HRH Princess Sophie of Colnbrook
by pdbartlett

Comment by debapaka:
a real princess, good job, a natural beauty

HRH Princess Sophie of Colnbrook
by pdbartlett

Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Beautiful girl - love her hair! I think a little more light on her face would really make this pop.

HRH Princess Sophie of Colnbrook
by pdbartlett

Comment by justine:
Right out of a Faerie Tale!

HRH Princess Sophie of Colnbrook
by pdbartlett

Comment by jeger:
I would like to see more details in her eyes.

Google employee + Geekdad = Me!
by pdbartlett

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I was tempted to be snarky about this and just leave a link to a google search for "Depth of field". (Sorry!)It does need a bit more focus on the keyboard, though. Maybe a little more light as well, but under basic rules you can probably have a dark keyboard or a washed out screen.

Google employee + Geekdad = Me!
by pdbartlett

Comment by dahlin:
Not a big fan of computer shots. They never turn out well. Too blurry.

Google employee + Geekdad = Me!
by pdbartlett

Comment by phiggins24:
Very out of focus.

Google employee + Geekdad = Me!
by pdbartlett

Comment by tmorninglory96:
Maybe a little closer crop to get rid of the background and cords? I'm a google user! But really who isn't!

Google employee + Geekdad = Me!
by pdbartlett

Comment by cptpoland:
too bad that the subject is out of focus, and the background is too busy with things that take away from the photo as well.

When I'm feeling blue...
by pdbartlett

Comment by pdbartlett:
Thanks for the comments everyone - any thoughts on how you'd light it more "interestingly", though?

I went for direct overhead to avoid shadows, so I guess the idea would be to go for a main (or is the correct term "key") light from one side and some fill from the other to get rid of the shadows. Is that right?

I have an Olympus FL36R, so I really must figure out how to get it off-camera. Anyone with an FZ50 reading and done this?

Thanks again,
Paul.