Surprise father/baby photoshoot for mom on mothers day.

[pab]

Had a Dad of a 6 month old little boy ask me to take some photos for his mommy as a "surprise" mothers day gift. (because of rain it was delayed)

Here are a couple from what I did today. I dont have an 85mm yet, so I used my 50mm and 24-70mm for the most part.


Any C&C Positive or Negative is welcome. I am looking to get more experience as the days and months go by...
Thanks for looking!



1)
The background was the entire city of Cincinnati.



2)
He has a 90 pound English Bulldog named Otis. Good photo prop lol


3)
Just a very mischievous smile on him..


4)
Dad wanted a few B&W's

 

[Rebekah5280]

The subject is mucho underexposed. The backgrounds are great, but your missing the exposure on your subject.
This can be corrected with a flash.

I grabbed a few of your pictures and lightened up your subject. I did no other corrections other than a layer mask and brighten.

I LOVE the one where he is making the face and looking up. My favorite by far, but again, the exposure is WAY off.

 

[slow231]

the subject is way too dark for my tastes. It almost even looks like that was a purposeful choice in 1+3 since there's clearly a patch of sunlight directly to the baby's right. i would have put him in that patch of light to better highlight him in the frame. perhaps the avoidance of the sunlight was to keep him from squinting. if that was the case I would have picked an all shadowed spot so that there isn't such a contrasting bright patch, and you can get a more even exposure with respect to the subject. same idea goes for #2. I would also prefer to have otis's face in the frame as well. he's at such an oblique angle he wouldn't have competed much (if at all) with the main subject, but since he is a key player in the image i don't like him chopped off.

 

[pab]

the subject is too dark for my tastes. It almost even looks like that was a purposeful choice in 1+3 since there's clearly a patch of sunlight directly to the baby's right. i would have put him in that patch of light to better highlight him in the frame. perhaps the avoidance of the sunlight was to keep him from squinting. if that was the case I would have picked an all shadowed spot so that there isn't such a contrasting bright patch and you can get a more even exposure with respect to the subject. same idea goes for #2.

The photos were taken at a horrible time. About 4:15 pm. The sun was right above us. There were a total of 3 trees and no shade at all.

I felt like I couldnt get the sun positioned in a way that didnt black out his face or body. I guess I can lighten them up a bit..

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[kathyt]

Yeah, it looks like your subject is really underexposed in most of them. I would have left him in the shade like you did but used a reflector to bounce some light into the face.

 

[Rebekah5280]

You could also take two pictures. One, expose for the background, and the second, expose for the subject, then stitch them together in post. But a flash would be a lot easier. lol

 

[pab]

Yeah, it looks like your subject is really underexposed in most of them. I would have left him in the shade like you did but used a reflector to bounce some light into the face.

Thanks for the advice. I do not have any reflectors yet. I know its a necessity but I never really considered doing photography for anyone but myself. Guess I need to9 do reconsider

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[Rebekah5280]

Yeah, it looks like your subject is really underexposed in most of them. I would have left him in the shade like you did but used a reflector to bounce some light into the face.

Thanks for the advice. I do not have any reflectors yet. I know its a necessity but I never really considered doing photography for anyone but myself. Guess I need to9 do reconsider

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A reflector for this shot would have helped, but the contrast between the background and the subject is too much for you to light the subject to match the background with just a reflector. Flash is what was needed.

 

[pab]

Changed a few things around, and went back in and re did them... Any better?

 

[slow231]

better. but 1+3 still have a lot of contrast with the sunlit area. I think it's totally unnecessary to jump to a flash or reflector when there was obviously light available. just plopping him in the sunlight would have worked. natural selective lighting that highlights your subject from the rest of the foreground. imo this would have looked a whole lot better than a flashed or reflected light source into an obviously shadowed area.