Fun Family Shoot in park.

[nazster14]

edited to make the picture pop out.

Good pictures though

 

[kundalini]

In #1 & #2, Mom and Dad have their eyes pretty much on the same level. A bit of a step in elevation, much like the boy's, would be more pleasing. #3 is a bit better in that regard. The head spacing is much better in #2. If you've ever heard the term "Mind the Gap", that's what I mean. #1 & #3 gives an impression of 'Mine and Yours'. Unfortunately, the little girl is in a direct line with Dad's in all those shots.

#4 has the subjects underexposed and portions of the background are brighter than the subjects. A touch of fill flash would remedy that. You (normally) want the brightest part of the image to be the subjects.

 

[kundalini]

..... we were working on the assumptions that 1 stop per person is roughly enough DOF for groups. So f4 would work for 4 people, especially if we keep them near the same plane. ....

That sounds like an old wives tale. Use the aperture that's appropriate for your shot. Remember that it's camera to subject distance and subject to background distance. You could have easily shot this at f/8....... with some fill flash.

 

[Gruen Photo 7 Design]

kids can be hard
i would like to see more with parents & kids looking at each other; some action as well

 

[Tbini87]

I know this may sound a little crazy but you may want to consider cloning they boy's eyes from 2nd to 1st. That way everyone is looking at the camera. His pose is almost identical. It is very doable and nobody will notice.

We aren't very advance in our processing skills yet, and only have LR3 so we don't try too much post processing. Maybe as we improve we will try more stuff like that, it sounds fun!

 

[Tbini87]

In #1 & #2, Mom and Dad have their eyes pretty much on the same level. A bit of a step in elevation, much like the boy's, would be more pleasing. #3 is a bit better in that regard. The head spacing is much better in #2. If you've ever heard the term "Mind the Gap", that's what I mean. #1 & #3 gives an impression of 'Mine and Yours'. Unfortunately, the little girl is in a direct line with Dad's in all those shots.

#4 has the subjects underexposed and portions of the background are brighter than the subjects. A touch of fill flash would remedy that. You (normally) want the brightest part of the image to be the subjects.

Never heard the term "mind the gap", but now I have! Would you try to get the dad a litter "taller" in the pics to get his eyes higher than everyone elses? This kind of stuff doesn't really cross my mind much when shooting, but I will try to keep it in the back of my mind. I can already here kundalini whispering in my ear "mind the gap" haha. We obviously have a TON of stuff to keep practicing since we aren't even using the right aperature or shutter speeds yet. Thanks for the input.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I know this may sound a little crazy but you may want to consider cloning they boy's eyes from 2nd to 1st. That way everyone is looking at the camera. His pose is almost identical. It is very doable and nobody will notice.

We aren't very advance in our processing skills yet, and only have LR3 so we don't try too much post processing. Maybe as we improve we will try more stuff like that, it sounds fun!

Im going to clone the eyes and the mouth tonight when I get back from work so you can see .

 

[kundalini]

Never heard the term "mind the gap", but now I have! Would you try to get the dad a litter "taller" in the pics to get his eyes higher than everyone elses? This kind of stuff doesn't really cross my mind much when shooting, but I will try to keep it in the back of my mind. I can already here kundalini whispering in my ear "mind the gap" haha. We obviously have a TON of stuff to keep practicing since we aren't even using the right aperature or shutter speeds yet. Thanks for the input.

Mind the Gap
You only need the first 20 seconds or so...
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Yes, typically the (adult) male subject is taller in the image.


And while we're on the subject.......

Have your subjects' shoulders turned ~30° towards the camera. In a line up as you have, Dad's left and Mom's right shoulder should be turned slightly. 'Squeeze to the middle' is another term to put in your vernacular.​

 

[Tbini87]

^ I will be keeping those tips on my mind when shooting. Thanks.

 

[SabrinaO]

I like the first one best with the young lad looking away from camera, but you are you are not keeping an eye on your settings you were shooting at 100mm on a crop sensor at 1/100 (too slow) and F4 does not alway give enough DOF for a family shot

What does this mean? What is a crop sensor and why does that matter?

 

[Robin Usagani]

Everyone is smilling and looking at the camera!

 

[Tbini87]

^ AHH Freaky! I think the smile makes his face look a little funny. I would prob keep your eye edit but go back to his normal non smiling mouth to get it to look a little more natural. Thanks for the edit though, you got some photoshop skills!

 

[Robin Usagani]

I admit it wasnt very good edit. I could have done better. However, if you never saw the original, you wouldnt think twice about the eyes and the smile .

 

[Tbini87]

I admit it wasnt very good edit. I could have done better. However, if you never saw the original, you wouldnt think twice about the eyes and the smile .

That is probably true, but don't you think the parents would notice that there is just something a little "off" about his face?