first newborn for c&c :)

[LotusLove]

here is my first try at photographing newborns...the beautiful baby is my new nephew...he was such a good model:mrgreen:

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[RauschPhotography]

Nice work! Just make sure to bring the reds down a bit

 

[g-fi]

Good first effort! Your skin tones are alllll over the place though, and your subject could do with a little skin retouching as well, newborns can generally use a little judicious skin smoothing. Also, your crops are soooo tight, backing up quite a bit can produce a much more flattering image like #7, which I think is the best of the bunch, but seems a bit soft and your b&w conversion seems high in the reds again.

Keep shooting!

 

[swedberg311]

Not to bad this is my edit

Just cooled it down and lowered the saturation masked out the hat and airbrushed (quickly dont look at the lower right lol)


_MG_45782jack copy by Lacey Swedberg, on Flickr

let me know if u have any questions on how to make this happen, might have overdone it a bit.... lol

 

[chmille]

I agree, good first time. However the skin tones are all over the place.

 

[LotusLove]

thanks, i took them on different days so he is yellow in some and red in others and i havent quite figured out all the stuff in photoshop yet still working on that part. would it be easier to do in lightroom??? i havent bought it yet since im still working on learning the CS5

 

[LotusLove]

Not to bad this is my edit

Just cooled it down and lowered the saturation masked out the hat and airbrushed (quickly dont look at the lower right lol)


_MG_45782jack copy by Lacey Swedberg, on Flickr

let me know if u have any questions on how to make this happen, might have overdone it a bit.... lol

thanks, its easier to understand when you have something to look at...i can use this now as a reference when i try to even the others out

 

[swedberg311]

I like lightroom for effects but editing i do in photoshop, the coffeeshop blog has some awesome free actions to remove red and what not.

 

[sam_justice]

I love the foot shot, I think the best newborn shots are the ones that really drive home how small the babies are.