a different attachment?

 

[OrionsByte]

Take a look at this it will help no end
Using TriGrip Reflectors & Diffusers Lastolite School of Photography

Thanks, Gary, that was enlightening (pun mostly not intended). Except now I want one of those tri-grip reflectors. Bah, money money money.

 

[ababysean]

ok so go easy on me because really this was my first time with a reflector...

but what I would normally do in this situation is expose for her skin, making the background bright, probably would not even be able to make out the fence or the playset.... or I would get home and try to brighten her up post.

Now I know this looks a tad like Robinsons flash demo (haha) because I need to find the sweet spot between over reflecting (what I did here) and doing it correctly.

I used the silver side of a triangle reflector here.

on the left is the pic with no reflector and on the right is the pic with....
I also adjusted levels and did a curve pop on the reflector one.

f4 1/400 iso 200

 

[OrionsByte]

ok so go easy on me because really this was my first time with a reflector...

but what I would normally do in this situation is expose for her skin, making the background bright, probably would not even be able to make out the fence or the playset.... or I would get home and try to brighten her up post.

Now I know this looks a tad like Robinsons flash demo (haha) because I need to find the sweet spot between over reflecting (what I did here) and doing it correctly.

I used the silver side of a triangle reflector here.

Wow, what a difference! Great job! Could just be my eyes, monitor, or some combination of the two, but they look a little cool to me though.

 

[kundalini]

ok, so the stand you are using, is that a regular light stand with a different attachment?

It's a studio boom from Alzo Digital. You can get the boom arm separately. The reflector is held on by a Manfrotto Super Clamp.

 

[vtf]

ok so go easy on me because really this was my first time with a reflector...

but what I would normally do in this situation is expose for her skin, making the background bright, probably would not even be able to make out the fence or the playset.... or I would get home and try to brighten her up post.

Now I know this looks a tad like Robinsons flash demo (haha) because I need to find the sweet spot between over reflecting (what I did here) and doing it correctly.

I used the silver side of a triangle reflector here.

on the left is the pic with no reflector and on the right is the pic with....
I also adjusted levels and did a curve pop on the reflector one.

f4 1/400 iso 200

Did you take any with a white or gold reflector?

 

[Robin Usagani]

Look good! Now you can make the shutter even a lot faster and make the background more blur (but not blown).

 

[ababysean]

ok so go easy on me because really this was my first time with a reflector...

but what I would normally do in this situation is expose for her skin, making the background bright, probably would not even be able to make out the fence or the playset.... or I would get home and try to brighten her up post.

Now I know this looks a tad like Robinsons flash demo (haha) because I need to find the sweet spot between over reflecting (what I did here) and doing it correctly.

I used the silver side of a triangle reflector here.

on the left is the pic with no reflector and on the right is the pic with....
I also adjusted levels and did a curve pop on the reflector one.

f4 1/400 iso 200

Did you take any with a white or gold reflector?

I did with gold, I was getting ready to use the white one, but then my daughter had to pee so we had to hurry and go home....

Here is the gold

left, no reflector, right, gold reflector