Once again, hows this for studio?

[Tulsa]

I am been focusing on studio portraits for past few weeks. Today I had a friend bring her baby over. I took the advice I was given yesterday about moving the subject further away from the backdrop, and I practiced feather lighting and used a reflector on the opposing side.

Hows it looking?

 

[point-&-shoot]

they look good. maybe a touch soft, could use a bit more contrast and try putting some light on the background.

 

[ababysean]

They are very soft, I would go as far to say they are out of focus.
Cute baby! Is your paper white or grey?

 

[John Mc]

They dont look incredibly Focused to me,but the shots are good.

 

[Tulsa]

I used Gaussian Blur at 8.0 and faded back to about 25% and gave it some disfuse glow. So the soft look is what I was going for, and that might be why you think they look oof.

For some reason, they are a bit softer here than the actual image in PP, not sure why. The actual image has a bit more contrast too.

 

[ababysean]

I would try to mask the eyes to keep them in focus...
These photos look OOF more then soft and flowy...

 

[atabrem]

i'd have to agree that they are way to soft looking.. not the kind of soft you were going for.. they actually look like camera shake to me. and in 1 the toes look more in focus then her face. i would deffinetly remove the gausian blurr, and just go with a nice crisp image. less is more. (unless your going for the sears look)

 

[vtf]

I would try to mask the eyes to keep them in focus...
These photos look OOF more then soft and flowy...

+1, when you use Gaussian Blur you need to erase it aound the eyes and lips to keep them sharp. I believe them to be soft to begin with then with the added blur they appear oof.

 

[vtf]

Motion blur, your shutter speed is too slow, 1/60th and 1/50 respectively. Babies are like pets they move fast and unexpectantly.

 

[Gruen Photo 7 Design]

processed to be a little too soft...