How is the light?

[ababysean]

I had a cake smash this morning and it is raining buckets and dark as night, so I had to use my off camera flash to expose kid and background...

Does she look too plasticy? I shot at ISO 800 and so I used reduce noise in LR.

 

[tirediron]

The skin looks okay on my monitor but the image seems a touch hot.

 

[mwcfarms]

I don't think she looks plasticy but her bottom half is a bit darker than her head and shoulders to me.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

Yeah, it looks like her face and shoulder tops are pretty hot. How cute is she with that lil roll though? Oh dear! I don't want any more, but I sure love to be around other people's.

 

[Tired but willin]

I think she looks gorgeous - especially with those little wings!! I wasn't sure about the white backing at first, but reckon it looks spot on the more i look at it.

I have an old Royal Navy hat that i've been trying to get my one year old daughter to wear for a photo - she's a right fidget and won't sit still though which is driving me mad

 

[ababysean]

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

If I were a parent, I would love this card/theme pack/however you are marketing it. I love it and would frame it and keep it forever. Good job.

 

[ababysean]

it is a 20 by 20 template

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

it is a 20 by 20 template

Nice. I think its great.

 

[kundalini]

How is the light?

Rather flat. You have some cyan on the background due south of baby's bottom. Profile of the wings is probably not the best angle to show off. Too much head space. Diaper (?) on the left leg looks odd.

I am intrigued with your lighting though. You obviously have a secondary light that is positioned for split lighting, catch lights dead on, however, there is no shadow on the face, yet you get shadow behind the child. Can you expound further on your lighting setup. Positions and ratios? I would like to replicate. Thanks.

 

[ababysean]

How is the light?

Rather flat. You have some cyan on the background due south of baby's bottom. Profile of the wings is probably not the best angle to show off. Too much head space. Diaper (?) on the left leg looks odd.

I am intrigued with your lighting though. You obviously have a secondary light that is positioned for split lighting, catch lights dead on, however, there is no shadow on the face, yet you get shadow behind the child. Can you expound further on your lighting setup. Positions and ratios? I would like to replicate. Thanks.

Do you mean the blue icing from the cake?

The child is mainly lite by natural light coming through my sliding glass doors, I get great morning sun right through that door and they go from floor to ceiling.

I have one sb-600 pointed slightly above and behind kid off the seamless pointed at the background ttl +3 shoot thru umbrella and a huge reflector camera right almost beside kid....

 

[Gruen Photo 7 Design]

cake smash is a great idea

 

[kundalini]

Do you mean the blue icing from the cake?

Cake smash.... :facepalm: Were the Smurfs involved in any way?

The child is mainly lite by natural light coming through my sliding glass doors, I get great morning sun right through that door and they go from floor to ceiling.

I have one sb-600 pointed slightly above and behind kid off the seamless pointed at the background ttl +3 shoot thru umbrella and a huge reflector camera right almost beside kid....

Okay, that kinda makes sense. You have the natural light (large light source) coming in stage right and then exposing the background with the flash/umbrella. Yes? Okay that accounts for two light sources. Are the catch lights coming from the on-board flash? They look kinda high on the pupils to be on-board, but your camera position is slightly above the eyes thumbsup.

 

[RB Sr]

I think your shots are wonderful. Criticism can be a great tool, and your shots took a few hard hits, but keep at it... staying possitive can take your work to great heights !
RB Sr

 

[ababysean]

The kid is facing the natural light straight on.

I am not using the on camera flash, except to trigger my flash off camera. I have it set to commander mode -- so it does fire but it is not supposed to affect exposure.

kid

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glass door


Catch lights must be from the door?