paigew
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I had a 'photoshoot' yesterday with my kids in my backyard. I was actually trying to photograph my son , I laid him on a blue blanket in front of the fence. I thought the photos were looking cute on the lcd but when I got them on my computer he was blueish. I am assuming it was bouncing off the blue blanket. Do you think setting a custom wb would fix this? If I laid the white paper on the blanket? Anyway the best photo turned out to be the one I took of my daughter. I think the lighting turned out perfectly! The only bad thing I see is her legs. I wish she was a bit more angled so I could see them rather than parts of them and just her shoes. C&C please...does this ruin the photo?
not sure why but I had it on f1.8, I had it at 3.2 before but I was playing around with different settings...seems in focus though. ss 1/1000, iso 200.
I have editited this in iphoto...crop and adjust coloring (add yellow)
my sweet girl by paige_w, on Flickr
I decided to go ahead and add this photo of my son. I played with the settings on this photo a bit in iphoto as well. I was able to get the photo coloring the way I like it by desaturating it. But it also desaturated his hair, makeing his usual dark brown hair look redish (plus his skin looks a tad bit orangey). I am sure I could do a better job in ps using layers but I am not very speedy and am not even sure if this photo is worth the work. I also do not like the way the blanket is. I had it spread out (laid flat) and hate the way the blanket looks like it is up by his head. I think next time I will just lay the blanket down in a little circle just big enough for him to lay on. What do you guys do when you photograph on blankets? We don't have any grass now, just a bunch of weedy groundcover stuff so I can't lay him directly on the floor. Can someone please give me some tips on how to photograph babies this age (5-6 months)? My husband is going to make me a backdrop stand and I hope to get some fake flooring too so I can set him on that without having to worry about bugs biting him. Overall, I am disappointed in the photos of my son, I just can't seem to get a good background/backdrop . I can't wait till he can sit up!!
f 2.5; ss 1/400; iso 100
happy by paige_w, on Flickr
not sure why but I had it on f1.8, I had it at 3.2 before but I was playing around with different settings...seems in focus though. ss 1/1000, iso 200.
I have editited this in iphoto...crop and adjust coloring (add yellow)
my sweet girl by paige_w, on Flickr
I decided to go ahead and add this photo of my son. I played with the settings on this photo a bit in iphoto as well. I was able to get the photo coloring the way I like it by desaturating it. But it also desaturated his hair, makeing his usual dark brown hair look redish (plus his skin looks a tad bit orangey). I am sure I could do a better job in ps using layers but I am not very speedy and am not even sure if this photo is worth the work. I also do not like the way the blanket is. I had it spread out (laid flat) and hate the way the blanket looks like it is up by his head. I think next time I will just lay the blanket down in a little circle just big enough for him to lay on. What do you guys do when you photograph on blankets? We don't have any grass now, just a bunch of weedy groundcover stuff so I can't lay him directly on the floor. Can someone please give me some tips on how to photograph babies this age (5-6 months)? My husband is going to make me a backdrop stand and I hope to get some fake flooring too so I can set him on that without having to worry about bugs biting him. Overall, I am disappointed in the photos of my son, I just can't seem to get a good background/backdrop . I can't wait till he can sit up!!
f 2.5; ss 1/400; iso 100
happy by paige_w, on Flickr