Just a hobbyist here. Inspired, loving and learning a lot on this board.
This is me trying to take advantage of my 9-month old daughter not 100% crawling yet...I can still put her down and she will usually give me a few solid minutes to capture some shots. I know she'll be off to the races before long like my ever elusive 4-year old boy.
5) This is a 17 shot panaorama I tried. You can see the siding on the house behind my daughter is not properly aligned unfortunately. I still like the photo but have to figure out whether I can salvage it using the software I used to make it. [Group 0]-IMG_4463_IMG_4484-17 imagesFinalLightenDarkenCenter by craigcim, on Flickr
Jim Rickards wrote:
In #1 & #3, the flowers are problematic in my view. Too much blurring and they are positioned in front of your daughter.
#4 and #5 are better compositions, since we can enjoy the flowers as well as your daughter.
#2 & #3 have lots of empty space above the child's head that does not contribute to the picture. A crop may help in that regard.
#3 is a really nice view of the child. A crop to make her almost fill the frame would be excellent. Give it a try and see if you like it.
Thanks for the great advice..
The flowers in front of my daughter was something I was experimenting with. I had seen it done by others and really liked it, but I can see what your point as well.
I completely agree with you about #2 & #3 with the empty space above my daughter's head...the more I look at it the more I see what you're saying. I think I'm always think about the Rule of Thirds and positioning my subject correctly within that frame. I thought cropping more would place her more within the center of the frame, but I see that I probably could have cropped more.
I'll give the cropping of #3 a try when I get home. That's actually one f my favorite from the set and having her in the center of the frame with all the space around her was giving me second thoughts but at the time I think I was focused more on getting the surrounding flowers in the shot. Probably due to the fact that I excited to have them around for the first time in a shoot with my daughter.
Thanks again for your critiques. Much appreciated.
I went back and looked at the first set you posted of Cecily and again another cute set.
This set in comparison to the other looks like the white balance was different or varied between
some of the shots. Just looks that way to me on my laptop.
Again lovely daughter and good model!!
coreybell wrote:
I went back and looked at the first set you posted of Cecily and again another cute set.
This set in comparison to the other looks like the white balance was different or varied between
some of the shots. Just looks that way to me on my laptop.
Again lovely daughter and good model!!
I always tweak the white balance on each particular shot when editing individual photos in ACR when I should just sync all the ones I decide to process with the same White Balance. I just find that when I'm using a strobe I tend to move around and adjust my flash power and aperture and shutter quite a bit to try different things out and sometimes I don't like the same white balance settings on each photo. That's probably something I need to correct if I ever decide do something like this for a client rather than myself.
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ksegedi wrote:
Great that you are experimenting with foreground. And I like it!
Thanks, that is what I was really trying to do with these pictures. I think it really adds something to the pictures, but I can also see how it can sometimes be distracting if not properly placed as others have mentioned above.
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CW100 wrote:
nice set!
Thanks,
Thanks again for the critiques and comments. Hopefully one day I'll be half as good as everyone on this board.
Thinking about - and using - the rule of thirds is a good thing. Just remember another guideline.....fill the frame with your subject. ! If not done at the time of capture, you can likely crop afterwards. When cropping you can still strive for an interesting composition with the subject out of the center a bit.
Agree about a little more consistency in color cast. The difference between #1 and 2 seems to be shade versus sun. #3 seems a tad more bluish...but #4 has a much more reddish cast....and least to my old eyes!
Sweet images, nonetheless! They are certainly destined to be appreciated and enjoyed for many years and generations.
butlerkid wrote:
Wonderful images of such a pretty girl!
Thinking about - and using - the rule of thirds is a good thing. Just remember another guideline.....fill the frame with your subject. ! If not done at the time of capture, you can likely crop afterwards. When cropping you can still strive for an interesting composition with the subject out of the center a bit.
Agree about a little more consistency in color cast. The difference between #1 and 2 seems to be shade versus sun. #3 seems a tad more bluish...but #4 has a much more reddish cast....and least to my old eyes!
Sweet images, nonetheless! They are certainly destined to be appreciated and enjoyed for many years and generations.
Great advice on the rule of thirds and filling your frame with your subject. I really need to remember that when I'm shooting portraits. I guess I was more concerned about getting the flowers in the shots due to my excitement of having that available to me. I sometimes think I'm shooting a storytelling shot when I'm actually not. Perfect example is the shot her crawling. I really should have filled the frame with her since there really is nothing to her right except empty space.
Gotta do better on the color casting going on when I process them individually.
! If not done at the time of capture, you can likely crop afterwards. When cropping you can still strive for an interesting composition with the subject out of the center a bit.