Family Portrait, Military Style, C&C please :)

[bartystewart]

Hey,

Shot this by request for my sister and her family. I am not totally satisfied with it. what would you change?

Shot with a D3s and 70-200 at 110 and F5, ISO 800.

Lit with an SB900 a few 600s, and a couple umbrellas.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Naphtali14]

You forgot to attach the picture. o.o

 

[pbelarge]

Bart, there is no image.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-functions-pictoral-guide-using-tpf.html

 

[eric-holmes]

I would open their eyes.

 

[bartystewart]

Haha wow 2 comments of how to post a pic in the 10 seconds I forgot to

 

[bartystewart]

I would open their eyes had this been the only family shot in the session, but we did a lot of the more traditional stuff and were going for something a little more serious and moody.

 

[robertwsimpson]

I am not wild about it.




I don't know why, but I see something along the lines of ~20mm shot from below, everyone's arms folded across the chest with stern looks on their faces.

 

[j-digg]

Maybe light it to get some seperation between the background and his hat? Sortve gets lost in it.

 

[eilla05]

To me serious/moody shows better in black and white. So if it were my photo I would convert it to b&w.

 

[SwissJ]

^^I agree with the b&w comment.

Also agree with the man's hat blending in with the background, as does the woman's hair... her hat appears to float.

Otherwise, I really like this portrait. The facial lighting is even. The girl's head resting on her hand resting on her father's arm is nice. The expressions make sense to me.