My First Candid Portraits

[WildBill]

Here is my first attempt candid portraits:
My niece Allison

My wife's cousin Elaina

Tell me what you think, please,
Bill

 

[Digitalis]

Nice, I like the second one the best due to the more natural lighting. The first one is a little to "flashed" for my liking but still a nice shot.

 

[Garbz]

Did you do anything fancy to reduce the flash like that? I've never managed a shot like this without completely washing out the faces.

 

[WildBill]

Both are as the camera saw them. Only cropped, sized for the web and, framed.
I will be attempting to work on Alison's face to reduce some flash effect.

Bill

 

[markc]

I think the flash isn't as noticable on the second one because there was a fair amount of backlighting. A lamp is right behind her head. Unfortunately I don't think there's much you can do for the first one after the fact. On camera flash as a main light tends to be rather flat. You can tone down the harshness, but you can't add the detail and shadow that light from the side would have.

I do think the second one is great for a flash pic, though. Nicely done!