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Nervous about photographing a friends' kids in about an hour..

ARGHHH!! I hate using umbrellas!! Particularly in confined spaces! Soft boxes are SO MUCH easier to use...

Look at this garbage I'm shooting SOOC. No edits. How am I supposed to get rid of the muslin background???

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[/URL] JPG2 No Edits by jwbryson1, on Flickr[/IMG]
 
Okay, so I was able to blow the background using 3 speedlights and getting the subject away from the backdrop helped too...

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[/URL] JPG3 Blown Background by jwbryson1, on Flickr[/IMG]
 
Don't blame the tools, it's not their fault.
Why are you using a prop that is the same color as the background?
If you want to drop the background out, or blow it out, post up a raw and I'll walk you through the process in Ps. It's not hard (although the white umbrella certainly isn't making it any easier).
 
Don't blame the tools, it's not their fault.
Why are you using a prop that is the same color as the background?
If you want to drop the background out, or blow it out, post up a raw and I'll walk you through the process in Ps. It's not hard (although the white umbrella certainly isn't making it any easier).

My wife just grabbed that umbrella. That's my daughter and wife. Not my neighbors. I would never use that in the image and I told the mom no white clothes.
 
A tickle feather is nice. Same with a bell or squeeky toy.

That might work for you, but it doesn't mean it'll work for a one year old...

:D
OMG Steve what have you done!? Now I have a mental image of someone tickling Derrel's belly with a feather. :confused::puke::cokespit:
 
A tickle feather is nice. Same with a bell or squeeky toy.

That might work for you, but it doesn't mean it'll work for a one year old...

:D

Putting that mental image in my head is just about the best excuse for a bannin' I ever heard of!!
 
Easy peasy! 1 light firing into the brolly 30 degrees camera left (or right) firing slightly down. Reflector close in opposite side, and second light immedately behind subject about half her height firing at the background 1/2 stop above key. If you're not getting enough light, boost your ISO to 400 or 640; that will allow you to lower your flash output.

That gets you this:
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Easy peasy! 1 light firing into the brolly 30 degrees camera left (or right) firing slightly down. Reflector close in opposite side, and second light immedately behind subject about half her height firing at the background 1/2 stop above key. If you're not getting enough light, boost your ISO to 400 or 640; that will allow you to lower your flash output.

That gets you this:
Jessica%20(2).jpg


Easy Peasy with an adult who stands still. Not so simple with a 1 year old sitting down and wiggling about.

Beautiful shot by the way. :mrgreen:
 
That's what gaff tape is for! The way I'd do this would be to set up the lights, put junior on the 'X' and shoot, and reset the child as required.
 
Having the child so close to the background AND holding the white parasol realllllly upped the "challenge factor" on you J-Dub...
 
I like to take kids and the parents to a park. Its fun and you get nice natural lighting if you go close to sunset. Great golden tones. Let the kid be a kid is my approach. People seem to like it.


ady crossprocessed by DiskoJoe, on Flickr

Here's one of my son at the same park.


Miles 1st.... by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
 

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