Pictures with flash...Did I light her up enough???

dylanstraub · Dec 17, 2011

But from my limited experience the OP could use a bit of saturation to fix the complexion and the faded reg in the dress. Just sayin.....FWIW. Don't send the POlice after me. I'm at work so no edits.

GreatPhotoRace · Dec 17, 2011

There's definitely something off in her skin tone. Perhaps she was wearing bronzer? And overall, they seem a little flat. Maybe it was the combination between what seems like a sunny day and the flash. What time of day were these taken? Maybe if you could take them in a setting with more dramatic natural light, the flash might balance a little better.

marmots · Dec 17, 2011

Natalie said:
Um, I guess you weren't actually on when it happened, but it was fairly obvious that this kid's apologies were insincere, since despite saying he was "sorry", he still left the picture up for everyone to see instead of deleting it. Additionally, I made my post before he posted any of his "apologies", but because I went back and offered some feedback on the images too, mine got posted a few minutes after Marmot's. The kid's age is no excuse... At age 13, which is the youngest this kid could be, I would certainly expect he would know that something like that was offensive.

And I'm not sure what you mean by me not being here long. You've only been here slightly longer than me. I'm sorry I don't have nearly 5000 post like you do, some people just have more important things to do than sitting on an internet forum all day every day, like going out and taking photos. I'm done with this conversation, my actions were correct and I have no need to further defend them. Now excuse me, I have to go out and take some photos.

the apology was sincere when i first did the edit i didn't realize that it was the persons mother posting this

and i did delete it immediately after the apology

TamiAz · Dec 17, 2011

Can we close this thread?? I don't want it to continue. I'm over it and I think Marmots gets the point. It was a mistake and I don't think he'll do it again..Let's stop the bickering, please!!

RebeccaAPhotography · Dec 17, 2011

Man did this thread go down hill.

To the op keep on shooting chica!

and happy holidays

Ballistics · Dec 17, 2011

I'm bored so I want to say something before the thread gets closed. I didn't see the picture, but the guy said he was sorry. To go above and beyond and declare his insincerity and say that's not enough is doing nothing but dragging out the issue. The pictures are gone, he said he was sorry, build a bridge and get over it. Also, saying someone doesn't have a life because they have a high post count is absent minded garbage. We live in the age where the internet is with us @ all times and you go ahead and make a block headed blanket statement like that? C'mon mannn.

Crollo · Dec 17, 2011

I didn't see the image, but what did he post that was so extremely offensive?

Derrel · Dec 17, 2011

Crollo said:
I didn't see the image, but what did he post that was so extremely offensive?

He slimmed down her face a bit in post. Probably using the liquify tool. If you were not paying close attention, you might very easily have missed it. He also boosted the saturation, which sort of changed the look of her makeup. Bennie_Lou went on and on and on for pages and pages about how clients expect this type of post-processing of portrait and wedding images. Then this kid tried it, and got royally reamed, repeatedly.

RebeccaAPhotography · Dec 17, 2011

He had thinned her out a lot. Like half the size of herself. He did a good job on experimenting with it and did apologize. Just didn't realize that it was the op's daughter.

Derrel · Dec 17, 2011

RebeccaAPhotography said:
He had thinned her out a lot. Like half the size of herself. He did a good job on experimenting with it and did apologize. Just didn't realize that it was the op's daughter.

Isn't that maybe a bit of an overstatement Rebecca? I looked at that post twice before the pics were pulled...I didn't think it was that extreme.

RebeccaAPhotography · Dec 17, 2011

Maybe not half but she was smaller and I thought it was the whole picture just not her face.

Dominantly · Dec 17, 2011

Meh, I am on the fence about whether or not it is bad form to edit the shape of a person in a photo, if they declare their photos are ok to edit (SO I pretty much agree with Derrel). Can it be offensive if done distastefully, oh yeah.

Side note, I have on occasion used Portrait Professional and it will alter the shape of the face, it's just usually very subtle.