Senior session

[TamiAz]

A neighbor's son is graduating, so I took some pictures for them.

Joseph6 by TamiAz, on Flickr

Joseph3 by TamiAz, on Flickr

Joseph1 by TamiAz, on Flickr

Joseph4 by TamiAz, on Flickr

Joseph2 by TamiAz, on Flickr

Joseph7 by TamiAz, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Nicely done.

 

[Derrel]

Pretty good. These have a modern feel to them...the look your camera and lens combo creates is not old-fashioned. I like the way you approached this set of photos. Including the new F150 pickup is a good move; some day that will look likke, "An old-style truck," so using it in the pics makesa lot of sense.

 

[TamiAz]

Pretty good. These have a modern feel to them...the look your camera and lens combo creates is not old-fashioned. I like the way you approached this set of photos. Including the new F150 pickup is a good move; some day that will look likke, "An old-style truck," so using it in the pics makesa lot of sense.

Thank, Derrel.. This is the first male senior shoot I've done, so I'm not sure if I should a whole lot of editing on his skin. With girls I will smooth their skin a bit, but not much. I kind of like the grittiness of the skin on boys, but not sure what the norm is. Would you leave it or edit more?

 

[Derrel]

I dislike all of the faked images I see these days, where skin is retouched to the point that the people lose their "realness". I think it's a personal decision as to how much retouching is done, but I am just stating that my preference is toward little, to no, skin retouching on senior portraits. But then, I'm in my mnid-50's, and grew up in the era or real photography; but now, we are in the era of digital imaging, which is different from photography...the realism, the truthfulness, the veracity of a camera's pictures has become more plastic, less truthful, less realistic,less honest.

I think these look fine, real, honest, representational. The pictures show how he looked whenh he was graduating from high school in 2017; but as with so many things, there's a spectrum. We have people here who spend hours on images, and smooth skin and remove blemishes and create very beautiful images. There's no one, "right" answer.

The "norm" varies from person to person. Retouching used to be done with an airbrush on the actual negatives, and was expensive, uncommon, and rarely used; today, there ar epeople who have a 5- to maybe a 10-step process for every image they make...so....it's really up to you how you finish your photos.

 

[tirediron]

I would be inclined to tidy up the worst of it. As Derrel points out, often (usually?) it goes too far these days, but we do have the luxury of this process being very simple. If you're truly in a quandary, ask his mother.

 

[TamiAz]

I dislike all of the faked images I see these days, where skin is retouched to the point that the people lose their "realness". I think it's a personal decision as to how much retouching is done, but I am just stating that my preference is toward little, to no, skin retouching on senior portraits. But then, I'm in my mnid-50's, and grew up in the era or real photography; but now, we are in the era of digital imaging, which is different from photography...the realism, the truthfulness, the veracity of a camera's pictures has become more plastic, less truthful, less realistic,less honest.

I think these look fine, real, honest, representational. The pictures show how he looked whenh he was graduating from high school in 2017; but as with so many things, there's a spectrum. We have people here who spend hours on images, and smooth skin and remove blemishes and create very beautiful images. There's no one, "right" answer.

The "norm" varies from person to person. Retouching used to be done with an airbrush on the actual negatives, and was expensive, uncommon, and rarely used; today, there ar epeople who have a 5- to maybe a 10-step process for every image they make...so....it's really up to you how you finish your photos.

I would be inclined to tidy up the worst of it. As Derrel points out, often (usually?) it goes too far these days, but we do have the luxury of this process being very simple. If you're truly in a quandary, ask his mother.

Thank you.. Personally, I like the boys as is. If there is a severe skin problem I would touch it up more, but keep them looking natural. I think girls are different and like to have a more polished look.

 

[shadowlands]

Well done. I like them. I'm sure the young man will as well.