TIPS NEEDED! outdoor winter portraits-KIDS

Inst!nct · Dec 15, 2009

so howd it go!

sinjans · Dec 16, 2009

Im still processing them. The family was late showing up and i lost all of the days best light. White balancing was a definite issue. one that i will be working on soon. I had to settle for close portraits using flash and available outdoor christmas lights. I only had about 30 minutes with them as the children got pretty cold and cranky. I managed a hand full of decent shots. Decent to the family at least. Im not very happy with them. I will post as soon as i finish PP. Thanks for asking. Cheers

sinjans · Dec 20, 2009

Here is another one. Feedback please because I have not released these to the mother yet

I tried warming this one up a bit. the skintones dont look right to me. She's up against a pole with christmas lights wrapped around it so white balancing was a pain. If anyone can help me out it would be great. If you want to edit yourself to show me what you did then permission is granted to edit this set. Thanks in advance.

sinjans · Dec 20, 2009

Another

sinjans · Dec 20, 2009

Inst!nct · Dec 20, 2009

i like the third one, but my main problem is the white balance seems off, and they dont look happy :/

sinjans · Dec 20, 2009

LOL I agree with the WB. And they were NOT happy :lol:

. It was getting dark, -7celcius and windy. i have a few more but i am looking for some help with the white balance. I have made some changes using lightroom but it is not working out. Is there anyone here who could change the WB for me and show me what is right? you have my permission to EDIT this set. Thanks Instinct

lissike · Jan 4, 2010

tomorrow I will have a shoot as well and I was googleing tips how to photograph outdoors. Usually I take pictures inside studio and in summer I have taken pictures outdoors. But I did some pics and here are 2 I did:

4 « My favourite waste of time
and another here:
http://lissike.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/2.jpg

i have purposely photoshopped them to be little darker
Sry, the blog is in estonian, but anyway you can see the pic.
Liis

sinjans · Jan 4, 2010

Im contemplating on an ND filter for the next try. I find it hard not to blow out the snow.

here are a few more taken of my fiance before i bought my 17-40L. I have to get closer now but they will be sharp from now on. Soon i will have the beast=70-2002.8IS

sinjans · Jan 4, 2010

lissike said:
tomorrow I will have a shoot as well and I was googleing tips how to photograph outdoors. Usually I take pictures inside studio and in summer I have taken pictures outdoors. But I did some pics and here are 2 I did:

4 « My favourite waste of time
and another here:
http://lissike.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/2.jpg

i have purposely photoshopped them to be little darker
Sry, the blog is in estonian, but anyway you can see the pic.
Liis

I like the eyes on the second one

lissike · Jan 4, 2010

sinjans said:
Im contemplating on an ND filter for the next try. I find it hard not to blow out the snow.

here are a few more taken of my fiance before i bought my 17-40L. I have to get closer now but they will be sharp from now on. Soon i will have the beast=70-2002.8IS

these portraits are nice. What aperture did You use? And shutter speed?

sinjans · Jan 5, 2010

# 1
1/60 atf5.6 ISO 160 with bounced flash

#2
1/250 at 5.6 ISO 1600
Thanks

JenLavazza · Jan 5, 2010

I'm definitely no pro....but here is my best effort and my two cents. It was fun playing with them!! They're very cute photos!

Was this photo cropped? I personally would crop it a bit more to the Left. That way there isnt as much of the pole next to her. Just my opinion though....

The third one is cute and I think it would look nice with a black and white processing.

Hope these help. Let me know if you have any questions.

lissike · Jan 7, 2010

sinjans said:
Jeeze man. Send me those would ya ([email protected]) ? I like the BW rendition. Thanks

I like the wintery look :thumbup:
I did some photoshoot as well 2 days ago, I havent fixed the skin, I should, because the childs face were red and spotty because of cold.
But U live U learn yeah

http://lissike.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/42.jpg
http://lissike.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/imgp1209.jpg
IMGP1264 « My favourite waste of time
http://lissike.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/1.jpg