Portraits of my daughter

UncleRico · Jan 20, 2009

Hi all,

I'd appreciate some feedback on the pictures below, but first let me tell you about the setup.

I used a piece of white seamless paper for the backdrop. It was was lit from behind by natural light coming from my storm door. I had one strobe (alienbee b800) to the right of the camera (picture 45 degrees) at full power through a shoot through umbrella. I think the lighting gets darker to the left, despite the fact that my wife was holding a white reflector. I really think I just need another light. Both were shot at the following settings:

ISO 100
f5.6
1/250

This was the first time I shot in RAW, but I did not adjust too much. The whites are not as bright in the second photo as they are in the first one.

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Thanks for looking.

Ryan

Mgw189 · Jan 20, 2009

Nice shots and cute kid. The white balance is off just a little bit I think which is bugging me.

UncleRico · Jan 20, 2009

Mgw189 said:
Nice shots and cute kid. The white balance is off just a little bit I think which is bugging me.

Thanks, MGW. We were just playing around. I'll try to adjust the white balance a bit and see where that takes me.

Ryan

Katier · Jan 20, 2009

Colour caste isn't far off. I just tested using the tool in PS Elements and just using 'remove colour caste' and clicking on the background basically fixes it.

UncleRico · Jan 20, 2009

Katier said:
Colour caste isn't far off. I just tested using the tool in PS Elements and just using 'remove colour caste' and clicking on the background basically fixes it.

Thanks much. I'm new to elements, I'll have to look into that tool.

<ADDITION> Here's another. I used the remove color cast enhancement. I think it's better, but still room to improve. At least I learned something for next time!

Josh66 · Jan 20, 2009

Nice work. I think #2 could use a little more room under her elbow. Otherwise, they all look good.

LarissaPhotography · Jan 20, 2009

If I were you, I'd use that kid in promotions you're putting out. She does very well with the camera. Looks like a natural.

nyamy · Jan 21, 2009

I like those
sharp shots of a cute (and so photogenic!) kid

UncleRico · Jan 21, 2009

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Nice work. I think #2 could use a little more room under her elbow. Otherwise, they all look good.

LarissaPhotography said:
If I were you, I'd use that kid in promotions you're putting out. She does very well with the camera. Looks like a natural.

nyamy said:
I like those
sharp shots of a cute (and so photogenic!) kid

Thanks for the comments. I totally agree about the elbow. I had to crop it since she was too close to the end of my paper roll.

She has a lot of fun in front of the camera. It's a good thing, since she's my only model

I've got a long ways to go before I would ever consider photography as a business, but thanks!

Ryan

Captain IK · Jan 21, 2009

Nice shots!

bdavis · Jan 21, 2009

UncleRico said:
Thanks much. I'm new to elements, I'll have to look into that tool.

<ADDITION> Here's another. I used the remove color cast enhancement. I think it's better, but still room to improve. At least I learned something for next time!

Oh I love this one. Her pose is perfect!!! What a picture of cuteness and childhood innocence! It is very well done, I love the sharpness and saturation of colors in both the red shirt and jeans. Nice work!

UncleRico · Jan 21, 2009

Captain IK said:
Nice shots!

bdavis said:
Oh I love this one. Her pose is perfect!!! What a picture of cuteness and childhood innocence! It is very well done, I love the sharpness and saturation of colors in both the red shirt and jeans. Nice work!

Thanks. There were acutally several shots I liked from this weekend. She really had fun.

In the third image, I did use Elements to increase the saturation in the shirt.

Ryan