Portraits of Kassy Outdoors

[NewGuy12]

Hi guys. Went to the park this morning and did a 7 AM Shoot. I was stuck somewhere between 200 and 400 on ISO and was practicing with fill flash this morning. I know I don't have it down yet but do these seem better than the last shoot with Tiffany?

 

[Derrel]

SHe looks "kinda' like" Phoebe Cates used to look...sorta...

I dunno...most of these have a rather unpleasant color cast to them...kinda' yellow, kinda' greenish...almost as if the foliage from the trees, and the grasses in the lawn there, have polluted the shadows with their own reflections. I think that adding some magenta to the yellows would help bring the color to a more-pleasing state. The second and last shots are my favorites. I cannot recall the shoot with Tiffany,so cannot comment on how this is in relation to that shoot.

 

[NewGuy12]

SHe looks "kinda' like" Phoebe Cates used to look...sorta...

I dunno...most of these have a rather unpleasant color cast to them...kinda' yellow, kinda' greenish...almost as if the foliage from the trees, and the grasses in the lawn there, have polluted the shadows with their own reflections. I think that adding some magenta to the yellows would help bring the color to a more-pleasing state. The second and last shots are my favorites. I cannot recall the shoot with Tiffany,so cannot comment on how this is in relation to that shoot.

Thank you so much for your input. I didn't do anything with photoshop yet. Was more curious as to what I could do right out of the camera. We are in Arizona so they only have "Fake" Grass here. The stuff looks like weeds.

Here is a link to the Tiffany shoot last Wed. http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/people-photography/300665-more-portrait-practice-tiffany.html

 

[Derrel]

I would say that you REALLY need to do some practice and testing using the camera's white balance feature. WHite Balance is probably THE most-critical separator of good straight out of camera JPEGs, after the right exposure. OTOH, some people feel that White Balance is even a bit more important than exposure! So, with the importance of WB established, let me say this: I think you need to try doing some white balances by pre-setting the camera's white balance control, using a white towel, or a gray towel, or when working in the shade, off of a very,very,very,very pale, powder-blue Oxford shirt. And no, I am NOT kidding you. A very,very pale, old, faded, powder-blue,m button-front OXford shirt, as a white balance target.

If you don't want to work with pre-set WB's off of targets, like white towels, or gray towels, or the aforementioned powder blue shirt, you need to try some different white balance settings, to determine what looks "good". None of these look "good" in terms of WB. I don't say that to try and hurt your feelings; when you get the WB "right" and are shooting JPEG, the pictures can look AWESOME. Seriously.

Try setting one of the custom WB pre-sets by shooting a white towel in late-afternoon shaded light, about 2-3 hours before sunset, and save that as Custom WB Pre-Set #1.