My Portrait Session with Coy!!! :)

Corry · Feb 11, 2005

Well, here are the ones that made the customers cut!

The ones with the 49ers blanket as a background were the Momma's idea!

I definately still hvae lighting issues to work out...but I'm fairly happy with my first portrait session!

Alison · Feb 11, 2005

Very nice, Corry! I like #4, 7 & 10. Very, very impressive for your 1st shoot. Mom had a great idea with the blanket

Patrick · Feb 11, 2005

Nice Job!

Hey...I think we own the same background

Corry · Feb 11, 2005

Patrick said:
Nice Job!

Hey...I think we own the same background

Unless you are talking about the 49er's thing, I made the backdrop myself!!!!

The 49ers thing belongs to the mother of the little boy!

terri · Feb 11, 2005

Congrats! He is a cute little boy, and you definitely got some good ones in there!

I find the 49er's backdrop a little busy, but it's all about making the client happy and I'm sure she's gonna love those!

GerryDavid · Feb 11, 2005

The blanket looks good, but isnt there a liability issue if the 49'ers dont like thier logo being used with out written permission?

Good job corry. : 0)

Where are you getting them printed?

AIRIC · Feb 11, 2005

Great job Corry. Soon you will addicted and looking for subjects.

Eric

Corry · Feb 11, 2005

terri said:
Congrats! He is a cute little boy, and you definitely got some good ones in there!

I find the 49er's backdrop a little busy, but it's all about making the client happy and I'm sure she's gonna love those!

I agree...I thought it was busy, too, but the mom wanted a few like that, so we did it. I had told her if she had any props or toys that she wanted, she could bring them...the Koy train..(hey, I've been spelling his name wrong!) and the 49ers stuff were hers.

DIRT · Feb 11, 2005

you say you made the grey backdrop? how?

Corry · Feb 11, 2005

I bought a 10x20' peice of muslin at JoAnne Fabrics...was about $30..had my mom hem the ragged sides, and I bought 3 packages of Rit Fabric Dye...1 black and 2 pearl grey. I used a(new, never been used) garbage can...a large outdoor sized one, to dye it in, and the instructions said to stir constantly to get an even color...I didn't want that, so I would let it sit for a few minutes, then stir it a bit, let it sit, stir it, let it sit, you get the picture...then after a half hour, I rinsed it and then washed and dried it. That's it. Simple.

Artemis · Feb 12, 2005

LOL corry thats really smart! Great shots btw, youll be doing weddings everyday soon

2Stupid2Duck · Feb 12, 2005

Mate.. you should be proud of these... they are great shots. Nice work. If they were my son, I'd be more than happy to pay professional rates for them. And, I don't think the lighting is very much off... the normal person would not notice it.

Big Mike · Feb 13, 2005

Nice work, last one is my favorite.

ferny · Feb 14, 2005

Nice work Corry. I think you may want to consider buying some white fabric one with a very light red/yellow tone and use it as a reflector. It'll get light to the other side of his face and because it's fabric and not metallic the light will be softer. The yellow/red one will introduce warm tones.*

*Says someone who has never taken a portrait shot.

raider · Feb 22, 2005

what were your settings - lots of instances of blur - kid too small in many, the background should be less noticeable than the kid - lot of room at the top.

the good - decent poses, like the name prop.

get the lighting up or open the aperture more (looks like it was rather small) to let more light in and also lower your depth of field.

to be more "pro": more light / get close to subject