OrionsByte
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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Hey folks, been a while since I hung around on TPF, mostly for lack of time...
I'd love some feedback on this photo. It was shot with a reflecting umbrella to the camera's right, the camera was on a tripod and I had my mom trying to get the kids' attention and pressing the remote shutter release for me (so maybe "self-portrait" isn't entirely accurate, though all settings were on manual, including focus, and all set by me beforehand).
I'm pretty happy with this photo, but there's always room for improvement, and if there's one thing TPF has taught me over the years, you often (or always) need someone else to show you where that room is.
In addition to any general feedback you might have, I'd love if you could address the following questions for me:
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
I'd love some feedback on this photo. It was shot with a reflecting umbrella to the camera's right, the camera was on a tripod and I had my mom trying to get the kids' attention and pressing the remote shutter release for me (so maybe "self-portrait" isn't entirely accurate, though all settings were on manual, including focus, and all set by me beforehand).
I'm pretty happy with this photo, but there's always room for improvement, and if there's one thing TPF has taught me over the years, you often (or always) need someone else to show you where that room is.
In addition to any general feedback you might have, I'd love if you could address the following questions for me:
- How does the focus look? In a previous attempt a week earlier, I had some depth-of-field problems, partially due to leaving the camera on auto-focus instead of fixing the focus beforehand. Those were shot at f8, so I upped it a bit to f11 for these. I still feel that they look a little soft, but that may just be because of the smaller aperture.
- What's your opinion of the lighting? Again, in the previous attempt, the umbrella was a little closer to the camera, and a little lower. I moved it because I felt the lighting was too flat. The curtains behind us were being lit by an overcast day. I exposed for the Christmas lights and the curtains, then set the flash to balance. I further brightened the curtains in post.
- What do you think of the pose/arrangement of people? This is an area where I have little to no experience, so any feedback on this would be great. Would you have moved anyone? Gotten rid of the chair?
- What is your opinion of the white vignette? It's a Christmas photo, so I was going for a slightly dreamy quality, but is the vignette over the top?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!