Sunday portraits

[alcina]

What a day is all I can say.

I'm sorry there are so many...if you can only pick even one and add what you like and what you'd try next time, that's great as I feel it really helps me, and hopefully others, learn. I'm happy to put my images on the chopping block to help!

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[Mersad]

Very cute photos. But then again, all kids are cute. I love the color and atmosphere of the 1st one.

 

[DRoberts]

I think #2 is the best. The B/W works very well.

 

[tirediron]

Some nice work, I'll throw in my two cents here:
Overall I like the poses and composition except for #6. Is that lack of focus softness or gaussian blur? Either way it doesn't work for me in this image and I generally don't like her crop and positioning.
Most of your images have very distracting bright spots which verge on blown, forehead in #4, lower right cheek #6, whole face in #7, which I assume was from a direct light. This needs either a hand-held diffuser between subject and light-source or a softbox.

Just my $00.02 worth - your milage may vary.

~John

 

[alcina]

Thanks for the input! Clients ordered less than five hours after viewing the gallery, so they were happy.

Appreciate the time you took, John - some great things for me to think about in future. #6 the full image has sharp focus on the eye but a small dof makes the rest soft for sure...he was lunging forward and I grabbed it. Mom & Dad liked it and have ordered multiples...go figure. I've gone back and looked for blown bits etc - I think some of it processing style that may or may not suit some tastes and all frames could easily be adjusted down a touch or two. There was no direct light on any of them, fwiw...all window light (not streaming in) and/or bounced flash.

From my test prints the ones they have ordered look nice, so off they went for print

 

[tirediron]

Thanks for the input! Clients ordered less than five hours after viewing the gallery, so they were happy.

Appreciate the time you took, John - some great things for me to think about in future. #6 the full image has sharp focus on the eye but a small dof makes the rest soft for sure...he was lunging forward and I grabbed it. Mom & Dad liked it and have ordered multiples...go figure. I've gone back and looked for blown bits etc - I think some of it processing style that may or may not suit some tastes and all frames could easily be adjusted down a touch or two. There was no direct light on any of them, fwiw...all window light (not streaming in) and/or bounced flash.

From my test prints the ones they have ordered look nice, so off they went for print

And that ladies and gentlemen is what it's all about! Good job!

 

[alcina]

And that ladies and gentlemen is what it's all about! Good job!

I think you're bringing me luck! Just got a second order from this shoot (shame I'd already sent the first one off for print as I'll get nailed two shipping fees, but oh well ).

All I can say, is know thy audience and shoot & process accordingly...your flair is what people are hiring you for in the first place and part of that, for me, is being able to tailor things each time