More Grandchild Photos: Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough...

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough to run and bounce around non-stop, or to be camera aware.

This is Madelyn, the latest addition to the family. Image C&C always welcome.

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Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Rick36203 wrote:

Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough to run and bounce around non-stop, or to be camera aware.

This is Madelyn, the latest addition to the family. Image C&C always welcome.

nothing better than grandbaby pics....all three photo's are cute as a button but that last one just takes the cake

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Tom DePuy wrote:

nothing better than grandbaby pics....all three photo's are cute as a button but that last one just takes the cake

Thank you, Tom.

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

She is adorable, nice shots.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

waltchilds wrote:

She is adorable, nice shots.

Thanks, Walt.

Mile Loc: Crescent City Calif

Rick36203 wrote:

Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough to run and bounce around non-stop, or to be camera aware.

This is Madelyn, the latest addition to the family. Image C&C always welcome.

just to sweet for words wonderful photos a treasure for life

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Mile wrote:

just to sweet for words wonderful photos a treasure for life

She is a cutie. Thanks, Mile.

gemlenz Loc: Gilbert Arizona

Rick36203 wrote:

Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough to run and bounce around non-stop, or to be camera aware.

This is Madelyn, the latest addition to the family. Image C&C always welcome.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

Rick36203 wrote:

Love photographing expression generating 6 month old children. They are old enough to hold their head up, be somewhat attentive, but they are not yet old enough to run and bounce around non-stop, or to be camera aware.

This is Madelyn, the latest addition to the family. Image C&C always welcome.

Cute poses of a sweet little person :thumbup: :thumbup:

One suggestion . . . on my calibrated monitor it shows that you are having a color balance issue. What is happening, I suspect, is that you are using AWB (auto white balance) and your color balance is being strongly influenced by your background colors. If you would set the WB to "flash" it will not vary from background to background and will give you consistent skin colors.
My only other critique would be, that for my personal taste, the background throws have too much "fluff" and hiding some of those incredible feet and toes of the baby. "Less is more"

Great shots!

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Weddingguy wrote:

Cute poses of a sweet little person :thumbup: :th... (show quote)

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. You're right... I shoot on auto WB and change the Raw files to whatever I want in post (usually around 5300-5600k for flash and daylight). Without checking, I'm sure these were in that range. I do need to save a new "flash" lighting profile for my camera in ACR using the Color Checker Passport.

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I did alter the "fluff" color in image 1 and 3 to better match other colors in the image. I also masked the effect to limit it to the "fluff" only. The original color was more red than pink or orange. :)

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

gemlenz wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks for stopping by gemlenz.

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Great pictures, love the last one... :thumbup:

hlmichel Loc: New Hope, Minnesota

I love all three and how the backgrounds go well with what she is wearing in each.

I like the expression in the first the best.

retired2014 Loc: Indiana

Adorable!

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

And, I thank each of you (y'all :) ), nanaval, hlmichel, and retired2014, for the kind comments.