He's coming in today for his 1 year old pics, along with a family shot kind of thing... Yeah, I thought I'd throw ya a curve this morning, just to see if you were awake..
jvarszegi wrote:
This is one of my favorites, of my favorite subject. I tend to like side- and back-lit shots for some reason. Lots of great work in this thread.
I don't do much "people photography". This was from a surf camp shoot I did during the summer. After surfing, they played what they called "the sandal game". The instructor would stick a few sandals in the sand while the kids turned their backs. Then he'd yell "Go!" and whoever grabbed one first got to continue. Kind of like musical chairs. The competition got pretty fierce. Good times.
I have lurked on this "best of....." thread for a couple of years now. I'll throw one in this year. I just bought some strobes and trying to figure them out. This is our good friend's daughter......an improptu shot.
Can we post a couple times? I'm in the process of culminating my favorites for a show in January. It is definitely difficult to pick "the best", however, among my favorites for the year include this one:
This is probably my favorite from 2007, though it is difficult to choose only one, especially when my favorite changes depending on my mood.
The little girl is only 8, but is trying to appear mature, as is evidenced by the lipstick and somewhat demure expression. She was actually very playful and made some excellent quasi action shots during the same session. Anyway, she is a very pretty girl and her hair is as lively as her character, which accounts for the flip of hair that is causing a shadow on her right eye. I was going to move the hair out of the way, but decided to leave it, as the shadow it creates makes interesting play with the shadows on her left forming an hour glass lighting effect. This draws the viewer toward her eyes where one is rewarded by those beautiful blues.
As with most children, her skin is nearly perfect and did not really need the soft-focus effect. However, I feel that this treatment enhances the mood and brings some attention to her hair. Kids around this age are tremendously fun to photograph.
jwstudios wrote:
Very nice Gene, but the vignette makes it cheep ! Better to remove it, it is very old fashioned !!!
Johny
Thank you Johny. The Vignette is because she wore a short sleeve shirt (against my advice) and the bare arm just didn't fit. In retrospect I could probably clone some material over the arm instead.
Yeah, I thought I'd throw ya a curve this morning, just to see if you were awake.. 
