Would love some CC please.

[Reyna]

I just got my Christmas cards in the mail and my color pictures seem to be VERY blue. I called Simply Color (the lab I used to print) and they told me press cards seem to have a magenta color to them. Now, I'm freaking out thinking my computers calibration is wayyy off.

With that, can I get some CC on this past session? I can be sensitive so please be nice! lol... Praying they don't look cool!

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[ronlane]

Have you calibrated your monitor? The skin tone on the kids looks okay to me. The sun light does however seem more white to me than I would expect at sunset. Was it that way or was it more burnt? There are others here that can better critique them than I am able to do.

 

[Reyna]

Have you calibrated your monitor? The skin tone on the kids looks okay to me. The sun light does however seem more white to me than I would expect at sunset. Was it that way or was it more burnt? There are others here that can better critique them than I am able to do.

Yes, I'm calibrated. It wasn't quite sunset, about an hour before so we had plenty of light.

I'll post a new post of the exact picture I printed that looks so blue.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

Nice job! As far as printing goes, make sure you uncheck "adjust color". Some printlabs have that option selected so it will adjust the color a little bit.

 

[The_Traveler]

These look a bit over-exposed (note the blanching on the tops of cheeks) and a bit blue

I decreased the exposure by .4
reduced B in midtones and highlights
added a bit of reds in " "
they look better to me.

 

[manicmike]

I'd warm them up a little but I don't think they're that blue.

 

[Reyna]

These look a bit over-exposed (note the blanching on the tops of cheeks) and a bit blue

I decreased the exposure by .4
reduced B in midtones and highlights
added a bit of reds in " "
they look better to me.

Oh, that looks great! Ok, I'm in PS right now and I've reduced my exposure... just trying to figure out how you did this

reduced B in midtones and highlights
added a bit of reds in " "

???

Do you think just this one is overexposed? Thanks again!

 

[janineh]

Photos look great. If you want to improve them I highly recommend Paint the Moon actions. Their new set is AMAZING and would do wonders to those photos!

 

[janineh]

If you want I can edit one as an example using PTM...

 

[joshua_]

I know you are talking about colors, but I just wanted to say that I really like the photos.

These are just the sort of photos I'm hoping to take of my kiddos.

 

[janineh]

Here is a quick edit with some Paint the Moon actions. Gives it a little more oomph... What do you think?

 

[Hickeydog]

Still looks a little on the cool side. Maybe warm it up just a tad.

Keep in mind that this is a little knit picking. To say that you have mastered the art of shooting during golden hour would be a bit of an understatement.

 

[The_Traveler]

These look a bit over-exposed (note the blanching on the tops of cheeks) and a bit blue

I decreased the exposure by .4
reduced B in midtones and highlights
added a bit of reds in " "
they look better to me.

Oh, that looks great! Ok, I'm in PS right now and I've reduced my exposure... just trying to figure out how you did this

reduced B in midtones and highlights
added a bit of reds in " "

???

Do you think just this one is overexposed? Thanks again!

I used color balance layers to do the changes.
I use several adjustment layers; they don't add much to the file and I can label each one so I can manage the changes.

I would tweak as many faces as I had the energy for.
They look a bit flat and maybe local contrast enhancement (do search) will give them a bit of punch.

I love #5.
Totally cute pose, great face, good technicals, great separation from the background.
I don't understand framing her to one side and making her so small in the frame; she is important and being off to one side doesn't make any sense to me in this case.
I would reset her like this, use local contrast enhancement separately on face and coat/pants to make them pop.
Add a bit of saturation with a curves layer to give something like this below.
My guess is that the others will respond equally as well.

 

[ronlane]

Good job on that Lew. I like it very much.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

I think your original set is pretty darn good!