Lookin for CC

[Terri Walsh]

Thanks everyone! So much great tips that I will try to keep in mind next time!

 

[Tasmaster]

You improved your photos, but i promised another version anyway:

I'm also curious what you think of this:

I tried to work on the skin tones a bit, and make the pics more lively. Mostly curves and levels, some masking to work on the faces, unsharp mask.

These two photos as posted in your first post have a desaturated look going on which i like, especially the last one (last in the OP, kids only). Works well with the white border too. To be honest, looking at the other photos i wasn't sure that was intentional; i decided you were just going for normal family pics . If you wanted to go that direction ignore these edits here, but see if you can improve the lighting before taking the photo.

Relevant to the above, when you are working on a series make sure that all the photos in your shoot have the same look & feel, especially people's skin and colours, it really goes a long way.