Recent content by MadaCup

Here are a couple of before (estate agents) and after (mine): Kitchen - before Kitchen - after Bedroom - before Bedroom - after I'm fairly pleased with them but I already see room for improvement. I'll need to retake these in a few weeks anyway to remove the snow.

That's fantastic, a very useful resource.

My property will be marketed next week so I have decided to take the pictures myself after not being too impressed with the general standard of photography by estate agents. My property was actually marketed previously but I left them to it, I feel I can improve considerably on their efforts...

Point taken, no hard feelings :thumbs:

Thanks for all the advice, I'll take this on board. I really regret using the term "wow" now, perhaps I should have thought about phrasing that differently. The results were not as great as I had hoped but I'm sure the advice offered in this thread will help me improve upon them in the future...

Thank you for the encouraging words of advice, I don't plan to give up any time soon. My objective is to take pictures I can look back and be proud of, both of my son and the quality of the pictures. Hopefully I can improve along the way and I realise I have a long way to go to match the...

Thank you, some very useful stuff in your post. You have also helped me understand why his ears are not that sharp so I'll try upping the aperture next time. You are correct in saying that he was very close to the background so I could certainly change this next time. These shots were taken...

It's taken me a while to revisit this but here is my next attempt with the flashlight, I think it's made a fair amount of difference but still room for improvement no doubt :) This was taken with my Sigma 30mm lens and 430EX II speedlight and has not had any PP applied. As always, criticism...

That's fantastic, I'd love to know how they created this.

Thanks once again for everyone's comments, they will be taken on board and hopefully my next effort will vastly improve on the originals based on the suggestions made. I'm going to buy a Canon 430EX speedlite so that's certainly a step in the right direction. Stay tuned.... :)

No that's great, that's more of the end result I was hoping for. Now I see the flaws in the shot I feel I can improve on each of these and the result will be much better. The good news is that I feel that I want to improve even though photography is far more complex than perhaps I first...

I'll take your criticism all day regarding the photography and you have raised some very valid points, I am just making it clear that you are wrong about the blanket being dirty. It's not and its simply a crease where it's been tucked in to the sofa. That said I now see what you mean about it...

Where? The dark area in the second picture is where the throw was tucked in to the sofa. The throw is 100% clean, we are very particular about cleanliness especially when it comes in to contact with a newborn. Yes, I will give that a go. I know how the exposure meter works and how I'd juggle...

No I think that's fair, some good suggestions and I will take them on board. I don't mind the pictures being torn apart if I can then ensure I don't make the same mistakes again. We all have to start somewhere. Yes, I understand the theory of exposure but find it difficult to apply it in...

Ok so taking the comments on board I think I need to improve the following: Composition: Being 11 weeks old I can't think how else I could prop him up but I don't think the throw adds anything to the shot. I'll find something more plain and neutral next time. I tried something different in the...