Shooting kids

cyngus · Sep 8, 2010

First attempt at shooting a child model.. think she was repped by DK Models.. she was very easy to work with and the shots seemed to reflect that.

http://www.photomodelnetwork.com/in...ws.com/Photomod_images/8rVOeORfNy34ZW0cw1.jpg

let me know what you guys think.. are their any well known agencies who specialize in repping kids?

Big Mike · Sep 8, 2010

It looks a little soft to me.

cyngus · Sep 8, 2010

how bout now? hah.. i think the image that was originally uploaded was a too low of res..

tkruf · Sep 8, 2010

Eyes are out of focus.

LCARSx32 · Sep 8, 2010

No, it's definitely soft. Look at her eyes. Either the camera shook or you missed the focus just a bit. Manual focus, or auto?

I like the pose and like you said, I think the girl's a natural. Good expression. Did you take any other shots of this pose?

cyngus · Sep 8, 2010

sorry guys i didnt have my coffee at the time of reposting.. kind of a scatter brain..

check the link now.. i copied and pasted the exact same link as before (the low low res image)

let me know now haha..
photomodelnetwork.com - Eric Chiarito

and yes i have more shots of her.. not in that pose though.. generally only take 1 shot per look and edit it .. helps keep the book more interesting i think..

you can see more work i did of her there are 3 total.. just click "next" or "previous"

my question is though .. have any of you ran into serious problems shooting kids where you just... COULDNT get the shot?

Derrel · Sep 8, 2010

I thought it was done with the newer Lensbaby 2.0 with a smaller aperture disc, or that it might have been post-processed to look like the newer, high-res Lensbaby shots, with an almost totally sharp center area, and then a lot of fall-off in resolving power at the edges of the frame. It's a "look"...I thought the look was quite acceptable....cute kid, looks like she can strum a guitar...sort of a pleasing "real child advertising shot" look...looked okay to me...

cyngus · Sep 9, 2010

no lens baby there.. used a throw away 50$ .. 50mm lens haha.. think that was shot with the 7d as well..

lighting was a hot light to warm things up a bit.. it was quite an overcast day.. actually it was raining on us the whole time =P