My first "non-family" set....

[misstwinklytoes]

I had a blast with these Homecoming pics and I learned a lot (by all the pics I threw out), but these are what I came up with. The client was very happy, but as always C&C is welcome.
1.
Katie Homecoming 2010 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
1/180 3.2
ISO 200

2.
Katie Homecoming 2010 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
1/180 3.5
ISO 100

3.
Katie Homecoming 2010 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
1/200 5.6
Flash ISO 100
4.
Katie Homecoming 2010 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
1/500 3.2
ISO 200

5.
Katie Homecoming 2010 by jenangeljen, on Flickr
1/60 3.5
ISO 100

 

[Timothy]

hmm they all seem a bit soft, or blurry to me. would have been quite nice otherwise

 

[gsgary]

+1 what happened to your focus, if you shooting for money they should be sharp

 

[Overread]

Portrait work isn't my area at all, but I was curious so I followed the flickr links and its strange because the shots on the flickr account look a hair sharper than the ones in the thread here.
It's strange because normally flickr never has any problems at all and even when resizing it normally preserves a good degree of the sharpness of a shot. Unless my eyes are going daft something odd is happening to the images you've embedded here on the site.

 

[ababysean]

I think they are missed focus also. You can really tell on the fence/boardwalk one, but other then that I think they look really nice. Lighting is good, exposure, composition

 

[misstwinklytoes]

I think the only one that is soft or missed focus is the last one. The others look pretty good on my computer. I resized before putting on Flickr, but yeah, I thought they looked oddly ... smooth or something too. There were a few where I had camera shake. The wind was also nuts out there by the water yesterday.

Still working on getting that focus just right everytime. I admire those of you who do.

And I didn't say I charged for these. I just said she was non-family.

 

[RauschPhotography]

I think the only one that is soft or missed focus is the last one. The others look pretty good on my computer. I resized before putting on Flickr, but yeah, I thought they looked oddly ... smooth or something too. There were a few where I had camera shake. The wind was also nuts out there by the water yesterday.

Still working on getting that focus just right everytime. I admire those of you who do.

And I didn't say I charged for these. I just said she was non-family.

What shutter speed were you shooting at?

 

[misstwinklytoes]

some of them were as low as 1/60, but I'm pretty sure that's as low as I got and most of them were near 1/125 or higher.

 

[vtf]

What were these shot with and the settings. They seem to be similar to mine that I couldnt nail that focus because of the wide open aperature. You do have some nice shots on flickr.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

These are the already size reduced files here.... if that makes a difference?

 

[ababysean]

what was your f stop? I think from now on I'm going to try to go higher and shoot around 4/5.6 and see if that helps with my focus.

 

[misstwinklytoes]

Most of these were done about 3.5 or 4.... maybe I should have raised it one.

 

[RauschPhotography]

some of them were as low as 1/60, but I'm pretty sure that's as low as I got and most of them were near 1/125 or higher.

Were you shooting in manual? If you're getting shots as low as 1/60, and then near 1/125 I'm thinking you can afford to go higher...

 

[misstwinklytoes]

Yes, in manual. Some shots were in deep shade, some were in open sun.

 

[gsgary]

some of them were as low as 1/60, but I'm pretty sure that's as low as I got and most of them were near 1/125 or higher.

What focal length were you using, 1/60 is too slow to get sharp shots, shot 1 is way off focus