prom picture advise please
Jul 11, 2012 10:43:22 #
RMM wrote:
Hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of correcting the color (shifted the light towards the yellow in LAB mode), sharpening a bit, and cropping a lot. Since it was a prom, you were shooting in the early evening (5:03 PM, to be exact).
He looks very self-conscious, and doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands. And for some reason, her left hand is pulling up her dress. Getting it in the shot adds a distracting element.
He looks very self-conscious, and doesn't seem to know what to do with his hands. And for some reason, her left hand is pulling up her dress. Getting it in the shot adds a distracting element.
Finally, someone saw her pulling on her dress.
Jul 11, 2012 11:19:59 #
Jul 12, 2012 05:11:50 #
donrent wrote:
Lighting is good, focus is great, but you should have had a little more of her dress and less space on his side...
Good picture overall...
Good picture overall...
I agree, this particular photograph does not look overexposed as viewed on my monitor. Your composition however, is, as previously commented on, off centre.
Jul 12, 2012 08:32:30 #
Gary a good rule of thumb for fill flash is - If most people can not see, you use the right amount of fill flash. Fill flash is always a little under exposed from what the camera wants to do. If your camera has it.. the technique is to move the power on the camera not the flash to -1 f/stop and begin your test shots.
Jul 12, 2012 16:26:24 #
I did a little work in Photoshop. First in camera raw I used the adjustment brush and darkened the exposure on his face and her right arm. Then I opened it into Photoshop and duplicated the layer used a high pass filter and set the blending mode to soft light. Flattened the photo and saved it. Some of the things that I see that I would have done differently is I would have crossed the street and taken the shot with the kids against the shrubbery so the street would not have been in the photo or at least not so much of it. I would have asked the girl to lower her hand and stop tugging on her dress. Maybe had them hold hands. I would have knelt down so I was looking slightly up at them and I would have panned slightly left so as to show more of her dress and less of the background. There is nothing wrong with your photo I think though that these things would have made it better and I hope that what I have given is constructive criticism. That is what it is meant to be. I do not want to hurt anyone's feelings just trying to help you become a better photographer.
Looks like I hit her a little hard between the eyes with the adjustment brush.
Jul 15, 2012 22:32:25 #
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