Just started my photography Biz need C&C PLEASE!

[cgipson1]

a light fill flash or even a reflector camera right would have filled in the shadows, and given a nice catchlight to the eyes... makes them sparkle!

As far as skin tones go, google "skin tones by the numbers" .. this will give you some ideas of the various ratios of color for good skin tones

 

[Elizabeth30]

Ok, did some light editing. I want to know if there's anthing wrong with the color here. From what most of you have said it sounds like my monitor might be off or maybe it's my eyes LOL Either way, tell me if this color looks ok??

 

[jowensphoto]

on my laptop, so I can't say for certain it's spot on --- but MUCH better!

 

[MTVision]

Ok, did some light editing. I want to know if there's anthing wrong with the color here. From what most of you have said it sounds like my monitor might be off or maybe it's my eyes LOL Either way, tell me if this color looks ok??

On my phone it looks really warm but on my supposedly calibrated screen it looks like its on the cool side (bluish). I'm not much help huh?

What are you using for editing?

 

[Elizabeth30]

Ok, did some light editing. I want to know if there's anthing wrong with the color here. From what most of you have said it sounds like my monitor might be off or maybe it's my eyes LOL Either way, tell me if this color looks ok??

On my phone it looks really warm but on my supposedly calibrated screen it looks like its on the cool side (bluish). I'm not much help huh?

What are you using for editing?

I'm editing in PS CS5 I processed this from RAW into CS5 and just warmed it up a touch

 

[412 Burgh]

I sometimes wonder what some people's motives are. I give kudos for the OP for not wanting to bash her head off something after this 10 page topic. She wanted some help that's all. :hug::

 

[thereyougo!]

I'm in on this one late in the day. Welcome o the forum Elizabeth30. I think your first hiccup was to come on to the forum saying you had just started your business. This immediately makes people prick their ears and judge your photos very harshly. Using maximum aperture is rarely beneficial, and I only use it where I have have no other choice for example here where I shot from backstage at a gig. I got away with it because I was a long way from my subject. I wouldn't have chosen to shoot at the extremes of my camera and lens but shot at extreme of aperture (f/4.5 on a manual focus 80 - 160 at 160, ISO 1600 which is the maximum on the medium format Pentax 645D). In an ideal world I would never have done it, but I just made the best of the situation as I didn't have time to do a practise shot:

hannah with orchestra1 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

I see from your responses that you appear to have a thick skin. That's good as you will need it in photography. This is one of the toughest forums I know photography, but for all that it's where I often see most improvement. Where you go from here is up to you.

With DOF you have to make a conscious decision about what you want the shot to say. Bokeh/DOF doesn't make a shot great. It's appropriate and great use of DOF that makes a great shot.

Good Luck!

 

[cgipson1]

I sometimes wonder what some people's motives are. I give kudos for the OP for not wanting to bash her head off something after this 10 page topic. She wanted some help that's all. :hug::

and she is getting it!

When someone announce they have a business... we immediately expect one of two things...good, professional quality photos.. or what we usually get: FACEBOOK quality photos.

The facebook photos don't go very far.. and they do get critiqued! If the OP responds well, and is willing to learn.. they will get all the help they need. If they cry and whine.. they usually end up going away, all because we were honest, and didn't tell them they had wonderful photos! (which would be BS..and would not help them to improve)

Does that help? Or do you feel that is too harsh?

 

[onelove]

Some of use still shoot film and digital, i don't mind paying you don't get the same buzz shooting digital as you do shooting 120 film

I think that buzz is from the fixer fumes.

 

[Elizabeth30]

Do you have a specific reason for that? AF is faster and more accurate most of the time.

I guess I need to learn more on how to change my points of focus in the camera settings.

Yup, your camera has at least a couple of different AF modes. Study them. They should be described in detail in the manual.

Wow, what a difference this made! I switched to AF and used the view finder only, and then used my focus points and pointed the main one right at the closest eye. So much faster!! and ay easier than the manual focus and LCD screen! This made a HUGE difference in just one shot! Thanks!

 

[cgipson1]

Some of use still shoot film and digital, i don't mind paying you don't get the same buzz shooting digital as you do shooting 120 film

I think that buzz is from the fixer fumes.

hahaha... sounds like you have been there, done that!

 

[Tee]

With regards to your post processing, I didn't even have to scoll down to see your samples to know what the style was gonna be. It's a rite of passage: get editing program, move a contrast slider and marvel at the color change, continue working saturation/ contrast sliders like a whammy bar on a Fender. Marvel at all the cool colors. And yes, I started like that. Then I started realizing post processing enhances without taking away from the photo. Sometimes it takes very little to give that photo a pop. Welcome. See ya around the forums. :thumbup:

 

[ph0enix]

I guess I need to learn more on how to change my points of focus in the camera settings.

Yup, your camera has at least a couple of different AF modes. Study them. They should be described in detail in the manual.

Wow, what a difference this made! I switched to AF and used the view finder only, and then used my focus points and pointed the main one right at the closest eye. So much faster!! and ay easier than the manual focus and LCD screen! This made a HUGE difference in just one shot! Thanks!

Selecting focus points is one thing but also take a look at page 66 in your T2i's manual. The different AF modes that can be used in different situations are explained there.

 

[ph0enix]

Ok, did some light editing. I want to know if there's anthing wrong with the color here. From what most of you have said it sounds like my monitor might be off or maybe it's my eyes LOL Either way, tell me if this color looks ok??

It's better but still lacking light and it's looking magenta-ish on my screen. You really should have used an off camera flash (not the built-in pop-up flash) positioned to the right of the camera as someone had already mentioned.

 

[Robin Usagani]

If you want help with editing, leave your setting to "My photos are ok to edit"