Had a wonderful 1 year session. This little girl is so strong with the amount of surgeries she has had to endure for her cleft lip and palate. She still has more to go but wow shes a strong girl. I can't imagine if it was my child having to go through the surgeries and how I would feel.
thanks so much for the comments and critique. more pictures of the parents playing with her certainly would have wonderful. Due to the fact that I scheduled this session with them past her normal bed time so that we could have nice soft light at this location i really wanted to maximize my time with her before she "blew" up. to my surprise that didn't happen and she was a total dream to work with always.
im curious to get some critique on the post processing if anyone has the time?
this is my 2nd or 3rd set where I have used this same processing technique and while I haven't really had any negatives... i haven't really had any positives either.
I understand this processing isn't the norm that I see on here or other online forums.. its almost soft and harsh at the same time and a little strong int eh greens and red/oranges.
SInce i really love the look or color pallette of film i wanted to take some key pieces from film color but then give it retain the digital look.
Does the processing make the images feel less genuine or real compared to other processing you all see?
nextelbuddy, I may be the least qualified to comment on your processing. I have noticed your work here specifically over the last several weeks. Even visited your flickr page a while back. I think this is/was because 1) I liked your compositions/subjects 2) I really liked the green I was seeing in the southern foliage and grass. I assume you are bumping the low end of blue which shows in your greens. ??
I assess your overall style as making images that are "true" to reality, with tonality influenced by the color decisions made by the scientists/artists who made the color film palettes you admire. And were, I think fair to say, seeking the same result i.e "pleasing reality."
Hope this is the kind of feedback you seek. May I ask what you process with?
Beautiful. I really connect with these, maybe partially because my son was also born with a cleft lip and palate. I remember his first surgery at 6 mos, when they closed his lip. It may sound strange, but we actually missed his huge smile from before the closure. With his lip open, his smile was huge.
For the processing, I do like these, although maybe a smidge too much contrast for my personal taste, but keep in mind that many complain that my stuff is a bit washed out ;-) Skin tones are nice though, and I love the greens you have. My greens always have too much yellow, and I've not been very successful at removing the yellow without killing my skin tones.
I think a nice word should be said to the parents to have the courage and have photos taken.
I have seen it too many times when faced with a disfigurement or disability, where the parents either don't take any photos or have them taken, or so few during the childhood years and come to regret it later.
These will mean so much in the future when they remember how far they how come and the heartbreak and the Joy they have experienced.
As for the the color, I would call the color and processing Vivid and I like it.
