Child portrait #3 C&C

K_user

At the start of the summer I made a few attempts to get a half decent white background portrait. The results needed work! But I did get some fantastic help from people here.

Today was the first time since that I’ve had the chance to go back and revisit this project. The reason being that I really want to get a few portraits done for my wife - I know that she’d be delighted to have half decent photographs of the boys.

So here is what I took today - please be brutal and point out any flaws - everything helps.

smelltheglove

I love the photos themselves, well done however you are still quite bright and colour balance seems off. Did you get your monitor sorted? Looks like this is the only real issue for you now!

K_user

Thanks again smelltheglove - the "pale" colour comes from my processing, I was trying something with the saturation sliders. After printing a sample off, it didn't work!

So here is the more "natural" version, any better?

Nforce

I prefer the second set, though #2 and #3 are a little over exposed. What background did you use..lastolite? My missus is pestering me for some family portraits too.;):)

Hugh_C

maybe a little too bright ...

Old Perry

So here is the more "natural" version, any better?





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Best of the bunch in my opinion, im no pro at PP but i think as these are for your wife capturing your kids personality/spirit will out way any minor imperfections in technique and detail
id be happy to have taken and processed any of these and come up with these results.:)

smelltheglove

Ok so to me they are still a tad bright, I am thinking your only issue is now your screen, your lighting seems alright as in even enough, a bit bright on the top left but nothing that needs worrying about, very natural lovely pics. I think you need to drop the brightness a bit more, also there is a hint of pink, more so in the last pic than any other so just adjust the white balance ever so slightly, again could be my screen so I am just saying it as I see it.

Huge huge huge improvement on the first set you put up a couple of months back.

K_user

Nforce wrote: »

I prefer the second set, though #2 and #3 are a little over exposed. What background did you use..lastolite? My missus is pestering me for some family portraits too.;):)

We are all in the same boat!

I just used a standard white muslin background and a couple of flash heads - I also gained a few gray hairs and a few broken bones from the overly excited dog! :P

K_user

smelltheglove wrote: »

Ok so to me they are still a tad bright, I am thinking your only issue is now your screen, your lighting seems alright as in even enough, a bit bright on the top left but nothing that needs worrying about, very natural lovely pics. I think you need to drop the brightness a bit more, also there is a hint of pink, more so in the last pic than any other so just adjust the white balance ever so slightly, again could be my screen so I am just saying it as I see it.

Huge huge huge improvement on the first set you put up a couple of months back.

Thanks again - its only from taking a step back and listening to what others have been saying thats made improvements possible. I was really peed off at the start of the summer, but I was spurred on by seeing that others, also in cramped spaces, have been able to get good results.

And prime example, now that its been pointed out, I can see that there is a pink tinge and that they are still a bit too bright. I'll be having an another go soon enough...maybe next time!