beautiful day
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by stanm2:
would love to be there

ye olde geary thingy
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by GoodEnd:
A good exposure. Not so good light and a boring subject.

beautiful day
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by UNTITLED:
The arch window is an interesting choice to use for framing, but in this photo it really isn't framing the subject very well. In fact it's doing more to obscure it than frame it. Moving a bit to your right would of positioned the house nicely in that right pie poriton of the arch.

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by ShorterThanJesus:
Pretty sure that I'll be one in a long line of people giving this advice but I feel I should explain my lower than average score.

On-camera flash = evil (a safe conclusion for 90% of the time). You will notice a harsh shadow behind your subject and a very 'flat' light on his face. The key to portraiture (I've not mastered it yet by any means, but I've been taught by many experienced photographers) is to have the key light, the primary light, at least 10 degrees off the axis of the camera. It gives depth to the face, makes the scene seem more 'real' to a viewer, and totally gets rid of the 'snapshot' look which flash photography unfortunately carries.

Positives: Kudos on not blowing out any of the highlights on the subject. Whether this was manually set or done by the camera, I am impressed at the even nature of the exposure. There are no glaring hot spots (apart from at the top, but I'm still not sure if that's just a color of paint on the wall).

ye olde geary thingy
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by pwm6:
The busy background and the cut off object detract from this photo of a very intesting "thingy."

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by ewillison:
Cute kid, but you're to close to the background, which causes harsh shadows and flash kickback from the wall. A 30 inch off camera umbrella would do wonders for this setup. If you don't have the off camera equipment, but you have a Bounce-Flash, bounce the light off the ceiling and light up the shadow areas with a white kicker-board placed just below the frame.

White foam-core board found at an art store is really cheap. You can even spray-paint one side silver or gold.

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by xianart:
not bad, but the flash light is a bit harsh. some ambient light would have softened this nicely. de-greening his face and shirt might help a little too - they really are very green.

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by shenanigans:
cute kid

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by edmeng:
Very nice expression on his face, just background seems a little distracting.

Pure Sweetness
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
the lighting seems a bit dull on the face and its blown out on the wall above his head.