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11/19/2004 03:18:24 PM · #1
Hi peeps :)

Took a few portraits of my kids - all comments welcome :)






Cheers,

Darren

Message edited by author 2004-11-19 15:18:42.
11/19/2004 03:22:07 PM · #2
#4 is my favorite. You can tell she loves the camera, and the camera loves her. Do you have a studio set up at home?
11/19/2004 03:30:02 PM · #3
Originally posted by Karalew:

#4 is my favorite. You can tell she loves the camera, and the camera loves her. Do you have a studio set up at home?


Thanks Kim (hope that 'Kim' is ok),

Beth is my youngest, yep she does love the camera :)
11/19/2004 04:03:43 PM · #4
Cool kids. I'd like to meet them one day :)

I have to do the same with mine! As soon as I have any ;)

Wu
regards to Lisa

11/19/2004 06:21:55 PM · #5
Originally posted by _wu_:

Cool kids. I'd like to meet them one day :)

I have to do the same with mine! As soon as I have any ;)

Wu
regards to Lisa


Cheers wu :)
11/20/2004 06:01:05 AM · #6
bump: some more critique would be most appreciated :)
11/25/2004 11:55:53 AM · #7
one last bump - some more feedback would be appreciated :)
11/25/2004 12:51:37 PM · #8
Couldn't resist the temptation for a little tinkering - see what you think

Ian
11/25/2004 01:12:47 PM · #9
My favourite is the 4th one she is at ease with the camera and so very sweet! :)
11/25/2004 01:15:48 PM · #10
Hello Ian

I like the crop of the first one but not of the second the finish seems a bit strange to me :)
11/25/2004 01:17:43 PM · #11
To me, it looks as if there wasn't enough light used. I think some post processing could help them be more bright. Sorry. I played with this one just to give an idea of what can be done in post. It was a quick study so it's not perfect. The idea was to make it so light that his complexion wasn't rough.
11/25/2004 01:26:10 PM · #12
I like the grey/off=white background but the images appear flat. As in, not enough contrast. Tweaking the lighting will fix that.

:-)
11/25/2004 02:34:35 PM · #13
Theideas people posted here are good ideas. It's worth playing and experimenting with effects and tools, you'll typically run into something you like or that gives you an idea fo rsomethings else.

I'm by no means a portraiture expert. I probably didn't even spell it right. But here are some general suggestions:

I like the lighting you used. It's different enough to not look like a "Sears Portrait studio" shot but still a respectable setup. GoldBerry has a point about the contrast though.

The other suggestion I have is to use a little more saturation in the photos. you may want to Warm up the White balance a little too. Bring out the skin tones.

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing :-)
11/26/2004 01:23:01 AM · #14
Thanks peeps :)

I like Ian's B/W conversion, and Pat's highlight (I must try that in B/W).

I certainly agree that there in room for improvement and I will be having a go with the lighting etc and having a play with the white balance, maybe it's time to have a play with RAW. This was my first attempt at portraits, it's always been an area of photography that I have avoided in the past.

Now, I do have a bit of a confession to make, a couple of weeks back we had a visitor (another long story) and on the saturday night we got rather drunk, he went to bed and I, in my drunken state decided to take photos and thus these images were taken, I know that I had my flash unit at 60° but I cannot remember anything else that I might have done in the setup. When I awoke on Sunday morning I remembered that I'd taken some pics and was really pleased with the outcome - kinda felt like the a famous french artist creating another masterpiece whilst being out of his face on absinth, well maybe not :)

Darren
11/26/2004 11:40:30 AM · #15
Colda - I'm glad you like the b/w image of Fay. In fact I used in Elements Fotomatic's pseudo IR filter. Got it free somewhere - maybe downloaded - try Google.

This filter has a grain element, and some RGB to put in a little colour.

I used a very pale blue look to mirror the coldish look on Fay's face.

Ian
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