the flower picture you posted is very pretty. The petals remind me of ribbon candy because they are so shiny.

My favorite picture is number 2. It draws me in and I especially like it vertical. I agree, would love to see it bigger. Hope you have some more "slow day" photos.

Please MWAC--do not let this chase you from this forum. Your advice and comments have helped me improve my photography already. Especially do not leave because someone feels your rather benign comments are bashing.

I tried to address this earlier in a comment I made about people commenting on the bashers and haters. Before you jump to someone's aid due to being "bashed" make sure it is warranted.

I read every thread you post and have even taken notes from some of your comments. Know for this one poster that doesn't seem to like your comments, there is at least one poster (me) that is learning from you.

This is just my personal opinion but I do think a different background might evoke your message a little better. That background, while beautiful, is very intense. I was thinking of something along the lines of a blue sky with fluffy clouds, or a tranquil ocean.
You might also think of the placement of the couple--instead of in the exact middle perhaps off to the side and raised above the line of clouds so your eye focuses on them instead of the background. Hope this made sense!

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I have read everyone of Photo Guys threads as I often do with most posts. Yes, I have a lot of time on my hands. I have yet to see anyone bash or be mean to him.

Those people that are telling him to ignore the "bashers" "haters" and "venom filled" posters, don't know what they are talking about. There were two (2) posters that said a couple of his photographs were not interesting from an emergency viewpoint. That is not hateful mean or bashing.

Try having a poster tell you that you will ruin an event you are photographing and to "wipe the snot off your (my) chin." That is mean and bashing.

You had suggested using an umbrella in the earlier thread. I should have tried it out before the event because now I am going to get one anyway!

The soft box was a 2'x3' and tipped vertical and about 6 feet away? i am going to look into getting at least one umbrella.

I had the one soft box next to the camera tipped down. On picture right I had another soft box up as high as I could pointed at the background. On the right was a homemade reflector. I had them pulled out about 4 feet from the background. That was about all the room I had. And you were right, the families liked them a lot.

Appreciate any help you can give me--thanks.

Brunch will never be the same!

I use Lightroom and PSE 10 and I don't check for skin tones. Are there some numbers I should be paying attention to? Thanks for the hint on the warmer tones because I really like what you do in your photos.

Thanks for the feedback MWAC. I didn't spit anything on the computer but I did chock on my cracker. What makes it worse is in #1--he is my brother-in-law!. But you are right--I will look. Do you have any suggestions for the seating/standing pose?

I have problems with that whole warm/cool thing. I'm never sure which way to take it and when anything (exposure etc) is too much. Is there a rule of thumb I could follow?

These are only two pictures that I took a little over a week ago out of about 125. They are the formal portraits and the first I have ever done. There were a lot of people on this forum that gave me hints and advice in order to help me succeed. So now I am asking, did I succeed?

I do have permission to post these pictures and I know that the butterflies in the background look like they are growing out of heads. It was the committees choice of background so I had to go with it.

Please let me know what you think of the exposure and lighting. I learn from the feedback.

Father and Daughter


Princess

I have been reading your threads and I'm a little puzzled. I have not seen anyone bashing your pictures or having a problem. there was one thread that some felt the pictures were quite ordinary and did not represent what your FD does. That is having an opinion and not bashing.

Most of your threads where you actually post pictures have been very positively accepted. If you real the full threads of others you will find that sometimes someone says "doesn't do it for me" or "not my thing." They aren't bashing the poster--just expressing a thought. Not everyone is going to like everything you do but that is okay because you are happy with them.

I like the quote. I may start experimenting with a little more black and white. I have actually only done it once though my son does it quite often because he prefers it. Perhaps the quote will be the catalyst for some of my own black and white work.