Future Oak Trees
by timfythetoo

Comment by jrtodd:
Good colors, interesting subject, the leaves provide a nice window for the acorns. Well done

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by frisca:
so...what did you do with all that popcorn after? :)

Great image! I would have liked to see a landscape crop/version too, just to compare compositions, but you can't beat that adorable little face. :)

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by Sonifo:
Creative and cute! Congrats.

Don't much care for the rule of thirds but hey it worked.

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by bergiekat:
timfythetoo got another blue...fantastic!! So tickled to see this ribbon. (Hope you made Rowan eat her way out!:P ) CONGRATS on another ribbon!

Future Oak Trees
by timfythetoo

Comment by jschro:
Very nice colors, I just wish the acorns weren't so centered in the frame.

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by lowonenergy:
Congratulations on your ribbon, very sweet image and very overwhelming :D

Getting instantly hunger haha

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by david_c:
Great, great image. Like I said: Priceless. Wall-worthy.

Kaylee 2
by timfythetoo

Comment by smurfguy:
Cool, thanks! I own the Vivitar 285HV and love it. The Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 would have been my first choice if I didn't go for the 24-105. =)

Pass the Salt Please
by timfythetoo

Comment by doctornick:
Well deserved! Congrats!

Kaylee 2
by timfythetoo

Comment by timfythetoo:
This was our first proper single person portrait shoot. We did these indoor shots at their home with our 420ex bounced off an umbrella for the main light but also with a flood bulb in a desk lamp as the back light. What this gave us were a combination of light and colors that couldnt be fixed proper with a simple white balance selection. We had this funky orange cast on the background that was hard to eliminate. You can actually still see some of it around her body.

The vignette is overall added afterwards in Lightroom. We tried to get it in camera but did not succeed with that light setup. Pretty much all of the images that we finished editing for her had some sort of vignette added as the last element. Lightroom has an excellent vignette tool.

This shoot taught us a number of things. Even though our flash was technically off camera we were still attached to it by a 2ft cord - solution is we now own a 580ex to act as the master. At some point we will pick up a vivitar to use as a backdrop light. We also learned that we can not count on a bare wall to be a good backdrop - so right now we are in the market for a black and a white muslin plus a portable backdrop stand so that we can easily shoot in other peoples homes if need be. And finally we learned that our Sigma 18-125 lens was not so hot for portraits - we purchased the Tamron 28-75 2.8 as a replacement and boy oh boy what a right decision that was.