My First Real Shoot Is Tomorrow!

shortpballer · Sep 4, 2009

Amazing expressions!!! like other people said the white balance doesn't seem to match on all of them. Some of them are very warm while others aren't. In my opinion they should all be pretty close to eachother. If you prefer them warm then they should all be warm, and vice versa. My opinion though

loopy · Sep 4, 2009

The look great. My favourite is #1, love the expression!

MikeBookPro · Sep 4, 2009

Here's the brightened, touched-up photos, for those who are interested.

Client Photo Session - 09/04/2009

Derek Zoolander · Sep 4, 2009

Good job dood. Kids are hard to shoot.

MikeBookPro · Sep 6, 2009

If anyone is interested, I did a bunch of editing to make the colors look as natural as possible. I threw them up on flickr if anyone wants to check them out.

camz · Sep 6, 2009

Hey what a way to move fast Mike. Can't believe how quickly your progressing in your photography! :thumbup:

MikeBookPro · Sep 6, 2009

Thanks, Camz! That really means a lot. Wifey and I think your work is *amazing*.

musicaleCA · Sep 6, 2009

MikeBookPro said:
GeneralBenson said:

I think on some of them, the black clipping is a little too aggressive which is giving he underexposed skin tones. Cute shots though.

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Agree with the vignette being overkill on many of them. Working on it as we speak!

Black clipping and vignetting are two different things.

smn_xps · Sep 6, 2009

looks to me that his shirt is clearly in focus but his face is not in several of these.

cheers
jerry

ANDS! · Sep 6, 2009

The redone shots are better, but there is still some work to be done. In any case its a strong shoot in relation to level of the shooter.

As for the calibrated monitor - unless you are using it to show off prints to clients, it's not really needed. A histogram doesn't lie. If the shot looks too dark, but you're histogram is saying you've got good data in the light end - dont change anything.